Swifties!

Sometimes the funniest things help us connect with students.

Hospital Homebound teacher Larina Peck was helping a sixth grader prepare for a history exam. The study guide was grouped by Problem and Solution. Peck and her student were reading responsively - she would read the Problem, and the student would read the Solution.

After the student read one Solution, he continued on, reading the next Problem. Peck stopped him and said: “No, it’s me. I’m the Problem. It’s me.” They looked at each other, both realizing at the same time she had echoed lyrics from Taylor Swift’s song “Anti-Hero.”

She and her student laughed and laughed. Then the student read the Problem a few more times, just so Peck could interrupt him and correct him with the lyrics again, “Hi, it’s me. I’m the problem. It’s me...” Teacher