I love researching the "dangerous" roommates that moms complain about at my job. The latest scary kid is a local Muslim boy had pictures of a car accident on his facebook profile. The mom thought he blew it up.
I've also had a request to kick a gay kid out of her son's room because "what if he tries anything while he's sleeping?"
Did you reply, "Well then I guess he won't be as tight-assed as his mother - BA-ZING!"
Student came in tonight needing to find sources for an English paper that was due 3 weeks ago (grades had to be in this past Monday); she's just looking for a topic now. She needed "a famous poet with at least 8 poems, an autobiography, and a reader's guide." We don't have anything that meets all that criteria, so I figured I'd start with famous poets. First up, Allen Ginsberg, we have a lot on him. She'd never heard of him and didn't want something "that old and stupid." Fine. Maya Angelou. Never heard of her. Picked one book because "it's got a pink cover, so it has to be good." And the she absolutely excelled herself: "Aw, she's black. Man, I don't want to have to read about being black and living in the jungle and shit." I was so stunned at hearing that I couldn't even respond.[/QUOTE]
So many immediate reactions came to mind reading this that they all smashed together and I'm left numbed and weary.
Goddamn.