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Monday, August 23, 2010

A picture doesn't always say a thousand words but...

I have a picture of ITSam and Jack hanging in my classroom. Well, I have a whole host of pictures: Jack and ITSam, Mac, Daddy-O and mom, the Divine Ms. K, Fab Finn, XRay Girl and Me, Curley and Me, Gulo and Me, Lilith and Me... so I have a bunch of personal photos on a shelf above my desk.

The students were looking at them and one asked me if "that guy" was my dad. And I said yes and went on to explain that I took that photo a few Christmases ago; hence the Santa hat. And the kid looked again and said, "Oh the guy in the Santa hat is your dad? I thought the bald guy in the striped shirt was your dad."

The "bald guy" in reference here was actually ITSam. Oooops.

The kid said I look like I'm about 28 years old and Sam looks like he's about 60. Most of the rest of the class agreed.

I giggled. I shared the story with Sam later. Funny enough, he didn't see the humor in it.

Mags

4 comments:

Curley said...

Oops. Just tell him that kids think bald guys are old. And no way does he look 60. Not even close.

Shan said...

HA!! I was just saying that all the guys from my highschool that befriend me on fb look like older people and if I recognize the name for a second I think it's their dad!! I think the fact that we have makeup and hair and possibly style really adds to our staying power at this point. Sorry to lump you in with me I am a few years older but you know what I mean.

Bragger said...

I got in SO much trouble for that very thing one time. Hubby is 13 years older than I am, and early in our marriage he was kind of sensitive about it. Not so much anymore.....I think I've caught up with him.

A said...

Ok, I'm dying to know, which picture of us do you have up there? LOL