DECEIVING APPEARANCES

What does a middle-school science teacher look like, anyway?

So I’m at the gym. I go into an empty squash court to practice my new dance. I find a ball. I bounce it; sometimes it bounces, sometimes it doesn’t. I take a closer look; it’s cracked.

I leave the court and walk up to some guys sitting on the bleachers.

Me: What kind of ball is this?

Man: It’s a broken ball.

Me: Yah, I know; but sometimes it bounces.

Man: It’s a racquetball ball.

Me: I was just wondering why sometimes it bounces and sometimes it doesn’t.

Man: You could tape it.

Me: Yah.

Man: You look like a middle-school science teacher.

Me: Thanks!

I bounced it a few more times, and then I took it to the re-cycle. Now I kinda wish I had kept it and taped it and tried it again. Like an experiment, ya know ?!? Also — what does a middle-school science teacher look like anyway ?!?