So at basketball practice I was barking out instructions for the next drill:

“You two go over here, you two over here…” pointing to where I wanted them to go. And Han says in his Korean accent, “no, there. Over there. Not over here. Over there. Add the ‘T’.”

It’s not everyday I have my English corrected by an ESL student.

Sometimes I love middle school kids. Sometimes.

The correct answer was D:

A. There are in fact 3 students at our school named Dong, though one goes by DK

B. There is indeed a 6th grader on the Basketball team named Chuchu

C. Peace, Hope, and Jennifer. And they have a brother named Adams.

D. Divya only has 22 letters in her last name.

E. Weston and Easton do not have any siblings named Northton or Southton.

Thanks for playing! We’ll have to do this again sometime.

Which of the following is not true:

A. There are three different Korean kids at our school named Dong.

B. There is a kid on the basketball team named Chu Chu (yes, like a train).

C. There are 3 Nigerian sisters at our school named Peace, Hope, and Jennifer.

D. There is an Indian girl in my class with a 26 letter last name.

E. There are two brothers at the school named Weston and Easton.

(Vote for your choice by clicking comment and writing your answer).

One of the great things about travelling with middle school boys is the ways they find to entertain themselves. This trip involved making silly videos with a cell phone, truth or dare, telling dumb jokes, and farting(an old MS favorite). My favorite joke on the way back was:

Q: Why isn’t it a good idea to write on an empty stomach?

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A: Because it’s much better to write on paper.

“Look at this picture. I was the hottest guy in 6th grade.”

–Sophomore Toni, in all seriousness, as he’s thumbing through an old yearbook.

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Here’s some Then and Now pictures. You can judge for yourself.