“Ms. Peña, it’s about to be hot girl summer… you know what that means… we got to go to CHURCH!” #sophomorestories

“Ok Ms. Peña, I’ll be right back, I’m going to the bathroom.” “Ok bye, make wise choices!” “Ms. Peña! Stop that! I am going to the bathroom!” #freshmanannouncements

“You’re giving off some real zucchini vibes right now, Ms. Peña.” Coming in HOT #APblasts

“Ms. Peña, you are fully white, right?” #juniormints

“Ms. Peña, people I have a relationship with call me by this nickname.” “Can I call you that?” “Ms. Peña it is the third day of class.” #APblasts

“Do you have any questions for me?” “Ms. Peña this is not a question but I will find you a husband.” #juniormints

A student: “Ms. Peña, will we be penalized on the AP exam if we don’t make a claim in our essay?” “Yes, you will.” Another student: “No we won’t! We’ll be peñalized!!” #APblasts

“This part of the story is so dumb it must mean something otherwise it’s just dumb” #APblasts

I say this seriously but the thing I love/hate about teaching English is that we can all think about things differently and arrive at completely different answers AND They’re all right

What did you do today?

“Is there a difference between AP Lit. class and therapy? No, no there is not.” #APblasts

Me: I apologize for anything we did last week, it’s a fever dream, I was very sick and probably should have gone home Student: Yeah Ms. Peña last class you looked like death. And I mean that from the bottom of my heart. #sophomorestories

Student 1: Ms. Peña have you watched that Jeffrey Dahmer show? Student 2: Ms. Peña do not watch that it is not of God #APblasts

Serious question Did James Madison never play the magic crystal flute Was it just decoration

“Ms. Peña you’ll never guess what I got this weekend!” “Did you get a typewriter?” #sophomorestories

“Ms. Peña I like your nails!” “Oh thank you, I was trying to pick a color for a wedding. Do you think I should wear this?” “Hmmm…yeah that should work, they’re not *too* scandalous.” #sophomorestories

Student 1: “Ms. Peña I do not cry, I have made it through every funeral I’ve ever been to without crying.” Student 2: “Ok but is that really the flex you seem to think it is?” #juniormints

*wailing* “Ms. Peña! It’s gone! It’s GONE! Gone FOREVER!” “What is gone? What are you talking about?!” “My illegal library website that I read all my books on illegally! They shut it down nine hours ago!” #sophomorestories

We’re happy you got your Taylor Swift tickets but where is this energy when we’re trying to sign up people for library cards

“How are we supposed to know that you underline book titles?! We haven’t done grammar since the fifth grade!” “Well, it’s like riding a bike, you learn once and then you just keep doing it.” “Bold of you to assume we know how to RIDE A BIKE” #APblasts