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Apropos of absolutely nothing, I suddenly remembered a time in my HS freshman American Lit class that I was called out by the teacher because there was a quiz happening, and I wasn't supposed to be talking. Except I wasn't talking; I was giggling. I had already finished my quiz, so I was reading
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ahead in the textbook. I told the teacher only that I was reading and it was funny, and he said (I kid you not!) "What could you possibly be reading that's so funny?" I stared him in the face and said (admittedly rather smugly) "Mark Twain. 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.'"
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He got a bit flustered and embarrassed because he couldn't really get mad at me for 1) actually reading my textbook, and 2) reading a story by one of the greatest American authors who ever lived. Unfortunately, he was already committed to being mad at me, so he just said, "Well...keep it down." 🤣
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Ramsey, Queen of Popcorn®
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In response to Tim Graf.
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