Thursday, March 17, 2005
Here's something they didn't teach you in education classes...have a thick skin and a sense of humor! It's amazing how blunt 13-year olds can be about giving advice or criticism. I got my haircut yesterday. Along with a few compliments, I also got comments from students like, "What happened to you today?," "Did you mean to do that?," "Please grow it out long," and "You look like you just woke up." It's humbling to be scrutinized by people half my age. Fortunately, I like my haircut so I was able to laugh at most of the remarks. The other times I just looked at the student and thought, "Are you serious?!" I remind myself that at their age I had a perm, wore my socks pulled up over my calves and scrunched down, and thought I was so cool. And maybe I even gave fashion advice to some of my teachers who rolled their eyes when they turned their backs and thought, "Yeah, right."
