Sunday, September 19, 2010

Dear Middle School, Everything Is Not Gay.

"You have homework." "That's gay."
"Hello." "You're gay."

I don't know what it is about being 12 that makes everything gay, but it drives me crazy. The other day, I kindof snapped.
We were talking about ways to calm down when you're angry. Anthony says that he cleans when he is angry.

Rashon: "That's gay! You're gay!"

Me: "Oh, so only gay people be clean? Straight people are dirty?"

Rashon: "I'm not dirty!"

Me: "Well, then according to your logic, you're gay."

Rashon: "I'm not gay!"

Me: "So, you made a ridiculous statement."

Rashon: "Miss Vinson, only women clean when they are angry, so he must be gay."

Me: "I'm a woman who DOESN'T clean when I'm angry....what am I? Is there something wrong with me?"

Rashon: "No...but....it's just that...I made a ridiculous statement."

2 comments:

kristi noser said...

Kudos to Rashon for realizing the truth and admitting wrong. Excellent!
I know people who would stick to the guns FOREVER even thought they knew they were wrong.

erin said...

Awesome. This is really good.
I mean, gay.