rubinc in nyc!

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.

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