first time for everything

yesterday was the first time i caught a student doing something in class i never really imagined i'd deal with. oh i've had sleepers, nose pickers, phone callers, sneaky text message senders. but yesterday, one student whipped out his nail clippers and started cutting away, right in class! i let him do it for about 30 seconds and then just looked right at him and said, "Mr. Q. Can you do that at home?" He nodded sheepishly and let the nail clippers that were hanging around his neck drop silently onto his shirt. He's been wearing those nail clippers for the past few weeks now. How come I never expected him to use them? hehehehe