Ask and ye shall...

This is a conversation I have frequently, and I get some pleasure out of it every time:



Student (yelling): "Mista I need to use the bathroom!"

Mr. F: "I can't hear you because your hand isn't up..."

Student (annoyed, raises hand, yelling again): "Mista, I need to use the bathroom!"

Mr. F (in a peppy teacher tone, you know, the one your 1st grade teacher used): "The point of raising your hand is closing your mouth..."

Here, the student, more annoyed than before, silently raises his/her hand.

Mr. F (with a smile): "Please put your hand down, we don't have time for questions."