Yes!!! I have one more class today at 1:30 ... here at the house ... and then I think I can declare myself officially on vacation ... at least for a 4-day-weekend!!
The 6th and 7th graders were very sweet today ... I need to write a blog about what I did for them this week .... dang it ... I meant to take pictures!! Shoot!! Oh well .... Anyway ... they gave me little gifts and hugs and we looked back on the year together ... very nice. I'll blog about what I gave them in my education opinions blog.
I also had something kind of neat happen yesterday ...
Tom and I went out for Indian Food for lunch like we do almost every Wednesday ... although we were later than usual. While we were eating, I heard a lovely British sounding voice ... and saw Gillian!! Okay ... so most Brits would slap me silly ... because the accent is actually South African ... but I still love the sound of it!!
Gillian and I worked together at LHS and again at The Colony ... but she retired in 2001. She was an English teacher .... and now teaches part-time at a local Community College.
Ahhhhh .... the memories!!
One year at LHS we were so crowded with students that every teacher had to share classrooms with another. During our conference periods we could stay in that room while the other teacher taught ... or find a faculty lounge to hang out in ... grade papers ... etc. I chose to abandon my Portable Building to the Coach teaching Social Studies and I usually hung out in the main Faculty Lounge ... graded papers ... ate lunch ... ran off papers .... etc.
The very cool thing about this set-up was the fact that there were displaced teachers from all departments who also hung out in this faculty lounge. English teachers, Math teachers, Science teachers, Art and Speech and Cheerleading teachers ... and even Subs. The group which I had the pleasure of sharing my 90 minutes of time with was HILARIOUS!!
There was Sally the Speech teacher ... OMG ... such wit and intelligence ....
There was Dixie, the Cheerleader Coach ... Sally's best friend ... who was also witty and intelligent and pretty and fun .... and a great straight-man for Sally ...
There was Gillian, the English teacher, with her South African Accent ... and a lovely innocence but strong opinions and intelligence ...
Judy the Art teacher .... me, the Math teacher .... a couple of Subs who who were very bright and fun women and were there on and off .... there were others, but I can't remember specifics ...
We all laughed a lot .... especially when Sally and Dixie got going ....
The one occasion which stands out the most in my mind involved a can of Renuzit Air Freshener ...
I wish I could remember the year .... ah ... Google is wonderful ... it was 1995 ... and there had been a report on the radio of cans of air freshener which had an actual picure of a (penis) laying in amongst the flowers. Well .... Sally and Dixie just had to look in to this rumor ... and one of them went out to the store and bought a can of Renuzit .... AND ... OMG ... there was a PENIS laying amongst the flowers. Well ... it sure looked like one!!!
OMG!! We laughed and laughed ... and were SHOCKED!! Shocked, I tell you. It looked like the photographer had gently laid his own body part in amongst the flowers when he took the pic!!
Well ... sweet Gillian .... she just had to call her husband and tell him about it .... so she calls him ... and we are all still laughing ... and she says "Colin ... you need to go get a can of Renuzit Air Freshener!! There is a picture of a ... ((and she puts her hand over mouth and whispers 'penis')) on the can!! " She had to say it several times because he couldn't understand her whispering ... but she didn't want to say PENIS out-loud!! All this with her lovely South African Accent ....
We laughed and laughed ....
Ahhhhh .... the memories ....
Here is a link to the SNOPES De-Bunking of the Story .... and the pic on the can ....
Ha!! I actually got to post a phallic symbol and type the word Penis ... wonder what Admin_John would think ....
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