I'm a firm believer in using humor in the classroom. I taught English at a camp to new students every week and the first thing I would do is loosen them up with a song or a funny clip.
I do that to engage their minds to be ready to learn and 9/10, it works!
When I used to teach at an actual school in the USA, i'd still use humor but i'd also not bullshit my kids. I was kinda like William Dafoe's character in the movie Easy A (watch if you haven't, it's really good!).
Great write up today!
Easy A is brilliant! Emma Stone was incredible and such a fun take on The Scarlet Letter.
It was a good chance for me to really watch her acting chops at that time. Her and everyone else in that movie played off of each other well. I thought I was going to watch another one of those trashy teen dramas but it REALLY went above and beyond my expectations.