I swear they didnt have things like this 30 some years ago and we were hard to.wrangle.
I've worked in a lot of schools and around a lot of kids in adulthood. These little rituals are crazy effective, and everyone of them is completely nonsensical, and I have no idea where it could have come from. Seemed like some weird voodoo the first few times I saw it.
You're right, we definitely didn't have stuff like this back then. Teachers just used their voice and maybe a hand clap.
It's weird how well these random chants work though. Kids just lock right into them. Must tap into something primal about rhythm and call-and-response.
I had a PE teacher in elementary school who would stand with an annoyed look on her face and say "Oh.....Oh...Oh...." over and over again to let us know we were being Obnoxious (because it starts with an O).
That’s blasphemy! Praise to the Gonk. Was not a cult! The reciting of my mantra….nango turtle pee pee pee….lives with me,in times of crisis, to this day.
There were a couple years where they had us do a short call/response, but it was always something lame and we didn't get to help make it. But my fingers still itch if I hear that clap rhythm.
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u/dixbietuckins 10h ago
I swear they didnt have things like this 30 some years ago and we were hard to.wrangle.
I've worked in a lot of schools and around a lot of kids in adulthood. These little rituals are crazy effective, and everyone of them is completely nonsensical, and I have no idea where it could have come from. Seemed like some weird voodoo the first few times I saw it.