French got a rare bit of supply work as a temporary history teacher recently. It was great to see him again in a "professional" environment.
We got the chance to brown bag it up in the staff room. Now in the staffroom there are certain conversations that seem to reoccur in an almost cyclical fashion. One of them is: "What would you do if you won a lottery?" They reigned it in at the standard 1 million dollars.
Each teacher took their turn explaining how they would deal with the new found wealth. All of them were very serious: new kitchen, mortgage payments, investing...maybe a bit of travelling. The older ones with only a few years left...quitting!
There was a lull in the conversation and French jumped in: "Ah hell I'd spend it all in one crazy weekend in Vegas."
The other teachers were shocked and horrified. One of them even said in a very concerned voice: "You can't...you shouldn't." They all started giving him financial advice about how to deal with his riches. Each one tried to set him straight with heaps of sage advice.
When we left he chuckled all the way back to his Ancient Civilizations class.
4 comments:
He's probably as straight as he's ever going to get.
Love him.
You and French had me going for a minute there. Ancient Civilizations eh? "Bread and circuses".
i think French is a seasoned prankster
having a little fun.
~robert
This was very good!
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