A recent conversation with my sixteen-year-old son made me realize, once again, how often the efforts of high school English teachers go unrewarded.
Me: Hey, did anyone at your school dress up for Halloween this year?
Shaggy Hair: Lots of kids did. And some of the teachers.
Me: Any good costumes?
Shaggy Hair: They were lame.
Shaggy Hair: Ms. English Teacher dressed as Hester Prynne.
Me: Oh, that's clever. Since you all had to read The Scarlet Letter over the summer.
Shaggy Hair: Kids didn't really get it.
Me: What did she wear?
Shaggy Hair: An old-fashioned dress and the letter A pinned to her chest.
Me: Well, that should have been a dead give-away.
Shaggy Hair: Not really. Kids were saying, "Why does Ms. English Teacher have a letter pinned to her chest? Is she supposed to be some kind of superhero?"
14 comments:
Oy.
Oh my....
Even if they knew, better not to admit, since smart ain't cool. Gah.
what songbird said...
ummm...I would have gotten that. In high school. and admitted to getting it. Maybe I was a nerd? If so, so were all my friends.
Or A is for Allusive Woman, who can thwart bad guys with heady allusions. or alliterations, if she were Alliterative Woman.
Heh.
Well, at least SHB got it. ;)
Kudos to the teacher for trying!
Slightly less than rewarding, I would say. Good for SHB, though.
When I worked in a high school, I dressed up as a "rough draft," taking my inspiration from bikers.
That is a cool teacher.
Oh. That hurts.
High school English teachers are superheroes, no?
sometimes it's fun being obscure
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