Monday, July 18, 2005
It's very rare that you get an opportunity to let those who helped make you the person that you are know just how special that they were to you. I was reading a mem on someone's site today and it said something about teachers who influenced your life. This reminded me of my trip to McDonald's on Saturday morning. As LittleMan and I were walking in, a lady was coming out. I recognized her as the librarian I had during elementary school. Ms. F had aged a little bit, but was still as sweet and kind as ever. We talked about her substitute teaching at my old school and how the younger members of my family were not nearly as stubborn as I was. Mrs. F. had a very strict "No Talking" policy, which was very difficult for a person as well versed in language as myself to adhere to. If you were caught talking, usually once a week for me, you got to do one of two things depending on her mood. The first was to be her "vase". You had to sit on her desk cross legged holding some fake flowers in your hands and be as still as possible and be a "vase" for her flowers. Of course, for an attention whore like myself, this was always fun. So, for people like myself, she made you a tail. This tail was made from notebook paper and fringed and curled on the ends. She taped it to your butt (I wish mine was still that small) and made you walk down the high school hall. This was kind of like the "Walk of Shame". I loved Mrs. F. though and she was one of the people who encouraged my love of reading. I used to read Sweet Valley Twins and eventually Sweet Valley High books. One day I decided to donate all of them to the school library (which rarely got new books) so that other people could read them. I'll never forget the tears in her eyes and the smile on her face when I brought them in. She made these cute little stickers for the inside saying donated by: Melissa ____ . I wonder if they are still there today? Maybe I'll have a daughter one day who can enjoy them.Anyway, Saturday I got the rare opportunity to thank her and tell her how much I enjoyed her as a teacher. She was one of those teachers that you tried your best for because you didn't want to disappoint them. I'm glad I got to do that.
I went to a friend's house last night. She left Thursday for vacation and came back yesterday. A few weeks ago she had finally gotten some help at work. They hired her a helper. Anyway, right after she left Thursday, they fired him for coming to work after hours and using her computer to look at internet porn. I asked her what she said when they told her. She replied, "I told them I wanted my chair sterlized." Ewwww...
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