English Teachers
Is it a prerequisite for English teachers to be unique, or perhaps just high school English teachers?
While you contemplate that, I'll provide some backup based on my weekend. Hubby got free tickets from a coworker to a Boz Scaggs concert at Hampton Beach Casino. They were general admission, and so you pick your seat from the available seats. We were there early and had lots of choices. We grabbed a table, each ga table had 4 seats. We decided to sit side by side so as to get the best view of the stage. What does all this have to do with English teachers you ask. I'm getting to that.
Soon after we sat, a white haired gent wearing a white and tan checked Irish style hat and a light orange shirt stopped by and asked, " You wouldn't mind if we sat here would you?" Before we could reply, he continued that he always sat at that table when he attended concerts there. As he was saying that, his wife who had stopped at a nearby empty table was pleading to take that seat. We told him ok, and he practically dragged his protesting wife over.
It was 2 hours before the concert was to start, so we chatted and learned about each other. Turns out he was a high school English teacher who had just retired after 34 years of service. His wife, eight years his junior was of slight build and had her blonde curly hair tied back in a pony tail. She looked more like 20 years younger than her spouse.
Beyond looks, the gentleman's behavior was a tad odd. He continually got up to wander and speak with strangers all about. His wife told us this was common for him. Apparently he invited everyone in town that he had ever met to his retirement party. His wife mildly complained that there were many people that she had never met in her house, one of those people being her husband's dry cleaner.
During the time before the concert, the English teacher chappy pulled out some smuggled candy and in a leering voice aked me, "Would you like some candy little girl?" Ok meant as a joke, but was just weird.
The foppish eccentricity of the man brought to mind my youngest daughter's high school English teacher. Her teacher always wore a vest and a bow tie. He too was unique, but in a more interesting way.
My own high school English teacher was a woman that fooled around with another English teacher at the school and ended up getting a divorce from her husband. Actually I think the other English teacher was married at the time too. Anyway aside from the scandal, what I remember most about that teacher was that she had the most bizarre interpretations of literature. I'm all for delving into hidden meanings, but she went into things that were so off the beaten path that I sincerly doubt the author even thought of anything like that.
Anyone else have experience with unique teachers English or otherwise?
While you contemplate that, I'll provide some backup based on my weekend. Hubby got free tickets from a coworker to a Boz Scaggs concert at Hampton Beach Casino. They were general admission, and so you pick your seat from the available seats. We were there early and had lots of choices. We grabbed a table, each ga table had 4 seats. We decided to sit side by side so as to get the best view of the stage. What does all this have to do with English teachers you ask. I'm getting to that.
Soon after we sat, a white haired gent wearing a white and tan checked Irish style hat and a light orange shirt stopped by and asked, " You wouldn't mind if we sat here would you?" Before we could reply, he continued that he always sat at that table when he attended concerts there. As he was saying that, his wife who had stopped at a nearby empty table was pleading to take that seat. We told him ok, and he practically dragged his protesting wife over.
It was 2 hours before the concert was to start, so we chatted and learned about each other. Turns out he was a high school English teacher who had just retired after 34 years of service. His wife, eight years his junior was of slight build and had her blonde curly hair tied back in a pony tail. She looked more like 20 years younger than her spouse.
Beyond looks, the gentleman's behavior was a tad odd. He continually got up to wander and speak with strangers all about. His wife told us this was common for him. Apparently he invited everyone in town that he had ever met to his retirement party. His wife mildly complained that there were many people that she had never met in her house, one of those people being her husband's dry cleaner.
During the time before the concert, the English teacher chappy pulled out some smuggled candy and in a leering voice aked me, "Would you like some candy little girl?" Ok meant as a joke, but was just weird.
The foppish eccentricity of the man brought to mind my youngest daughter's high school English teacher. Her teacher always wore a vest and a bow tie. He too was unique, but in a more interesting way.
My own high school English teacher was a woman that fooled around with another English teacher at the school and ended up getting a divorce from her husband. Actually I think the other English teacher was married at the time too. Anyway aside from the scandal, what I remember most about that teacher was that she had the most bizarre interpretations of literature. I'm all for delving into hidden meanings, but she went into things that were so off the beaten path that I sincerly doubt the author even thought of anything like that.
Anyone else have experience with unique teachers English or otherwise?