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Apr 01 2009

April Fool’s Day

Actually, despite the ominous date, the worst a kid did to me today was tell me that I had something on my shirt when I didn’t – but it wasn’t even accompanied by a nose-flick when I looked down to check. I think they were being good for me today because I was the only teacher who dressed up for Wacky Tacky Wednesday (it’s school spirit week) – I wore pink Converse, green corduroy pants, a bright pink tshirt and a neon green striped sweater, along with pigtails and a goofy butterfly headband that anyone who went to high school with me would recognize from crazy hat day way back when. Basically, I looked twelve. I also got leered at by lots of creepy old men as I walked to and from school – if I were to do this again, I would wait until I got to work to put in the pigtails so as to avoid pedophiles.

Also, today Eunice kept talking during the lesson, and after I corrected her for the fourth or fifth time she apologized and said, “I’m sorry Ms. Rubin! Can you just hit me? I think I would behave a lot better in school if my teachers could hit me when I deserved it!” She was not April fooling, and I don’t really know how I feel about that.

4 Responses

  1. mar-mar

    lolz at your outfit. I can picture it perfectly. glad to hear you have so much school spirit! you rule!!!!

  2. mar-mar

    also: you always look twelve.

  3. stephanie

    is this Ms. Rubin as in from umaine track & field?!
    if so, PLEASE email me stephanie.jette@umit.maine.edu
    I APPLIED FOR TFA AND WILL HEAR BACK ON APRIL 20th!

  4. rubinc

    Uh, this is Ms. Rubin from MIT, who has only been to Maine once and never done any track and/or field anything. But good luck getting in!

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