Making out!

This week in seminary we covered 1 Nephi 16, which includes the story of Nephi breaking his bow. So we get to 1 Nephi 23 and one of my students reads "And is came to pass that I, Nephi, did make out of wood a bow". The smartalec stops and says "Oh, Nephi made out!!" I responded that he needed to go back several verses to verse 7 and read what it said. So smarty pants reads verse 7 and says, "Nephi got married." I said "YES! First he got married, and THEN he made out!!" I told them "There's a lesson to be learned there. Don't get those mixed up!!"

So at this point one of my other students asks "Brother Sampson, do you make out?" I responded "All the time dude." The kid FREAKED. He said "Oh no, no way." I then asked, "haven't you SEEN Sister Sampson?" All my students then erupted with sounds of utter disgust. One of them said "Ah MAN, come on, I didn't think old people made out." I told him I did not think I was old. One of the other students said "he's not old, he's middle aged." I told them I didn't think I was middle aged either. As the groans continued I told them "Don't ask questions you don't want to know the answers to."

When they did not quiet down I told them "No, Sister Sampson and I stay up late every night studying the Book of Mormon, and THAT's how we got four kids!" They all lost it. I had kids covering their ears and yelling "la la la la, I can't hear you". Others put their heads on the desk and covered their heads with their arms and started groaning. One kid had a blanket with him (it's cold in our classroom) that he put over his head and then put his hands on the outside of the blanket to cover his ears.

I did finally manage to settle things down and get the lesson concluded. After everyone left Brother Bunker came by my room (he walks the halls and makes sure the students get to class) and asked me how the lesson was. When I told him it was great he responded "it sounded like some of them were in pain there for a while."

So far seminary has been a joy. My students for the most part are learning quite a bit and having fun in the process. We start Isaiah and Second Nephi this week which I have not been looking forward to. Stay tuned!