The teachers at school for the first three weeks were feeding me peaches on a regular basis. A lot of peaches. Every time I'd think that I had eaten enough and could sneak away to do work, I was called back to eat more peaches. Don't get me wrong, they tasted delicious. I just didn't want to eat that many peaches in one sitting.
So one evening after night class, I came back to my office to find that the principal, vice-principal, and a billion other middle-aged male teachers were sitting around eating peaches and grapes. I had hoped that this was some sort of male bonding thing that I could get out of so I could go home and relax but I was very wrong. I had to sit next to the principal and eat peaches. But to my surprise, there was a new face in the crowd. I was told that he was the parent of a student and greeted him accordingly. Then the vice principal, who speaks very very little English says out of nowhere, "His son has a giant head! You know?"
Umm, what?! Why is this the only complete English sentence that you know?!? I'm a little concerned about what sentences you're picking up on a regular basis. And no, I do not know who his son is based off of the size of his head. Lots of kids have giant heads. It is not a distinguishing feature in high school.
Do you think he meant to say the son was very smart? Mickie
ReplyDeleteGood question. But I love the story, either way.
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