The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.
~Antonio Gramsci

Sunday, April 4, 2010

The Elephant Joke- You know what they say about a big trunk...

Today a student asked me, “Ms. Sterling, do you wanna hear a joke?”

“Sure…”

“What did the elephant say to the naked man?”

“Uhh, I have no idea. What did he say?”

“How do you suck water through something so little?”

I crack up, then feel a little uncertain if I should laugh so hard at the mildly inappropriate joke this 14 year old boy has just told me.

Dan boasts, “I made it up myself!”

“You did?” I say, slightly impressed.

“Yeah, I was in the shower, and I just thought of it.”

Suddenly, I flash on this disturbing, cringe-worthy image of my student peering down at himself in the shower. Luckily, the period is over, and I can walk quickly away.

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