SPEAK WISE
Be careful when you’re casual.
Don’t let your “normal” chatter turn into “…but I didn’t really mean it,” or the unimpressive “that was my twin cousin who said that.” A good, simple and oh-so-tricky habit to develop is paying attention to your language. For example, I’ll share a train wreck I played witness to in one of my math classes.
Picture this: typical bubble-gum-popping, party chick armed with a touch of sarcasm and a language habit. In bubble-girl’s case it was swearing.
This girl was volun-told to solve some probably, very useless-in-real-life math problem.
Not to suggest she cared after noticing her screw-up, but a tiny, little foul word slipped past her addict-glossed lips.
Did I mention I went to a private, catholic school? Fortunately for my careless peer, we had the rare “cool”-ish sort of teacher who sort of chuckled along with the other students and was ready to move on—after the first word. When bubble-yum heard her own expletive, she followed it with another and another….
Maybe at the time I didn’t appear sympathetic rolling hysterically out of my seat, but I… no. Who am I kidding?
To save her soul, she could not stop this catch-22, redundant loop of expletives. If there was a case of Tourette’s syndrome involved (or at least a heavy stutter,) it would have been one thing. This was just ridiculous!
Be careful with your words—or there’s no telling how many lunch tables you’ll be wiping down.
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