On monday we learned about Linsanity and stereotypes. As part of our lesson, we had asked the students to try to classify us according to the stereotypes we had told them occur at Princeton. This resulted in me being labeled as feminist, Nick as “weird” and Reuben as a preppy nerd. After this activity, I told my precept to take 5 minutes to come up with a skit and interpret Reuben, Nick, Christian, Eliot and me in two situations: inside the classroom and outside the classroom. The most interesting part was seeing what they caught on from our daily interactions with them.

I apparently, rush to the board and jump up and down when writing things down. I also say “graaaaammarrrrr! I loveee grammarrrr!” and do a little dance when introducing it. Nick has hair in front of his face and crazy eyebrows. He also talks about his twin brother Josh a lot and takes his t-i-m-e to pass out papers back. Reuben, the lefty, walks in tip toes with a little swing in his shoulders and says “okay” several times. “Okay guys, okay, okay, okay.” He also writes on the board with his left hand in what appeared to be illegible handwriting from Mellisa’s impersonation.

Eliot, after a stellar impersonation from Rita, appears aloof and uninterested, constantly swatting at imaginary mosquitoes. He’s almost too cool for school according to them. “Eliot! Want to get lunch with me?” “Hmm? I don’t eat…” Christian, the hair flipper, constantly checking his perfect hair in front of whatever surface available while at the same time appears to be very interested in what his students have to say. Multitasking at its finest indeed…

It’s funny to see how these kids pay more attention to us than we even realize. How they probably imitate us when they are with their friends- their impersonations were spot on so I’m assuming that some practice outside of class takes place. That’s all for now. I don’t know if I’ll be able to contain myself next time and stop dancing when it’s time to give them extra grammar…after all, “I loveeeee grammmarrrr!”