On Sunday, I taught the lesson in Teacher’s Quorum. Before I began, I officially introduced myself and asked all of the boys to introduce themselves by saying their name, what they do for fun, and what their favorite subject in school is. I saw some themes emerge: everyone said that they like playing video games and most of the boys liked science best. However, one boy said that his favorite class was tech design. I didn’t know what that was, so I asked for more of an explanation – it’s a basic intro to mechanical engineering. That’s when the following exchange happened:
Me: That’s sounds pretty cool. That wasn’t a class when I was in school.
Quorum Member: Yeah, but they didn’t have computers when you were in school, either.
Everyone: OH!
[Someone in the group]: Epic burn!
Me: Actually, I when I was in middle school, I was one of the few kids with a computer at home.
Quorum Member: I was just kidding. I just had to take the chance to say an epic burn.
Me: It has to be true to be a burn, son.
Everyone: OH!
Quorum Member: [looking impressed] Man, he just undid my epic burn.
I don’t plan on making a habit of playfully trading insults with the members of the Quorum, but this time seemed appropriate and no one’s feelings were hurt, so I think it worked. That said, I won’t be repeating that kind of behavior in the future.
1 comment:
You called him son. You must be really old to do that.
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