So this week I believe that I may have surpassed my previous "most embarrassing moment". Well actually, I DID experience my newest "most embarrassing moment" Aren't you excited? I always love to hear about when other people are publicly humiliated haha but perhaps it's only because it makes me feel a bit more at ease with my what feels like constant public displays of shame... This actually wasn't as much embarrassing, as it was hilarious. More like, it was a bit uncomfortable for the majority of my BYU colleagues....
So as part of an assignment for my Literacy in TESOL(teaching English to speakers of other languages f.y.i.) class, we had to present a website to our professor and fellow collegues. Pretty much we had to give them an overview of the website, share our favorite features of the website, and take them on a brief virtual tour, showing the most useful tools... etc. So here I am, going along just as "planned", clicking on random sections such as reading, grammar, vocabulary, and showing the class the different parts (no pun intended....you'll get it in a few seconds...)of the website. Me: "Oh here we go, lets test out the bi-lingual section. This is cool, it allows you to test your knowledge in several languages. Hey! (I point to a boy in the class) here is a section on English-Finnish, lets test it out with the skills of our friend! ( I knew he had served a mission in Finland)" I then click on a Quiz in the vocab section. The "Body Parts" Vocab section. The first word appears..."Abdomen." Normal. The guy chooses the Finnish word for abdomen, I select, boom, done. We go on our way. Next word. I kid you not. Here I am, totally winging this website thing, and the next "Vocab" word that pops up? NIPPLE. Yes. That's right. N-I-P-P-L-E. I completely lost it and had no idea how to continue from that point! HAHAHAHA! I was just laughing/trying to gain composure to finish! hahahaha I quickly summed up. "Well, that is basically the website, and we cannot argue that this is indeed a word..." Luckily the Finland kid was completely mortified and didn't even crack a smile ;) Being a class of about 50 BYU students, I would say about 1/2 reacted the way I did. Laughed! Is it not funny that the word nipple came up?? ..and the reactions of the other 1/2, you might ask?? Well frankly they were put-out and rendered speechless. This made the whole situation that much more hilarious! I claim this now as one of my legendary moments at BYU. Really though, what other possible way could I have possibly ended my presentation and left my professor utterly speechless? I make it through 99% of my presentation, and just as I'm summing up, the word NIPPLE pops up on the big screen! Truly an unsuitable word for a BYU classroom, and most untimely too ;) Maybe this story will come in handy when I have teenagers that need further chats regarding the birds and the bees or something...?
HAHAHAHAHA! Oh my gosh, Monica. I would have been right there laughing with you. I LOVE when stuff like this happens in BYU classrooms. PERFECT!
ReplyDeleteLove this monica.... This is the best nipple story I've heard in a long time. Also I would have tried to see Davy too. Thats awesome get is autograph for me.
ReplyDeleteHaha I wish I could have witnessed this.
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