Funny: "Do YOU have a TAIL?"

@Shavkat (137212)
Philippines
October 26, 2021 7:52am CST
My wittiness came out naturally when a 9-year-old naughty girl made me like this. You might be puzzled about it. The story goes like this. Me: "Are you eating?" Student: "No, teacher." Me: "Really?" "Can you make a sentence using the word tail?" Student: "The monkey has a tail." (He is still munching his food and it affects his pronunciation). Me: "Do you have a tail?" Student: "No, teacher." (Puzzled) He stopped eating and focused for the rest of the class session. Sometimes I am so naughty, and it comes naturally, too. Image Credit: i.pinimg.com
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Nawsheen
@Nawsheen (28644)
• Mauritius
26 Oct 21
Good tactic
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Nawsheen
@Nawsheen (28644)
• Mauritius
27 Oct 21
@Shavkat That was so rude of him to eat during the lesson. You have to be tough with students at times. Have you now joined a new company?
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137212)
• Philippines
27 Oct 21
@Nawsheen Yes, he was so rude. I have a backup company but need a replacement with my current job.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137212)
• Philippines
27 Oct 21
There are so many ways in dealing with this kind of student. It is at random that they will see my evil side. I can show them my sharp horns on my forehead.
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May2k8
@May2k8 (18078)
• Indonesia
26 Oct 21
I have a tail but it's hanging on the back.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137212)
• Philippines
26 Oct 21
Oh, my. Is it for real?
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May2k8
@May2k8 (18078)
• Indonesia
27 Oct 21
@Shavkat My bones stick out a bit like a short tail
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137212)
• Philippines
27 Oct 21
@May2k8 In reality, we do have tails in our bodies. It is called the 'tail bone."
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
26 Oct 21
The teacher is ... Some people on the lowlands sometimes ask people from the hghlands (Igorots) if it's true that they have tails. During one seminar where the male speaker was an Igorot, someone asked if there were really people in the mountains with tails. The male speaker was so exapserated with such an ignorant question that he replied: "Well, I'm an Igorot and I do have a tail but it's not found at the back, it's found infront of me. " the audience were shocked. "Do you want me to show it?" the man dared. Someone caught on with the joke and replied "No, please."
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
27 Oct 21
@Shavkat Yes, he was insulted/ Just because he lives in the mountains doesn't mean he ha s a tail. We do have a coccyx, but it's not really a tail.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137212)
• Philippines
28 Oct 21
@Jenaisle I do agree but still called a tailbone.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137212)
• Philippines
27 Oct 21
In my opinion, he felt insulted. Perhaps it is his way to deal with such a situation. The fact is that we all have a tailbone called 'coccyx.'
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
27 Oct 21
I HAD a tail but the doctor chopped it off after I was born... Yes, teacher, I'm still eating.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137212)
• Philippines
28 Oct 21
Is it a congenital tail?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
28 Oct 21
@Shavkat Yes, but the doctor said I wasn't born with any other abnormalities.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325647)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct 21
That's good that you were able to make him concentrate.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137212)
• Philippines
27 Oct 21
Honestly, I am just a good performer in teaching young learners online.
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (129388)
• Israel
26 Oct 21
@Shavkat I think I see what you were doing was to get the child to focus on the session and not on the food so that is why you asked about the tail? Am I right?
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137212)
• Philippines
27 Oct 21
The bottom line is it affects his pronunciation when speaking.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137212)
• Philippines
28 Oct 21
@Hannihar Yes, it is. I am mocking him indirectly.
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (129388)
• Israel
28 Oct 21
@Shavkat I guess I was off base then. I can understand why it would affect his pronunciations in speaking. He is probably concentrating on the tail and not what you are asking him. Is that correct?
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Just an Ordinary Owl?
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
26 Oct 21
I have a tail. It's called a coccyx and it's hidden from view, though it can be very painful if it's hit hard. My cat thinks it odd that I don't have a tail but he accepts hand waving in place of tail gestures (though my cat language abilities are still in their infancy).
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137212)
• Philippines
27 Oct 21
You said it right. In Human Anatomy, we do have a coccyx called the 'tailbone' in a layman's term.
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