Iron Jawed Angst

I used to think the reason people became substitute teachers when they were 69 was because they were too lazy to complete school. I realize now that there’s a reason that some don’t have teaching liscenses. Today I had a substitute teacher who was JUST A PEACH. I’m pretty sure he made me constrew at least 3 different shocked faces. We were doing an assignment on leadership qualities. And as most old teachers do- they tend to run off into pointless stories. This story began with him coaching track. With a black guy. Failing to see the relevancy? You won’t for long. Well, after a few moments he began talking about this man dating a white woman. One day his friend said “How would you feel if your daughter dated a black man?” And the sub’s winning response was “I’d trust her to do what was right… Under her judgment. But I wouldn’t advise her to under any circumstance.” Then he rambled saying “Yes. We got into quite the tussel.” Later in the conversation (for some reason I think he was trying to gain points for knowing a black guy, cause he kept bringing him up. Anyway- later in the conversation he said “Charles,” (Charles is the black friend) “Ended up joining the Mormon Church. I don’t know if that means anything to you, but it does to me.”

Needless to say- the looks I shared with my friends around the classroom were dismayed. Thank you school system for letting that guy teach us. Thank you so so much. Oh, and still don’t see any relevancy with the black guy to a project on leadership? Me neither!