I ambushed both my freshman English 1 classes. Turned all the desks facing the wrong way, toward the back of the room. Podium still in the same place up front. :whistling:
I'm outside the door monitoring the hall between classes, so I can hear 'em as they enter, but I'm not in the room. Lots of murmuring and whispering and confusion about whether they should sit in their assigned seats facing the wrong way, or refigure where to sit from the NEW front of the rows. :laugh:
Then I come in at the bell, serious and grim and "alright, quiet down and copy your notes from the board" (which is now BEHIND them) like usual, and launch into the day's work like nothing's different.
And they're freshmen, right? And I'm . . . well, I'm BIG. And gruff, and---to them---a little scary. NOBODY asks "wtf?" They're looking at each other in a panic, and looking back over their shoulders to copy down their notes, and facing straight forward in their desks like they're supposed to during lecture even though I'm standing BEHIND them giving it . . . oh, man. :laugh:
~Boar