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The Nihilist Who Knew What's Up · 4 July 05
I play a game with my first-year kids. It’s called “The Row Game”. It’s simple, and common in ESL classes.
- You make a row of kids stand up.
- You ask a question.
- First kid to raise their hand and answer correctly gets to sit down.
- And so on.
It gets quite competitive. You’d be amazed at a human being’s desire to not stand up.
I try to mix easy question in with the hard ones. Keeps things poppin’.
So, after “What was the score of last week’s Brazil vs. Japan game?” or “Who is the happiest yellow Pokemon?” they get “How are you?” or “Are you sleepy?”.
That’s the game we were playing, and the kids were into it.
I pretended to start a complex question but interrupted myself by sudenly shouting an easy one. Such is my wont.
”... so then I want you to try to—- WHAT’S UP!?” I said.
A tall girl in the middle of the row jumped. Twice. Fast.
Her hand waved. She squeaked a little. I pointed at her.
She tilted her head back. Her mouth opened wide.
“I AM NOTHING!” she yelled.
The room was quiet.
She smiled and looked around. A brief conference was held among her classmates. A decision was reached. They clapped their approval.
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