re: #330 Dianna

Do your students really believe in El Chupacrabra? Or do they do that dead-pan “can you top this?” humor?

Depends. The older kids, the juniors and seniors, just swap stories, they think it’s funny, and pick up tales off the Internet. The freshmen are only thirteen or fourteen, and I think some of them do believe. When I taught middle school, there was some serious Chupacabra-belief going on.