For most of you the principals office, attending assemblies, fire drills and prom are a distant memory. For me however, it is all in a days work. Teaching high school is a unique job compared to most. This was my 4th period class a few days ago.
Let me set the stage for you. Miss Christensen's ceramic class. Ty (the token gay student of the school) enters the room.
Ty, "Miss C. I am so excited! I think I found you a date!"
Miss C. "Oh really?"
Ty, "I was at WalMart last night and I saw a guy in the card section picking out a wedding card."
Miss C. "and you asked him if he wanted to go out with your teacher?"
Ty, "No I thought that sounded weird. So I kinda lied to him at first. I went up to him and told him I was doing a survey on whether or not people would date a school teacher knowing their income."
WalMart guy, "umm yeah, I guess."
Ty, "well then would you like to go out with my ceramics teacher? She really needs a date!"
Walmart guy, "did she put you up to this?"
Ty, "no, I have just made it my personal goal to find her a date by the end of the semester."
Alec (the boy who sits next to Ty), "Miss C. has never been on a date?"
Let me intercede at for a moment. Can you imagine what this guy was thinking? This poor, desperate teacher!
Miss C., "Ty! Oh my gosh!"
Ty, "So then I asked him who he was buying the card for. It was for his best friend who was getting married the next day. "Do you have a date for the wedding?"
WalMart guy, "No, but I am suppose to be meeting some girl there."
Ty, "So what do you do for a living?
Walmart guy, "I am a lawyer."
Ty, "How old are you?"
WalMart guy, "30"
Ty, "Is that too young for you Miss C.?"
Miss C., "So how did this end?"
Ty, "I gave him my number and he said if things didn't work out with this girl at the wedding he would get in touch with me. Oh and his name is George."
Miss C., "Ty, I can't believe you did that!"
Ty, "well I have to admit that it isn't the first time. When I worked at Old Navy I use to see guys there all the time and ask if they wanted to be set up with you. One of these days one of them is going to show up with flowers! It is going to be so exciting!"
In the midst of all this happening Zach is at my desk.
Zach, "Miss (pause for a minute, over the course of my five years of teaching my name has gone from Miss Christensen to Miss C. to Miss) I will rock, paper, scissor you for your diet coke."
ALL IN A DAYS WORK!
7 comments:
Of all the comment-worthy delights in this post, I think it pleases me most that your name has been reduced to Miss.
That made me think of my second grade days reading Junie B. Jones to my class. She only calls her teacher Mrs. You must be very loved by your kids! Which doesn't surprise me. You were the best art teacher I ever knew. What loyal students to be looking for the perfect guy for you :)
Aww thanks Rebecca. I should add that my students have a strange fascination with my social life. I don't remember ever knowing or caring about my teachers personal lives. I admit it is endearing.
That is a very cute story- love how they look out for you- hey I met my husband on a second grade field trip- when I was teaching- and now we have 2 kids! HA!
I laughed out loud while reading your post--your students are hilarious! My sister-in-law says you are her favorite teacher!
Oh my gosh! I was laughing the whole way through this! What a kid! I can only imagine the stories you have from teaching! You should make a book of quotes or something!
I'm really glad you typed this post the way you did. It made me feel like I was there, saying, "TY, what were you thinkin???"
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