Ode To Humility

Antonia Wilburn, Staff Writer

“Hey you!” Oh no, not again. The laughter bursts into the open air and a heated spotlight brought a cold sweat to the back of my neck. This couldn’t be happening. My eyes drooped south with horror as the last of the shout-out rang loud in my ears. “You’re fly is open.” My skin blushed at the silly mistake. I can’t believe it happened again. Those moments when you let your guard down, when life is carefree, and suddenly, like a slap to your face, embarrassment hits you with its best. As for senior Cory Lujan, he can reminisce on his 8th grade blooper.  “Looking back, I can laugh now, but I was dying of embarrassment then.”
TAKE ONE: TEACHERS AND STAFF
Getting in that ripe old age they can’t help but stuff their nylons in their skirts or trip over their own two feet. Let’s hear a round of applause for our teachers and staff!
“During my first year of teaching, I wore blue striped underwear with a white skirt. My students wrote me a note in Spanglish to explain,” shared Spanish teacher Renee Fritzen
Librarian Sasha Davidson said, “When I was in junior high, I blew Dr. Pepper out of my nose at someone’s joke. It really hurt!”
“In junior high we were doing pantomimes in English class and mine was to jump rope. My knee went out during my turn and in the end, four boys had to carry me across the street to the hospital on a stretcher,” laughed librarian Mitzie Neugebauer.

TAKE TWO: STUDENTS
They’re small and inexperienced when life throws a fast -ball. Of course these things are going to happen to the sophomores.
“When I was really little, I peed my pants in front of Albertson’s,” Jordan Robert admitted, “but I was really little.”
“I was heading downstairs in my house and decided to jump from the top stair. I hit my head and was laughing myself to death.” said Joe Averett.
Jena Zim added, “I pants my friend in the Wal-Mart parking lot at ten at night right as a family with little kids and old people walked around the corner.
Autumn Wilson said, “So I went to the store with my best friend and she thought it would be funny to rip my shirt off and she made me walk home without a shirt. It was like a mile and a half back to my house.”
They have their up days and their down days. There’s no telling what could happen in the rollercoaster life of a junior.
“A couple of years ago, when we were on our way to Minnesota, we stopped at a gas station to use the restroom,” shared Evie Martin.  “My brother had gone down the hallway where the bathrooms were and ignoring the signs, took a left when he should’ve went right. As he was getting ready to exit the stall, he heard women’s voices and thought, ‘Oh no!’ He walked out of the stall, looked at all the women, and while they were still laughing, he left the bathroom. It was then that he noticed the ‘women’ sign on the door. The funniest part, is that the shirt he was wearing said, ‘I Smile Because I Have no Idea What’s Going On.”
“My cousin and I were in the kitchen peeling potatoes,” Autumn Titel mentioned.  “We were laughing so hard about what, I can’t remember. And then my cousin poked me in the stomach. At the same time he poked me, I ‘tooted‘ and to this day, he still won’t leave me alone about it.”