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Teacher
Terrors
by Lena Hedayat
We are all afraid of something, even though we pretend not to be.
People are scared of many things, from getting run over by a car to
being abducted by aliens. But, have you ever wondered what scares
your teachers the most?
Mr. Lund says his worst fear is "How I'm gonna pay for
college for my kids." That is something probably many parents worry
about. He's not the only one.
Ellen is terrified of snakes.
Ms. Fissori says, "I'm afraid of big spiders and overly
sized rodents." There are many of you who most likely share that
one.
Mrs. Brown is "terrified of being in a horrible car
collision."
Madame Laubenstein has a very big imagination and says
she cannot watch scary movies because they terrify her. But what
scares her most is, "That people will never get along, that there
will always be terrorism."
Ms. Gerber has a few fears, she dreads, "No sense of
humor, clowns, green bell peppers, any movie not starring Chuck
Norris, dog haters, and the seniors."
Maxine is deathly scared of, "Going out somewhere at
night by myself and getting raped. You hear about it so much these
days."
Ms. Churchhill dreads looking at, "My hair in the
morning."
Mr. Gast says he's frightened of, "Treading water in
the middle of the night in the middle of the ocean," that is one
scary thing to picture.
Mrs. Stucken said she had a slight terror of, "Grading
a set of papers, and then losing them." That would not only be scary
for her, but nightmarish for the students as well.
Mr. Harris says he has a terror of, "Looking at my
bald-headed wrinkles in the mirror."
Mr. Harris is not only frightened of his wrinkles, he
also has endured a few pranks. One year, around 1889 or '90, when he
was the water polo coach at USC, his team decided to send him some
Halloween love. "The team somehow got into my gated and guarded
complex and left something by my door." He says," It was a water
polo ball that was painted bright orange and cut open. Written on
the side was, 'Happy Halloween Coach!'" Mr. Harris took the ball
inside and when he opened it he found," A ton of candy and much to
my surprise," Harris admits, "there were several Trojans. Written on
each package was '"Beat" the Bruins!' because there was a big game
coming up against UCLA." Harris has had some crazy pranks pulled on
him, but Romo, on the other hand, has been through something much
worse.
About four years ago, there was a particularly nasty
incident. Romo recalls, "A kid comes running down the stairs holding
one of his hands and screaming hysterically. I said, 'What's wrong?'
and he goes, 'Look!' and he pulls his hand away and I look to see
all the flesh and some bone dangling off his finger. It was
disgusting." This kid had decided to risk jumping up and trying to
grab the EXIT sign with the finger that held his class ring. The
ring had caught, pulling off his entire finger, leaving nothing but
bone. Romo says, "I had to go up, take the finger off the EXIT sign,
put it in ice, and hand it to the paramedics. It was so gross, that
when the paramedic looked at it he said, 'Oh my gosh' it was so
disgusting."
Romo also says The Exorcist terrifies him quite a bit.
We all have a wide range of terrors. Sometimes things
that send us screaming under our bed, will just have someone else
laughing their heads off. But that doesn't mean anything.
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