The Moral of the Story

All my students talk in class (except for Jordan Turner). When most of them talk without permission, I just tell them to "Shut up" or "Stop talking." But when some of them talk I just listen in anticipation because I know something entertaining is about to be said. Some times their words cause the class to laugh with them but some times the class just laughs at them. Either way, they've got a chance of ending up on "The Wall."

One day, Gabrielle Gardner was sitting in her corner (as usual) and in my peripheral vision I saw her whip around in her seat so she could say something to her friends. I looked up because something inside of me just knew that whatever she said would be worth hearing. I was not disappointed with what I heard:

"Guys, I'm tired of being made fun of because I'm not a gangsta'."

Her facial expression was priceless. The look on her face screamed, "I'm desperate to be gangster so people will stop laughing at me all the time." Her three friends laughed and then looked over at me at my desk. I shook my head and thought, "I seriously doubt that the reason they make fun of you is because you're not a gangster."

I think the moral of the story is: You can be a gangster and still get laughed at by your friends.