Sexual Innuendo?

By teacherayala · May 21, 2011 · 983 · 8
  1. Imagine reading the following dialogue from Julius Caesar in a 10th grade English class, and you probably will have a pretty good indicator of my day today.

    Brutus. Bear with me, good boy, I am much forgetful. Canst thou hold up thy heavy eyes awhile,
    And touch thy instrument a strain or two?

    Lucius. Ay, my lord, an't please you.

    Brutus. It does, my boy: I trouble thee too much, but thou art willing.

    Lucius. It is my duty, sir.

    Brutus. I should not urge thy duty past thy might; I know young bloods look for a time of rest.

    Lucius. I have slept, my lord, already. 2290

    Brutus. It was well done; and thou shalt sleep again; I will not hold thee long: if I do live,
    I will be good to thee.

    Yeah, so in case you were wondering, they're talking about a musical instrument that Lucilius, the servant, is playing at the request of his master, Brutus. (And what were you thinking, you dirty mind, you?)

    Yep. Lots of Beevis and Butthead laughter and me trying to keep a straight face as best I could. Then came the character "CLITUS." See what I mean?

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  1. Trish
    ROFL :D Too funny! I hope you've been getting more sleep lately? Otherwise, I applaud your ability to even attempt said straight face. 10th graders? I'd just laugh with them and get it over with :p (Of course that might be part of why I'm not a teacher....)
    Trish, May 21, 2011
  2. teacherayala
    Actually, we had quite a laugh the first time the dialogue said, "Peace, Ho!" Partly it was because we talked about the status of women in Rome and the context was after Caesar had just been giving instructions to his wife.

    I have to keep a straight face only to get them through the passage. If I keep moving then some of them can look past it enough to keep reading and understand the part we're reading. Otherwise, it's all giggles and guffaws the whole way through to the point where they really don't get what it's all about. :)

    I did do a Braveheart impression for them when Cato announces "I am Cato!" and rushes into battle only to be immediately killed. They thought it was hilarious.
    teacherayala, May 21, 2011
  3. Trilby
    This reminds me of when I was at school.

    We had a no-nonsense music teacher, she'd sit at the piano, banging away at the keys with a dead straight face, while we children (some of us could not keep a straight face or control our laughter even when her beady eyes were focused on us) sang out loud and clear:

    Up the hairy mountain
    Down the bushy glen
    We dare not go a hunting for fear of little men.
    Trilby, May 21, 2011
  4. teacherayala
    Trilby, that's hilarious! Although I doubt her curriculum forced her to teach the "hairy, bushy" song. My curriculum does force me to teach Julius Caesar. I spend half of the time trying to explain to them that when one man grabs the hand of another and says "I love you" it doesn't necessarily mean they're gay. Not that they would be upset if it were a homosexual reference. They would just find it even more funny.
    teacherayala, May 21, 2011
  5. Trilby
    Hi again, I can't fathom out how to edit blog?

    It should be airy not hairy- dahhhhh, whatever could I have been thinking of.
    Trilby, May 21, 2011
  6. teacherayala
    Awww! It was so much funnier when it was "hairy"! ;-)
    teacherayala, May 21, 2011
  7. LaGs
    When I was in school, my form class always used to snigger at words like 'Vulva' or if someone read out ORGASM instead of ORGANISM.

    Every text book had a large, ridiculously veiny penis drawn beside the female reproductive system. We were really mature i know :)
    LaGs, May 21, 2011
  8. teacherayala
    Oh, yeah. A friend who is a Science teacher was super frustrated in her middle school science class because she had said the word "acid," very clearly, but still got sniggers. One student had the gall to raise his hand and say, "Teacher, did you say a**?" which (of course) set off the rest even further.

    Once I had to teach 6th grade and it was my first time trying to teach different content areas than English, and I had to teach about space and science. Well, I learned the hard way that a teacher should never EVER attempt to draw a rocket ship on a white board...
    teacherayala, May 21, 2011
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