I'm back and ready to blog! And I mean it this time. :)
Remember that show? Late 80s early 90s set in Tucson, Arizona. I lived in Tucson when it came out, so I thought I was super cool. The popular cheerleader gets paid to date the nerdy kid for one month so he could be popular. I don't think any money was exchanged this time, but here's my little story:
School has been in for about three weeks now. We had out first dance of the year on Friday night. I was chaperoning ( meaning I walk around and embarass kids who are dirty dancing or stop the 9th grade boys from starting mosh pits with their jumping), and I notice one of the cheerleaders. She is cute and not overly talkative, but not shy, and she is talking to one of my sweet, nerdy, glasses, slightly overweight, special ed kids. They hung out all night long. They danced, sat on the wall and talked, walked around. I couldn't believe it. I found the cheer advisor and told her how cool I thought it was and how proud I was of this student. After the dance I found her with her friends and mentioned it to her, and her reply to me was "Yeah, anonymous student is cool. He is way fun." It reminded me that there are nice kids in the world who don't conform to social norms and who hang out with people just because they are fun and not because of what they where or what sport they play. Be proud of our kids and remember some of them are doing great things and inspire us once in awhile!
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I told her great job too!! She said..."Yeah he doesn't have many friend but I think he is fun and cool to hang out with" I was very proud of her!!
It was a fun night ;o)
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