Today I taught a third grader how to tie her shoes.
She didn't already know how not because she was a slow learner, but
because no one had ever taught her before, and she learned easily in
about 30 seconds. So that got my morning off to a great start, and I
was feeling good about the day....
....Then I had a girl ask me what to do with her shirt after she "dropped it in the toilet with the poo," and witnessed a boy discover "your mom" jokes, which quickly turned into his whole class discovering "your mom" jokes and gleefully going from beginner to expert at creating them (in very dirty, explicit, worse than R-rated versions) in a matter of mere minutes....
....Then I had a girl ask me what to do with her shirt after she "dropped it in the toilet with the poo," and witnessed a boy discover "your mom" jokes, which quickly turned into his whole class discovering "your mom" jokes and gleefully going from beginner to expert at creating them (in very dirty, explicit, worse than R-rated versions) in a matter of mere minutes....
... I'm flashing back to that time a couple friends of a friend said my life is so glamorous... Yep -- Keepin' it classy.
Oh wait, but then I walked by Meryl Davis on my way home. And she's about as close to an actual Disney Princess as they come. So I guess her grace and elegance balance out the poo and stuff....
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