Wednesday, September 12, 2007

I am a teacher. Well, that is my day job. I work with eighth graders.

Today a student approached me at lunch, holding his very large corn-on-the-cob. He was very proud of it. "Teacher, see what I can do!" he said and proceeded to shove it as far down his throat as he possibly could. He turned sideways to give me a profile view. His eyes watered and bulged as he coped with the cob's girth. He got it about a quarter of the way down his throat when he brought it back out again, giggling. "Teacher can you??" he said. I stared, blinking.

Forgive my naivety, but if it is possible for a twelve-year old boy to do this in a non-sexual way, this kid did it.

May his innocence last forever.