Who's on First?

This is my best story from working with students from the 2008-2009 school year.

Three 5th graders were playing a trivia game. A male student was asked the following: In baseball, what does the shortstop do after catching a ball. I do not remember the specific question, but the answer I was looking for was throw it to first base.

This student was not familiar with baseball. I mimed throwing the ball. In order to help him figure out where to throw the ball to, I started spelling the word. "It starts with the letter 'b'," I say. He suddenly blurts out "Bitch!"

The other two students were slow to catch on to what he said. The resource specialist walks over to inquire what exactly I'm teaching my students. We were laughing. I informed the student the shortstop throws the ball to first base.

Later that year the same student blurted out "dick," but I can no longer remember the context. It was apparent he was learning new vocabulary words outside of school.