We were talking about Babel.
I asked them why this was a bad thing the people had chosen to do.
"Sin."
Why did they sin?
I thought the answer, "Satn" was going to pop out of their mouths, but another was given according to what I had been teaching.
But, "Satn" was still in my mind.
I have a student whose name is "Santino."
The child raised his hand to answer my question. (All the while I have these thoughts running around in my head.)
As I opened my mouth to call on him, I was horrified to hear, "Yes, Satan?" flow from my lips.
I tried to pretend like nothing had happened.
But, all the other students stopped and stared.
I couldn't keep it in any longer and burst out laughing.
They all started laughing...except poor, Santino.
I asked his forgiveness. I tried to make a good explanation as to why I would call him Satan.
Pretty soon the whole classroom was realizing how closely "Santino" and "Satan" sound.
"Satan -- Santino. hahaha Hi Satan! Hi Santino!"
Oh, dear, dear.
Somehow, with my language skills as they are, I distracted the students from my faux pas and moved us on to conclude our discussion on people's sin in building the tower of Babel.
Oh my!
Almost tops my slip of the tongue when, after accidently hitting a student's owie/boo-boo, I exclaimed, "OH! I am sorry, I just hit your boobie!"
Got a shocked stare from that slip-up too.
"No, no! I was thinking 'boo-boo' and 'owie' at the same time!!"
I need to get my brain in check. It's misdirecting my tongue.
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