Day 6
End of Day 6 of a 20 Day marathon of 11 hour teaching days and only one day off in 11. The cracks are starting to show among co-workers. Today El Capitan told me that my shorts were too short (above the knee) in her words ' too sexy' . *
*and now you have a small understanding of the incredible Victorian prudishness that exists in some segments of K-land. Knees haven't been off-limits since hoopskirts and whalebone corsets, b##$!
I said "Should I go home?" Incredulous.
"No, just don't wear them again".
I gathered my things, left the staff room and slammed my classroom door behind me. When you consider the nu-metal t-shirts and tear-away parachute pants that some other teachers wear I am a paragon of sartorial professionalism. To quote Wayne Gretzky - Damn right I'm hot. I feel like I'm being persecuted. Capitan came to my class to make sure I wasn't too angry - like quitting angry, I guess. If she needs something to liven up her 13 hour working days she picked the wrong mark. She has no clue how unpleasant a weaselly little passive aggressive foreigner can be.
I think I'll start by wearing a suit and tie tomorrow and then test the existence of a non-smoking policy in the teacher's room.
Later, HippieChick and Dharma told me that my main problem was combining checked fabrics. "It makes your eyes scattered".
*and now you have a small understanding of the incredible Victorian prudishness that exists in some segments of K-land. Knees haven't been off-limits since hoopskirts and whalebone corsets, b##$!
I said "Should I go home?" Incredulous.
"No, just don't wear them again".
I gathered my things, left the staff room and slammed my classroom door behind me. When you consider the nu-metal t-shirts and tear-away parachute pants that some other teachers wear I am a paragon of sartorial professionalism. To quote Wayne Gretzky - Damn right I'm hot. I feel like I'm being persecuted. Capitan came to my class to make sure I wasn't too angry - like quitting angry, I guess. If she needs something to liven up her 13 hour working days she picked the wrong mark. She has no clue how unpleasant a weaselly little passive aggressive foreigner can be.
I think I'll start by wearing a suit and tie tomorrow and then test the existence of a non-smoking policy in the teacher's room.
Later, HippieChick and Dharma told me that my main problem was combining checked fabrics. "It makes your eyes scattered".
posted by Vivec at 11:52 p.m.
3 Comments:
Who wears short shorts...
I wish you were shooting video to go with this blog. The testing the no-smoking policy, coupled with the anonymous comment! It just made me laugh out loud. HA! I hope you're able to laugh at your situation. But then again, laughing or crying it's the same thing to me.
Too sexy for your class, too sexy for your class, so sexy.....
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