They're making me feel old

Governor's school students. Sigh. I walk into class today, and one student is laying on the floor, while several others are making the "Jr. Birdman" face. One student is helpfully gesturing for me to do something to my chin. I'm like, "what the heck? Is there ink on my face? what's with the Jr. Birdmen?" Turns out it's a game where if someone makes that face at you when you're not touching your chin, you have to lay down on the floor. And they say, "And you have to play, because you're cool!"

My response: "I'm an english professor. My cool evaporated long ago."

And now it turns out that there's more than one game going on. I said something in class, and all of a sudden, in unison, the class does some kind of "vogue" thing where they make boxes around their faces. I tried to ferret out what I said to cause that straaaange reaction--they were unhelpful in that regard. Furthermore, there's still another mystery game going on that you lose if you think about, so you have to play it without thinking about it.

I did meekly lay down at the end of class when, as soon as I said, "get outta here," several Jr. Birdman faces were made at me. One student tried to snap a picture, but I was too fast for him. ha ha.

Sigh. I'm only 34, but already having a hard time keeping up.