It Doesn't Matter. It's in the Past.

To explain this one, we're going to have to go back in time to my sophomore year of high school. . .

I had a zero hour class with a crazy teacher.  This meant that every day from 6:30 to 7:30 I listened to my teacher yell crazy things at us while the rest of the class slept.

As you can imagine, this can get a little boring after a while, so to amuse myself, I started making a log of all the great one-liners said by my teacher.

One Friday I came home from school, and to my dismay my orange folder with the log was missing.  I tore apart my room looking for it, but I could not find it anywhere.  I felt like Harriet the Spy when everyone finds her journal and she's forced to become a better person.  That weekend was filled with horrible thoughts about what would happen when my teacher found my log.  Was my name in the folder?  I couldn't remember.  And what if he got in front of the class and asked who the bright orange folder belonged to?  Would my easily - guilted conscience force me to raise my hand?  In conclusion, I was terrified to go back to school Monday.

Well, Monday morning came and as I walked into the classroom, I noticed my folder wasn't on any of the desks.  I then checked our lab station, and to my relief, my folder was laying there on the ground.  I quickly picked it up and shoved it into my backpack.

You think that I would have learned my lesson and stopped writing down the funny things people say.  But I didn't.

Fast-forward to the other day in math class when my teacher asks how our exam went.  As everyone nervously looks around at each other, she says, “Well, I guess it doesn’t matter.  It’s in the past, right?”

Wait, did she just quote The Lion King???  In my excitement I quickly scribbled the quote at the top of my paper so I wouldn’t forget it.

We then started working on a proof in partners and my teacher walked around to check our understanding.  As she walked up, she looked down at my paper to check what I had done.  I suddenly realized her quote was just sitting at the top of my paper, and thought, Ooh, awkward. . .  Maybe she didn’t notice, but if she did, I hope it didn’t hurt her feelings.  I was just so excited that someone else quotes Disney movie (whether on purpose or on accident).

Maybe I’ll learn my lesson this time around, and at least be more careful where I store my logs of quotes. . . but I seriously doubt it.  People just say the darndest things.