Hello friends, family, and strangers (I flatter myself)! I am a recently-graduated girl finding my way in the "real world" (apparently, I've been floating around the fake world for the past two decades). Many of my friends' "real world"s consist of cubicles, nine-to-fives, marriage, babies, and other such grown-up things. My real world looks a little different. Yes, I still get up and go to work every morning, same as they do. But instead of battling fax machines, computer programs, disgruntled spouses and dirty diapers, I arm myself against a legion of 14-year-old boys. Well, 83 of them to be exact. You see, I teach 8th-grade boys' Science in an inner-city, high-poverty school. What it is not: glamorous, prestigious, boring. What it is: humorous, heartbreaking, and the most challenging thing I will ever do.

The stories I tell and the people I describe are real; you can't make this stuff up. If you are new to my blog, I hope you'll start at the beginning and fall in love with its characters, just as I have.

Friday, June 3, 2011

well you would KNOW if you had paid ATTENTION!!

Quiz time! Time to test your ebonics skillz. Since I've immersed myself in the language, I consider myself fluent. I love some of the phrases I've learned over the past couple of years and will use some of them for life. When I go home, I often break into, "Why you trippin? Imma be up there in a second, you just gon' hafta chilll for a second, talkin' bout some 'HURRY UP, WE TRYNA LEAVE!!'" To which my parents respond with blank stares. "Why are you talking like that?"

If you've been keeping up with my blog (or are just a natural born gangsta), this list should look familiar. Comment and tell me what each means and you'll get one point for each one you get correct. Person with the most points by Monday will receive a hand-written letter from one of my precious angels.

Don't look at the comments and cheat. (I must think I'm talking to my students; y'all wouldn't do that!)

Great idea, Suz.

1. Wilin'
2. Flexin'
3. Goin' ham
4. Sheisty
5. Real talk
6. Racks
7. Trippin'
8. Duck
9. Box
10. Real rap
11. Gutta
12. Trill
13. G
14. OG
15. doin' too much
16. Bake
17. Twirkin'
18. Donk
19. Kush
20. Workin
21. Kicks
22. Put on blast
23. Flamin'
24. Killed
25. Beast
26. Threads
27. Straight
28. boom
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3 comments:

  1. SusanJune 3, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    1. Wilin: Being wild
    2. Flexin: To be fake, exaggerating
    3. Goin' ham: Going hard as a mother f****r
    4. Sheisty: Sketchy
    5. Real talk: "For real"
    6. Racks: boobs or money
    7. Trippin: Lying, being crazy in general, fake
    8. Duck: Ugly person
    9. Box: A square object used to carry various items; to fight with punches; or lady parts
    10. Real rap: See "real talk"
    11. Gutta: Gangster
    12. Trill: True + Real, a term of respect
    13. G: Gangster
    14. OG: Original gangster, AKA Susan Alley
    15. Doin' too much: Trying too hard
    16. Bake: To smoke marijuana; to joke on someone
    17. Twirkin: Umm, I'm blushing...
    18. Donk: A large derriere
    19. Kush: Good weed
    20. Workin: The price of a certain item, such as drugs; cheating
    21. Kicks: Shoes
    22. Put on blast: To call someone out, to tell a secret on someone
    23. Flamin: To make someone angry, to diss someone
    24. Killed: when someone is beat in an argument
    25. Beast: Someone who dominates, AKA The Crimson Tide
    26. Threads: Clothes
    27. Straight: To be ok with how things are going; to be direct in communication
    28. Put on blast: See #22

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  2. Davis AnnJune 3, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    you know me well enough to expect for me to get less than a third of these right. regardless...

    1. Wilin'- going crazy
    2. Flexin'- showing off
    3. Goin' ham- being silly
    4. Sheisty- crappy
    5. Real talk- for real- used for emphasis.
    6. Racks- boobs?
    7. Trippin'- you're trippin= you're wrong... i think i could use it in a sentence?
    8. Duck- ugly. one time they said you were a duck when you were a kid when y'all were studying the earth's life cycle. extra credit? (that was one of my favorite posts. i laughed real hard...)
    9. Box- uhh... fight?
    10. Real rap- legit music
    11. Gutta- no idea.
    12. Trill- when you play 2-3 notes in rapid succession. other than that...
    13. G- gangsta. or ghetto.
    14. OG- overly gangsta.
    15. doin' too much- trying to hard
    16. Bake- make fun of/dis
    17. Twirkin'- dancing?
    18. Donk- bottom
    19. Kush- uhhh...
    20. Workin- making fun of
    21. Kicks- shoes
    22. Put on blast-flirtin
    23. Flamin'- gay?
    24. Killed- killed it- nailed it, did really well.
    25. Beast- awesome.
    26. Threads- clothes
    27. Straight- telling the truth.
    28. Put on blast- no points if you get this one right again!! same as 22.

    hopefully i at least made you laugh. now i'll go read susan's and find out what it all means.

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  3. Big GirlJune 14, 2011 at 8:34 PM

    I know the contest is over but I want to give it a go

    1. Wilin'
    2. Flexin'-showing out
    3. Goin' ham-show out?
    4. Sheisty-I really don't know but a combination of shit and fiesty, maybe?
    5. Real talk-truth or being serious
    6. Racks
    7. Trippin'-acting crazy
    8. Duck
    9. Box
    10. Real rap
    11. Gutta
    12. Trill
    13. G-gangster
    14. OG-original gangster
    15. doin' too much
    16. Bake-stoned?
    17. Twirkin'
    18. Donk-butt
    19. Kush-pott
    20. Workin
    21. Kicks-shoes
    22. Put on blast
    23. Flamin'-gay? or punking someone out?
    24. Killed
    25. Beast-being awesome or on a roll
    26. Threads-close
    27. Straight-"We straight" like "We're ok"
    28. **this term has been corrected** boom

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