It’s nice to have running gags with students, it crosses the language barrier and makes me more approachable and fun. The running gag I have with my 1st graders is that they pretend to shoot me in the face. It begin with one boy last week, he pretended to shoot me and I reacted as if I’d been shot which was met with thunderous applause and laughter by the students who saw this. Then at the end of a class some time later a group of about ten students shot me all at the same time. I reeled against the wall dramatically, they went absolutely mental. After this I was followed by three boys all shooting me in the face.
Yesterday I was talking to a kendo girl and a boy walked past me and shot me in the face, I reacted and he walked away. Then ten seconds later he returned and shot me in the face multiple times, I ignored him and he seemed to half hug me for a moment as a result of not getting the attention he wanted. I felt like a bad parent. Today the original boy tried to shoot me in the face but I dodged the bullet and shot him in the face. The violence is escalating.
Yesterday I was talking to a kendo girl and a boy walked past me and shot me in the face, I reacted and he walked away. Then ten seconds later he returned and shot me in the face multiple times, I ignored him and he seemed to half hug me for a moment as a result of not getting the attention he wanted. I felt like a bad parent. Today the original boy tried to shoot me in the face but I dodged the bullet and shot him in the face. The violence is escalating.
