West Cocoa Chat

First, a Steven update. He had a good day yesterday as he attempts to make a spot on BCC’s Baseball Team. In yesterday’s double-header, he pinch-ran in the first game scoring a run. He played 4 innings in the second game going 1 for 2. He reached on an error and then had a strong hit down the 3^rd baseline. He played 2^nd-base and had one of those plays that makes you want to play the theme from ESPN’s Sportscenter. A ball was hit up the middle and Steven laid out in a dive backhanding the ball. He was able to rise up and gun the guy out at 2^nd. It was a good day for Steve-o.

As for me, your “sleeping more / humble and lowly middle school teacher posing as an elder,” I had another one of those moments that reminded me of a movie. In the course of one of my Algebra classes, I asked one of my students a question. When they responded I answered, “Danke,” which I’m sure most of you recognize as German for “thank-you.” One of my students then said out loud, “Mr. Walker, why do you always try to sound like you’re from Australia.”

O.K. kids, can anybody guess which movie had a similar line/mistake uttered by it’s lead character?

Remember the scene in the movie, “Dumb and Dumber” when Jim Carey, early in the movie, is chauffeuring an obviously European woman to the airport? She says something to him and he detects her accent only to say something like, “Oh, you must be from Australia. You know, “Good day mate,” “Put another shrimp on the “bar-be.”

As it became obvious that this student was serious about his “Austria / Australia” mistake I had to ask, “Who is your Social Studies teacher.” I prayed for this teacher and his student over the weekend. Well, enough of that.

Good day mates.

// posted by cwinwc @ 2:53 AM