Me : In class giving test hang on
Paul: Ok
Me : Ok think so. will drive fast.
Paul: ok will b w Mr. J
Me : ok
Paul: thnx 4 b flexible w time
Me : no worries
So while this seems like a pretty innocuous text exchange, the text-versation actually occurred while I was in a classroom watching my students wring out cerebral sweat onto an exam. One of my students came up with a question while I was typing and I actually said with my own human flesh lips, "hang on a sec."
This comment made my student's eyes bulge because my class is like an airplane: the use of electronic devices is not permitted while the plane is in motion. Unauthorized use of a cell phone or iPod interferes with the successful navigation of the class. Students must keep them off until I turn off the Fasten Seat Belt sign. And yet, there I was, blatantly texting while the students struggled with stem-changing verbs.
So I confessed the shamefulness of my behavior to Paul.
Paul (and I am paraphrasing): Well, everyone is hypocritical. After all, look at me with the health diet! And yet, I am a serious cookie monster.
Me:
Me:
Me: This is SO true!
So then I thought, there is no point to being a measly hypocrite:
From now on, I will Be Brazen!
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