Like a BOSS!

So I'm sitting in class on Friday (middle school) and one of my kids asks if he is finished. They have gotten in the habit of asking me if their artwork is finished instead of just assuming; I almost always send them back to their desk to work some more. Friday was no exception. This particular student asked if he was finished, and I said, "No, you need to work on your values. I want darker darks and lighter lights." He goes back to his desk and says... I kid you not...

"Workin' on my values, like a BOSS!"

To which I say, not even thinking,

"Bomb the Russians, like a BOSS!"

Now I'm sure some of you are thinking, "What's the big deal? What's this boss stuff all about?" Yeah... well... it's a SNL Digital Short, and it is NOT classroom appropriate. Case in point:

Needless-to-say every 8th grader spins their head around and says, "Miss Nelson, you know "Like a Boss?" "You watch Saturday Night Live?" I wanted to scream that I have been watching SNL since before they were born, but I refrained. I hated it when my teachers said that.

Instead I just swallowed my pride... like a BOSS!