To This:
One of my students saw it and the following DAY long circus took place. (Either I am waaaaay to nice or they are waaaaay too bored, but they are waaaaay to interested in my personal life).
Student: "Miss, is that your Dad?" (apparently, they are still at the age where height=age. hence the title.)
Me: No, that's my fiance.
Student: Dang! he's tall!
Students (yes, plural): who? let me see! what are you talking about? DANG Miss! He's TALL!!!
Me: Yeah, but keep in mind, I'm fairly short.
Different Student: Miss, when you kiss at your wedding, is he going to have to pick you up or something?
Me: thinking - I don't want to have this conversation! No. Come on, guys, think! I'll be wearing heels, and stand on my tiptoes and he'll lean down a bit. We'll be fine.
Student: why don't you just stand on a box?
Me: I AM NOT standing on a box at my wedding!
Which of course then sparked the usual round of "whens and wheres and can we play at its" - I've gotten very good at sidestepping these, by the way. And apparently, the Jazz Band then went and shared the above info because as every class after them walked in, they craned their necks to see if they could see the picture on my desktop and see how FREAKISHLY (sorry Red!) tall he is compared to me, because they are, after all, middle schoolers and nobody wants to be a leader and actually ASK to see the picture, but they all want to see it, so they get neck injuries and stub their toes as they walk past until SOMEONE (anyone?) is brave enough to actually ask to see the picture and then they all gather around like vultures descending on some hapless, dehydrated rabbit.
If you'd just comb down that little bit of hair that's sticking up DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS HEAD SO HE LOOKS LIKE A CUPIE DOLL then maybe he wouldn't look so tall in comparison. Sheesh. Why do I always have to point out the obvious to you?
ReplyDeleteWhat's wrong with having kewpie hair? You got something against them? MOoooooom! Susan's a Kewpie Doll bigot! AND she broke Red's hair brush!
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How tall is he, Your Majesty? Cus you and I are about the same height, aren't we? I'm thinking he may be close to, but not taller than Ursa Major?
I'm gonna guess 6'3" or 6'4"did I win, did I win? :D
I actually hadn't noticed the hair sticking up. Maybe I'll have to start calling him Alfalfa. And he's 6' even, so I think he's much shorter than Ursa Major. So, no, you don't win. I'm 5'1". you?
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