West Cocoa Chat

To "impress" my Middle School students yesterday, I decided to use some of their verbiage in introducing the topic of the day which was the wonderful world of "Subtracting Real Numbers." My opening statement went something like this, "Today we're going to be discussing the (sound familiar?) wonderful world of subtracting Real Numbers. As you all know, in this class (teen slang coming up) we try to "keep it real" as that's "the way I roll."

My students reactions varied from being impressed to being repulsed. I guess the repulsed ones were thinking, "Man, that just doesn't sound right coming out of a "geezer's" mouth." However, when I relayed this story to my son at dinner last night he was quite impressed, I think? He did smile and laugh at me. Do you think that constitutes "being impressed?" Any way, he decided to add another piece of teen slang to my repertoire.

He said, "Dad, if you really want to impressed your kids try this, "Nome sayin." Now I believe this is meant to convey the thought, "Do you know what I'm saying?" I think the first few times I said it, it sounded more like an ancient and dead language. It took me several, no, most of the night (yes, I can be some what "O.C.," "Nome sayin.") to quit saying the word "what" in between the "words" "nome" and "sayin."

So, there you have it. The majority of whatever energy I had left last night was spent trying to perfect a phrase that sounds more like a city in Vietnam. So, to keep it real and to give you a window as to how I roll during the week, I'll end this post. Nome sayin?