student: "miss hansen...do you ever wear your hair down...?"
me: (pause) "no."
i didn't bother going on to explain that when given the choice between sleeping for another 25 minutes or taking that time to do my hair to impress a bunch of kids who will still probably think i'm mean and weird no matter how good my hair looked, there really is no contest. they don't need to know that i look like a normal person on the weekends. all they need to know is how to form coherent sentences (in both french, and english).
(which they don't)
i then realized, i had become one of those teachers. i had them in high school, the ones where i would think "i want to help her! she could be so much better looking if she just...(a,b,c)." and now i am that teacher. and now i understand that teacher in high school. and i salute her.
5 comments:
Jumelle, you crack me up. I'm so glad there's someone else in the world who despises mornings as much as me.
nice blazer!
Thats one of my favorite games to play. I like to play it with customers at my store, then I have to bite my tongue when I look like a bum when I go to Target.
some kid really asked you that?? what kid asks a teacher that? you still look cute even with your ponytail. i salute YOU
25 minutes of sleep is so much better than doing your hair. :) You stinkin' crack me up, Amy. EVERY post. :)
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