MY POOR TEACHER
Mister Anderson wrote bankruptcy information on the blackboard and underlined it. “Now,” he said, “who can tell me what being bankrupt means?”
We all started laughing. Who didn’t know that? I raised my hand and told him, “It means you don’t have any money.” “Correct,” Mister Anderson said. “For an example, a high school math teacher who doesn’t make a lot of money needs more bankruptcy information when his wife suddenly leaves him in the middle of the night with almost all his money. What does he do? Whom does he talk to? We all broke out laughing again, but then Mister Anderson said, “Really. Tell me. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?” Slowly, one-by-one, we stopped laughing when we realized this wasn’t a joke or anything. Our teacher was about to have a nervous breakdown in front of us. I almost wished I knew more bankruptcy information just so I could help him. Seriously, I don’t want him freaking out and crying in front of us. He still has to grade our tests from last week. “Come on now,” he said, while tearing up. “TELL ME!” He threw the piece of chalk across the room and it broke against the opposite wall. Then the bell sounded and we all rushed right out of there.
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