I was happily teaching away in my E5-B class when suddenly, I was interrupted. Not by a student, which would be normal, but by the most unexpected thing ever: a chicken. That's right, a real, live, chirping chicken. One of the boys apparently just got a chick and decided to bring it to school with him. How appropriate, considering that I was just doing the chicken dance this morning!
How does one properly handle a chicken interrupting their lesson? As this was not covered in any of the education courses I took in college, I had to ad lib. So, I decided to handle the situation with humor. I invited the chick to join us in singing, praised it for singing well (it did actually chirp along with the song), and warned the students not to cheat by asking the chick for answers. The lesson went quite well, and I think even the chick had a pretty good time.
For the record, this post is not an April Fools joke. It honestly happened!
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