Traumatizing kids since 1997
Remember when I told you two weeks ago that I backed into my neighbor’s car? And I had two of Kendrie’s friends with me, and that I unleashed a volley of curse words? Well, that was an exaggeration. I only unleashed ONE curse word. Loudly, and with feeling. In case you can’t guess which one, here’s a hint: It rhymes with “fuck”.
Immediately I looked into my rear view mirror at the three girls in the back seat and said, “Excuse my french” even though it certainly wasn’t the first time Kendrie had heard it (probably not even the first time that day) and I was pretty sure it wasn’t the first time one of the other little girls had heard it. But the third girl … well …. her mom is Kendrie’s 4th grade teacher and I’m pretty confident neither she nor her husband talk that way at their house.
When they picked their daughter up later that evening, in the interest of full disclosure, I told my girlfriend, “Look, I had a fender bender with your daughter in the car today. Nobody was hurt, but I did drop the f-bomb and just wanted you to know, in case she’s scarred for life.”
The mom was a pretty good sport about it and told me she would wait to see what her daughter said, if anything. Maybe I got lucky and she didn’t even notice ….
A few days later the mom called me, to tell me the following: “She came to us and said, ‘Hey, mom, you know when we were in the van and Mrs. Escoe hit that other car? She yelled a really bad word, and then tried to tell us it was French, but I’m pretty sure it was a bad word in English.”
Dang. Can’t fool these kids these days!
10 Responses to Traumatizing kids since 1997
December 24th, 2009 saat: 1:00 AM
LOL. Kids really do say the funniest things. Have a blessed Christmas!
December 24th, 2009 saat: 8:11 AM
That is hysterical! And to think all you ever taught my kids was “crap”.
December 24th, 2009 saat: 10:33 AM
OH MY STARS that is so funny!!! I love that!
December 24th, 2009 saat: 10:43 AM
Ha! Now that’s funny…I swear- a lot- but I am proud to say I have never slipped in 24 years of teaching in the classroom. This year is extra important because I wear an FM system which is wirelessly hooked up to a hearing impaired student’s hearing aid…so even if I whisper in French it can be heard…so I am on my toes CONSTANTLY!
Merry Merry Christmas Eve,
lMnop
December 24th, 2009 saat: 11:02 AM
Too funny! Have a wonderful Christmas!
December 24th, 2009 saat: 1:07 PM
LOL…too cute.
And…we are in a blizzard! Can you believe it? In Oklahoma of all places!
December 24th, 2009 saat: 3:33 PM
Hey, if you are going to drop a bad word, that’s the one to use!
December 24th, 2009 saat: 3:48 PM
A few days after Clayton tried out the f word at cub scouts and was grounded for a week, he over heard me saying it under my breath. How he heard it I have no clue, but all I heard was,”OHHHH. I’m telling Daddy. You’re in trouble!!” I was grounded from playing any electronic games. Shame!
December 24th, 2009 saat: 10:25 PM
LOL that is funny….Have a very Merry Christmas Escoe family….
December 25th, 2009 saat: 9:05 PM
hee hee hee snort!!! My kid learned the ‘f’ bomb at about age 3 when hubby dripped a jelly donut down his shirt. We heard it all the way home on a 7 hr car ride. F, F, F, F, F!!
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