I made connections!

Today we had the students in my reading class draw pictures of two vocabulary words. One is "prestigious" and one student asked if he could draw a picture of the "Prestige" award from "his video game." The teacher said "WHAT?!" but I asked what the reward was from.

"Modern Warfare: 2" he said.

"What's the Prestige award?" I asked.

"It's what you get for *insert middle school babbling about how awesome he was and how ____ still needed 8 points to get Prestige."

"So what does the reward do?"

"People gotta respect you!"

"How does that relate to the vocabulary word we have?"

"It doesn't, I just thought they sounded the same."

"What's the definition of prestigious"

*he pulls out vocab worksheet*

"Prestigious means... deserving of respect. HEY! Wait..."

"So the 'Prestige' reward just means you are..."

"Prestigious! People gotta respect me!"

"Right!"

"I gotta tell my friends on xbox live! *continue inane chatter*

That's when the teacher and I high-fived.

Achievement unlocked: "PEDAGOGTACULAR!"