Lab Table Love

Some experiences I have had here are beyond strange. Luckily, I have become jaded to the unexpected happenings of AmSam. Expect the unexpected indeed. That begin said, today I had another experience that I couldn’t fabricate if I tried. It was during my third (reich) period, which is typically my worst class but they were doing very well that morning. The class was taking notes and I was answering a question that one of the students had asked, and by the time I looked up a good many of the students were done with the slide that we were on. As my eyes made a quick once-over of the class I noticed something strange. To set the scene you have to understand that in Samoa kids don’t ever get glasses, even when they need them – don’t ask my why. So I will let my students sit up on the lab tables for notes because some of them have a tough time seeing the front of the room.

Back to the moment in class, it was thus not strange for me to see one of my students up on the lab table, but what he was doing was definitely not taking notes. He was laying on his side on the table next to the gas hook ups that are found on the table. After half a second I noticed that he was actually humping the gas hook up. Considering he started to make some quite noises and then made eye contact with his friend and smiled I assume that he was doing this to amuse his friend although I have no idea why he thought of this, even if he is the class clown. After a second with this continuing I asked in a loud voice, “ _______, are you in love with my table?” The whole class finally noticed what the student was doing (in the middle of the classroom) and burst out laughing. The student was laughing too but said as an explanation that he didn’t notice I was looking, to which I responded “Dude. You are in the middle of the classroom!” The class finally started to calm down and I assured my student that if he was patient he could find a girlfriend and wouldn’t have to settle for a table.