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?"
Oy.
ReplyDeleteOh my....
ReplyDeleteEven if they knew, better not to admit, since smart ain't cool. Gah.
ReplyDeletewhat songbird said...
ReplyDeleteummm...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.
ReplyDeleteOr A is for Allusive Woman, who can thwart bad guys with heady allusions. or alliterations, if she were Alliterative Woman.
ReplyDeleteHeh.
ReplyDeleteWell, at least SHB got it. ;)
Kudos to the teacher for trying!
ReplyDeleteSlightly less than rewarding, I would say. Good for SHB, though.
ReplyDeleteWhen I worked in a high school, I dressed up as a "rough draft," taking my inspiration from bikers.
ReplyDeleteThat is a cool teacher.
ReplyDeleteOh. That hurts.
ReplyDeleteHigh school English teachers are superheroes, no?
ReplyDeletesometimes it's fun being obscure
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