I keep track of points for students with hatchmarks on the whiteboard by students' names. When they misbehave in some disruptive fashion, I'll delete points, too, by quickly erasing a point from beside a student's name without further comment.
Today, a student did a surprising thing: he jumped up, did a little dance, then immediately moved to the whiteboard and deducted his own misbehavior point. I stared at him, dumbfounded for a moment. "Why did you do that?" I asked.
He just grinned. "Welll.. that was pointless," I muttered under my breath.
Oh well. Kids are interesting.
What I'm listening to right now.
Psychedelic Furs, "Heaven." Yes, I came of age in the 80s. How'd you guess?
[Daily log: walking, 5 km]