Who knew it started so early in age....like 6th grade??!! I had no idea. After all, who am I? Just a wimpy teacher. I've been taught to teach the State's Standards. I don't remember reading about the male ego.
Well, it all started when we took our kids bowling. My co-worker (who is not so wimpy) instructed the boys and girls that they were to line up by shoe size. I automatically thought...ok, this is going to take a minute or 15. Well, it didn't take long surprisingly. I somehow got stuck with the boys' line. As the boys discussed their show sizes, one came to me and said, "I don't feel comfortable telling my shoe size". I said, "well, I have to know, so I'll know where to place you in line. You can whisper it to me, and I won't share it". He whispered his size....I won't share, but his feet are small. Of course he ended up in the front of the line. I went down the line to check to make sure all of the boys were in order....I got 4, 5, 7, 8.5.....then I got to the end....10 IN MENS, 11 IN MENS....the IN MENS part came from some weird deep voice from each boy. I could not stop laughing!
When we got into the bowling alley, I saw my little friend with his velcro fastened bowling shoes....so cute to me, but to him an embarrassment. I immediately thought about the book "Those Shoes", by Maribeth Boelts. I envisioned Jeremy standing there with the velcro shoes, with the duck on the side.... At least he didn't have a duck on his shoes!
This was my second time in life bowling and I got beat by a bunch of 11 and 12 year olds.....Where is the birth of the "teacher's ego"??
Educationally Yours,
The Wimpy Teacher!
