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[absinthe_eyed]

[Audio]

I don’t remember how old I was when I saw a cat catch a bird on the school playground. It must have been in kindergarten… first grade. It doesn’t matter. I was reading when I heard this noise. It was-there’s nothing to compare it to. I dropped my book and went to find what had made it and, under the old jungle gym that no one played on

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[chasingmorning]

[chasingmorning]

Did you tell anyone that he talked to you like that?

[chasingmorning]

I would have cried.

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[absinthe_eyed]

No. It didn't seem important.

He talked to everyone like that, anyway.

[absinthe_eyed]

That would have been considered acceptable, I think. It's more acceptable for girls to cry.

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[chasingmorning]

He sounds terrible.

[chasingmorning]

Why? You were a kid, and you were upset too. Those are acceptable circumstances.

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[absinthe_eyed]

As far as I know, "terrible" is a quality that the public school system fosters in gym teachers.

[absinthe_eyed]

I don't know. My mother was very... she had extremely rigid views where appropriate gender-based behavior was concerned.

[ooc: Sneeeaking off to bed!]

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[chasingmorning]

What good are they then at all? Does everyone know this?

[Because really, that's about the worst word she knows. >>;]

[chasingmorning]

...I'm sorry.

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[absinthe_eyed]

Everyone knows, no one cares. Terrible gym teachers are the public education system's way of making up for the banning of corporeal punishment.

[absinthe_eyed]

Don't be. What's done is done.

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[chasingmorning]

I don't think I would have done well in school where you're from. At least with parents you can try and reason...well, at least talk back to them.

[chasingmorning]

Does it make remembering easier?

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[absinthe_eyed]

You would've been fine. Not all teachers are like that. Some of them were easier to talk to than parents.