Contagious
A student teacher writes the word 'Contagious' on the blackboard of a Liverpool primary school classroom. She is being observed by her college mentor and wants to catch these rough and ready kids out. So she puts the question to the class, "what does this word mean?"
One bright little girl Emma, raises her hand, and without prompting, tells the class;
"My mum, who's a nurse, says people can catch germs from other people. So you need to be careful, because germs are contagious".
"Excellent, Emma ", replies the teacher, "does anyone else have an example?"
"Well Miss", comes the answer from Nassar, "my dad is a surgeon, and he says that disease like HIV are contagious because people can't give blood if they have it".
"Super, Nassar", says the student glibly.
Desperate to get one over on the kids, she picks on Terry, the most idle waster of the year. Forgetting about the snot he was about to flick at the mentor's head, he chimes;
"Me al fella reckons its got summat t do wid buildin, miss".
"How's that?" enquires the puzzled young lady.
"Well e said dat next door is puttin an extenshun up, an cos he's doin' it 'imself, it's gonna take the cünt ages"
A student teacher writes the word 'Contagious' on the blackboard of a Liverpool primary school classroom. She is being observed by her college mentor and wants to catch these rough and ready kids out. So she puts the question to the class, "what does this word mean?"
One bright little girl Emma, raises her hand, and without prompting, tells the class;
"My mum, who's a nurse, says people can catch germs from other people. So you need to be careful, because germs are contagious".
"Excellent, Emma ", replies the teacher, "does anyone else have an example?"
"Well Miss", comes the answer from Nassar, "my dad is a surgeon, and he says that disease like HIV are contagious because people can't give blood if they have it".
"Super, Nassar", says the student glibly.
Desperate to get one over on the kids, she picks on Terry, the most idle waster of the year. Forgetting about the snot he was about to flick at the mentor's head, he chimes;
"Me al fella reckons its got summat t do wid buildin, miss".
"How's that?" enquires the puzzled young lady.
"Well e said dat next door is puttin an extenshun up, an cos he's doin' it 'imself, it's gonna take the cünt ages"