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Where the Sidewalk Ends
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There's a polar bear - in the fridgedare - he likes it cuz its cold in there!
I wrote a report on this in the 6th grade and I still remember that by heart. That was the year I got braces and Chris N. butted in line when we were coming in from recess and I grabbed his arm and said "No Butting!" and he turned around and punched me in the face. The braces smashed into my lip and it bled so bad! I went to the bathroom with a girlfriend (I can't remember her anymore - isn't that strange?) and she tried to help me clean up and then the bell rang and she went back to class and I had to walk in to class with my bloody face. My teacher looked at me - and I was trying to skulk so quietly in - and he said "Who did that to you?!?!?" and I said Chris N. and he grabbed him by the shirt and lifted him off the ground and slammed him into the wall. He said something like "You don't hit girls!" and took him to the principles office.
The funny thing?!?! That weekend I got chicken pox (the second time!) and when I got back they gave me two weeks detention for getting in a fight. (I am so not shitting you.) And when I went to detention - they made me sit in the hall by myself rather than sitting in detention with all the assholes who got busted for real shit.
Man I have had the most fucked up life.
Huh? Oh. this book rocks. Read it. Read it to your kids. Read it to people you love. And always remember that there IS a polar bear in the frigidare. (I live in Minnesota so that really means something.)
I wrote a report on this in the 6th grade and I still remember that by heart. That was the year I got braces and Chris N. butted in line when we were coming in from recess and I grabbed his arm and said "No Butting!" and he turned around and punched me in the face. The braces smashed into my lip and it bled so bad! I went to the bathroom with a girlfriend (I can't remember her anymore - isn't that strange?) and she tried to help me clean up and then the bell rang and she went back to class and I had to walk in to class with my bloody face. My teacher looked at me - and I was trying to skulk so quietly in - and he said "Who did that to you?!?!?" and I said Chris N. and he grabbed him by the shirt and lifted him off the ground and slammed him into the wall. He said something like "You don't hit girls!" and took him to the principles office.
The funny thing?!?! That weekend I got chicken pox (the second time!) and when I got back they gave me two weeks detention for getting in a fight. (I am so not shitting you.) And when I went to detention - they made me sit in the hall by myself rather than sitting in detention with all the assholes who got busted for real shit.
Man I have had the most fucked up life.
Huh? Oh. this book rocks. Read it. Read it to your kids. Read it to people you love. And always remember that there IS a polar bear in the frigidare. (I live in Minnesota so that really means something.)
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Feb 19, 2010 02:16PM
that was so funny
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Didn't your teacher get in trouble for grabbing the other kid?
Nope. This was the early 80's - teachers were able to get away with a lot more stuff back then.
Great review. I hope karma has come back to bite Chris N. Do you know how he ended up? I can't imagine anything like that happening at my school. Chris N is a violent bully and the teacher did the right thing!
Thanks so much Tim! I really didn't keep up with the kids from my school so I am not sure what happened to him. I hope that he turned himself around and moved on to a better reality. What kind of life was he living that his instinct was to punch me in the face when I did something pretty inoffensive? I just have to think he was probably in a pretty bad place when that happened and I really hope he is living a better life now. And not punching people in the face anymore. Eeeep. I really hope he is not punching people in the face anymore.
Hahaha, this is my favourite kind of review! Nicely done :)
Thank you Shruti! I let loose once in awhile in my reviews which is fun. I think I need to do that more! :)
my life was pretty similar Jennifer.
A.m. wrote: "my life was pretty similar Jennifer."Thanks for that A.M. It's comforting to know I am not alone in this messed up life. :)
my story involves an elementary school car wash fundraiser and getting hit in the head with the metal part of a spray hose. Still have the scar.
A.m. wrote: "my story involves an elementary school car wash fundraiser and getting hit in the head with the metal part of a spray hose. Still have the scar."Ouch! That hurts to just hear about it!
right?, I love retelling it. also not the first time I received stitches due to someone else's clumsiness.
Mayra wrote: "lol your review rocks! =]"Thank you Mayra! :)
Your teacher sounds hard core :) Cool review!
I grew up in the 70s thru 80s. Although I only got beat up once in 5th or 6th grade, I was bullied ALL through school... no one helped. I even got teased by my 9th grade history teacher. I am 50 now, and self esteem, self worth is still a fight.
I'm glad he didn't do that shit down here , he'd got the "what for " by every dude I knew back then, that lil bitch couldn't walked down the hallway without gettin knocked the fuck out... Cool review though!
Fun review! Thanks for sharing!
great reminiscence did you ever get revenge?
This was an amazing review.
