I've lost it

I really think I've lost the power to be cool. I use to be cool back in the early-mid 2000's (at least I thought so) and then I was described as being 'unique', which is a nice way of saying that I was weird. Now I am just a freak of nature. I was teaching a form one student today and it was my first lesson with her. The first question she asked me was how old I was. Naturally, I asked her how old she thought I was. She said 20-something. That was a good start. I told her that I liked the red buttons on her uniform. She said she hated her uniform. I told her that it looks better than some of the ugly ones I've seen. She thanked me. Then we started the lesson, a lesson about mobile phones. Do teenagers really like to talk about mobile phones? Apparently so. She showed me her phone and I whipped out my iphone. First a squeal and then she pretended to clap. She said her mother has one but she was not allowed to touch it. I asked her to play me her ringtone. It was Taiwanese pop called Blackie and Lollipop. I had absolutely no idea who they were. I promised to Google.

Following the lesson plan I asked her a series of benign questions like how often do you SMS and what do you use your phone for? Now, if I were a teenager and someone asked me these questions I would probably be making an assessment of how retarded my teacher is. Again... where is the cool?
You know what this means now don't you? I have to research what is hip and happening. How I do go about doing this? Help me Obiwan Kenobi!

This student fidgeted throughout the entire class and I detected insecurities, shyness and self-consciousness. And there were no boys in the class, it was just her and me. I don't get it. Am I making her nervous? In contrast with my 11 year old, who I'm reading The BFG with (I think I'm secretly enjoying the book more than she is at the moment), she is outgoing, confident and not afraid to say what she thinks. I make fun of her and she makes fun of me. She can start five conversations with me at the same time and then have the gall to ask me - What was she talking about? I tell her I have absolutely no idea and can we continue to read. She laughs.

I have decided these are the age groups of people I can deal with: 0-5 (maximum of three hours); 10-12; 20-50; 70+. That's it.