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Algebra

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Mrs B started every class
by reading a few jokes

It was an early morning
class so it was bittersweet

we held off the actual work
as long as possible

but the joke-time never lasted
that long

Still we appreciated it
and did our best

not to give her a hard time
One morning she didn't show

then a day went by
then another

Substitutes kept up the tradition
of joke-reading

but they didn't have her talent
for timing or her ridiculous

but genuine
sense of humor

We learned later that week
that her husband

had killed a man

They were duck-hunting
on the bayou

in a small boat
and as Mr B stood

firing shot after shot
in an arc following a couple ducks

headed for the safety of the treeline
his friend

for no apparent reason
suddenly stood up

interrupting the arc
facing the birds

and Mr B

blew his head off
People were drawn

to the edge of the water
by frantic screams

"I've shot him
he's dead

help me
please"

Mrs B was back
a week later

and she spent joke-time
explaining what happened

how she was helping
her husband deal

with everything
and that she might have to cut out

at any time if Mr B
needed her

Then she read
a couple jokes

like always
and the lesson continued

Algebra
is the reunion of broken parts

She never came right out
and said it like that

but it was what she
taught
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PennedinWhite's avatar
I wish my math teacher was like that. I had such a boring experience that I never learned anything. I feel sorry for her as well. 

Wonderful! :heart: