I am using my second blog to elaborate on just one of my school day experiences! The title should already give you a heads up that the following will not be
comfortable to read, that is if you have a human heart beating in your chest and not some iron transplant! Anyway, I remember my sophomore year in high school, I was scared to death because I was about to be in Senior high choir and this consisted of grades 10-12 so that's approximately 200 students give or take a few. I was already trying to slip into my alto position early so that I would not draw any unwanted attention. I breathed a sigh as the people around me buzzed to each other and were way too busy to notice me. Finally our choir director strode in and handed out a piece of music that was an old favorite in Junior High choir and by the time we reached Senior high it was the one we used to just sort of tune up. After we went through the song a couple of times our director became very agitated by our failure to get through such simple song without repeated blunders! Known for his short fuse and colorful choice of adjectives when he reached his boiling point I was ready for him to lose it I was however not prepared for his word choice. Slamming his copy of music down on the piano the director glared at us over his half glasses and hissed "What is the problem, you act as if you've never heard this song before much less performed it!" "Someone is falling flat....." and then he dropped the bomb!! " who ever it is you sound like a nigger in a woodpile" I instantly looked at the floor feeling 200 plus pair of eyes burning the top of my head! I wanted to die or at the very least leave! I knew that I was trapped because no matter how much I begged and pleaded I knew my mom would never let me drop choir! Thus began one of the longest days in my life!! No one could get over how the teacher called me a nigger in class. as I recall it was whoever was falling flat and that surely wasn't me because my nerves had been so bad that I was merely mouthing the words inaudibly! Wow what a way to start senior high!!!`
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Some people have no business teaching.
That teacher should have been looking for a new job the next day.
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