Yesterday, one of my students decided that during silent independent reading time that it was the perfect time to tell me that he was "becoming a man". He walked up to me and said "Guess what? I just got my first bit of peach fuzz!" as he points to his crotch...Usually, I'm pretty good on my feet, but I had no response but "Thanks for that information." after what seemed like a long hesitation on my part. All I have to say is wow.
He doesn't have a father in his life, he just recently moved in with a stepfather, so I guess I'm glad he feels comfortable or close enough to me to want to share something like that, but...
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It must have been a topic of conversation at home. He probably thought it was a guy thing to discuss. Your response was good in that it recognized the student's pride while not calling a ton of attention to it.
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