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So, What the Fuck Was All that About?

October 14, 2007 1:54 AM

anti's comment on my last post got me thinking about all the ridiculous things that happened to me when I was a kid. For the most part, they were all positive--or at least resulted in positive stuff. But then I remembered something that, in retrospect, made no sense.

When I was in elementary school--maybe third grade, although I can't remember really--I used to watch Gilligan's Island a lot. In fact, because some episodes of the show were broadcast in black and white and others in color, I had this vague idea that there was some period in history when the universe was actually black and white and then, one day, it switched over to color.

Anyway, I memorized the theme song to Gilligan's Island and I was singing it in class one day. I can't remember for sure, but I don't think that I was singing it while the teacher was talking or anything. In other words, I don't think I was doing anything inappropriate by singing it. I can't remember the details, but I know that my teacher took an interest in the song. In fact, she had me stand in front of the class, teach them the lyrics, and then sing it to them. At the time, I just loved the attention, but when I was thinking about it today, I have no idea what my teacher was trying to accomplish.

Was she trying to embarass me? To teach me some lesson about craving attention? Or did she just think it was cool? It made no sense then, and it makes none.

2 Comments

TheExpat said:

I remember thinking the same thing about the past being in black and white when I was little. I bet your teacher was just trying to have fun with you guys, though if she were asked by the principal as to why, she'd likely bring up that the experience was educational for you. Public presentation, singing in unison, along with the vocabulary lesson (luxury, primitive, etc.) - all in a song you liked to sing - could all be reasons for you and the rest of the class to sing it.

October 14, 2007 6:13 AM

Dee said:

Yeah, as a teacher, I'm gonna go with a short lesson plan. She cameto class knowing that there wasn't quite enough to do that day, and she needed something to kill a little time. I wish my kids sang English songs!

October 14, 2007 8:28 PM