Thursday, March 18, 2010

Me? A Pothead?...Really?

One of my favorite moments in class:

Student: "Ms. Baer when you were in high school which clique were you in?"

Me: "Oh, I was a floater in many different cliques. No specific clique."

Other student: "Wait...you grew up in California, right?"

Me: "Yes, I did. In Oakland."

Everyone: "Oakland???????????"

"Yes."

Student: "Ms. Baer you must have been a pothead then! Everyone in Oakland smokes pot."

Whole class roars with laughter. I smile and laugh behind the stereotype.

They then proceeded to tell me that I was definitely in the pothead clique in high school.

Really guys? Really?

They definitely got a rise out of me that day.

2 comments:

Joanna said...

I can totally see why they would think that...do you hear the sarcasm in my writing?

linda said...

Really....You never told me!! What else don't I know?