STS: When my mind wandered in class, I was thinking…
Posted by Mrs Zeee on 05/02/2009
This week’s Small Talk Six topic addresses what we’ve always wondered about teachers/professors when we were in school…What a fun topic!
If you think about it, we spend hours of our lives staring at teachers as they spew seemingly endless streams of knowledge our way. Every once in a while, minds wander and instead of focusing on The Great Gatsby or math equations, I found myself thinking:
1. Do all elementary school teachers shop at the same store: Long-Floral-Skirts-R-Us?
2. Why does every female gym teacher I’ve ever had sport a bowl haircut and knobby knees… Is that in the job description or something?
3. At what point in his life was the drama teacher rejected by Broadway and resolved to recreate it on the high school stage?
4. Where do all of those cool little metallic star stickers come from and how can I get a stash? I loved seeing those on my exam papers next to a big, fat A+!
5. Allowing 16 year olds to handle hydrochloric acid without gloves and goggles was definitely not a safe move, Mrs Chemistry teacher.
6. Did my 6th period art instructor really think we couldn’t smell the marijuana on his vest and see his red eyes? We were high school kids for cryin’ out loud!
Gotta love it…
Amanda said,
You can find the stars at Staples. I bought them for my oldest son when he was potty training. It’s amazing the power they hold.
Maria@Conversations with Moms said,
Your questions made me laugh, especially number 3.
Staci A said,
Great list! #6 made me laugh. We had a strict no smoking policy, but one of my teachers would run across the street between classes to smoke. She wasn’t supposed to, and everyone always knew.
harriet said,
I think that most hs drama teachers have been rejected by Broadway and resolved to recreate their fame at the hs level.
Shan said,
Ok, yours is the best list so far! And all my PE teachers looked like that except they had short perms (females). We were pretty sure they were “partners” because they both had the same exact hairstyle.
Kris said,
Two of my female gym teachers were “partners”. Quite taboo at the time, but they were open about it. They had the same short bowl haircut too! Too funny.
zelzee said,
Our gym teacher made us shower, and would rip the towel away to make sure we were wet…………….yeah, right..
But that was a long time ago. They couldn’t get away with that today.
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