The best high school scam ever.... Denby 10th grade 1971... A blow off idiotic class in high school called Family Living...where all we ever really did was talk about teen pregnancy and acne. The teacher, a woman straight of of college and not too far removed from the farm.. Gives a homework assignment of making a family tree, which we have the entire semester to complete. Time passes...I make no attempt to do any of this. The day comes to turn it in.... Kids are showing up with like, big easels, and charts ,photos, home movies, you name it. I dont have shit... Nothing. Shes calling each student up alphabetically to turn their stuff in. My last name starts with a E and its getting closer. Im wondering what Im going to do... All of a sudden... BING ! Ive got an idea.. Im thinking on my feet here... She calls my name..ROBERT EVANS ! I walk up to her desk with literally nothing. Her : Robert ,wheres you family tree assignment ? Me: Uh. Can I talk to you privately ? Ive got a problem with the assignment and I didnt know what to do. Her : Of course Robert, whats the problem ? ..now I turn on this sad face and lower my voice to a pathetic whisper.. Me: Well, Im adopted, and I didnt want my friends to know....( Im not. This is total bullshit.) Now this woman is totally aghast. Obviously when she gave the assignment she hadnt considered this possibility. Her : Oh Robert. Im so sorry. I didnt think about this when I gave the assignment. Please dont be embarrassed. I wont tell anyone. You just treat your adopted family like a nuclear family. This is where it really gets deep... Me : My parents were adopted too. Its why they adopted me. Her : Oh. I see.. ( I cant believe this hayseed is buying this. Its total bullshit ) Her : Well,o.k. Heres how you do this. She draws three dots on a piece of paper,and connects the dots making a triangle. Representing my father,mother and me. Me : ( whispering)Thank you for not saying anything. Her : Youre welcome. Im very sorry if you were embarrassed. I cant believe as I was doing it, that this walked.. It was an Academy Award performance. So I went back to my desk, copied the triangle on a piece of notebook paper, put my name on it, shanked of out of the notebook, RRIIIPPP And I got a B ! East side kids were sharp. A west side kid would have never thought of this...
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:38:23 +0000
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