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34. A close friend and I had a water-breaking-at-work agreement

Tue Oct 22, 2013, 12:32 AM

Oct 2013

We'd been friends for years before she was pregnant and continued to be friends after she was pregnant (which weirded out her boyfriend and my girlfriend, but whatever). We worked at a really tough school for which substitutes were not available, so I agreed to watch her classes for the ret of the day if she went into labor (and actually ended up babysitting her three year old for four days).

She didn't just go into labor one day; her water broke. I took pictures, her students took pictures, secretaries took pictures. Yeah, she was in pain, and I feel a little bad about that, but I also know that she has a scrapbook entirely devoted to pictures people took after her water broke.

I guess what I'm tryi to say is that while everybody has their limits, the really good teachers belong more to the students than they do to anyone else, if that makes sense.

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Student snaps grinning selfie as teacher has premature contractions [View all] Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 OP

I have a lot of feelings about this, and have been thinking about it for a few days. Starry Messenger Oct 2013 #1

The young man appears to think someone else's pain is funny. Skidmore Oct 2013 #2

I teach this age group and have had a hard time this year. Starry Messenger Oct 2013 #8

THAT'S that word KentuckyWoman Oct 2013 #23

Hopefully it is a phase they will grow up past. nt. Starry Messenger Oct 2013 #24

a lot of my teacher friends say every year the kids have a slightly different "vibe" and that bettyellen Oct 2013 #45

Oh definitely. Starry Messenger Oct 2013 #47

a few years ago, when they were talking about how different their new classes were- we checked bettyellen Oct 2013 #51

Teenaged oafs have always been this way Warpy Oct 2013 #98

Teacher is on her cell phone. Likely she is calling for help. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #14

His teacher is on the phone.. what, she's calling for pizza? X_Digger Oct 2013 #30

Really. Please leave the room & call for someone else next time another human is in pain & fear. Hekate Oct 2013 #37

It could also be braxton-hicks contractions. X_Digger Oct 2013 #38

You don't see the hand of the other adult? jberryhill Oct 2013 #39

+100 Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #110

Even if she doesn't need help, you think it's fine that he takes this selfie? cui bono Oct 2013 #102

The family doesn't share your outrage. n/t X_Digger Oct 2013 #105

Teenagers can be such idiots. nolabear Oct 2013 #3

The kid just looks excited that his teacher sufrommich Oct 2013 #4

+1 jberryhill Oct 2013 #9

It's rude, insensitive, humiliating, and denigrating. Igel Oct 2013 #15

You have no idea what the relationship is among these people jberryhill Oct 2013 #17

using another person, IN PAIN, as your personal backdrop and entertainment shows a lack of awareness KittyWampus Oct 2013 #25

Kid's got a million dollar smile, though, don't he? jberryhill Oct 2013 #32

a winning smile is indeed, much more a priority than actual pain. LanternWaste Oct 2013 #58

I see, and what should he be doing about that pain? jberryhill Oct 2013 #62

With brains and common sense like this his future is in the prison system as an inmate warrant46 Oct 2013 #72

Ah, yes, scary black kid jberryhill Oct 2013 #73

Yes, clearly, someone who takes an ill timed photo deserves a long prison sentence. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #97

i agree w that. he's a handsome young man Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #112

She seems composed to me. joshcryer Oct 2013 #35

The kid is a jerk wercal Oct 2013 #103

It's possible. I hope you're right. ..nt TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #10

and she's on the phone Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #63

That is so wrong. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #5

Bad taste is timeless! immoderate Oct 2013 #6

I don't see this as mean, he looks happy/excited. He probably thought JaneyVee Oct 2013 #7

Awesome pic jberryhill Oct 2013 #11

Hence the rationalizations for his celebratory pose and winning smile. LanternWaste Oct 2013 #59

Some find the process by which humans reproduce to be a joyous occasion jberryhill Oct 2013 #60

It's in the South so it's normal behavior. BlueJazz Oct 2013 #12

Breaking: teenage boy insensitive. News at 11. LeftyMom Oct 2013 #13

Bonus shocker: Also showing off for his friends -nt Bonx Oct 2013 #18

Had she gone into labor Politicalboi Oct 2013 #16

I think it was either a very skilled, pipoman Oct 2013 #19

still light years ahead of bully Romney ecstatic Oct 2013 #20

Oh Florida, you give and give and I never get you anything. nt TeamPooka Oct 2013 #21

That will probably end up as a meme. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #22

That guy should be shopped into all manner of disaster pic jberryhill Oct 2013 #33

I found a couple, this is my favorite: joshcryer Oct 2013 #36

You gotta love the Internet jberryhill Oct 2013 #40

No shit. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #42

Here Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #96

The outrage du jour: Teen in insensitive tweet shocker LittleBlue Oct 2013 #26

I swear, this place sometimes. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #94

LOL Coyotl Oct 2013 #100

lmao LittleBlue Oct 2013 #108

excellent, lol smackd Oct 2013 #111

WTF????? MADem Oct 2013 #27

Great photo! Coyotl Oct 2013 #28

I'm impressed by some people's ability ZombieHorde Oct 2013 #29

Are you kidding? That should be a sport in the DUlympics 2014. Team and individual. X_Digger Oct 2013 #31

Ha! nt ZombieHorde Oct 2013 #43

lolz JNelson6563 Oct 2013 #53

Although... jberryhill Oct 2013 #41

If only I was qualified to determine what the results meant. nt ZombieHorde Oct 2013 #44

Very true. HappyMe Oct 2013 #49

A close friend and I had a water-breaking-at-work agreement Nevernose Oct 2013 #34

Not the same but sort of... ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #46

Looks to me like other people are helping her and she's also on the phone. Ganja Ninja Oct 2013 #48

What has Halleck had to say about this? Orrex Oct 2013 #50

Some of the tweets on this were hilarious eissa Oct 2013 #52

That is funny. HappyMe Oct 2013 #54

that's funny Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #64

I believe its pretty illegal to snap photos of your instructors darkangel218 Oct 2013 #55

Someone is going to have round up all those yearbook candid shots jberryhill Oct 2013 #61

This wasnt a candid photo. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #65

I'm going to guess you don't know the definition of "candid" jberryhill Oct 2013 #69

Here you go.... jberryhill Oct 2013 #109

He seems really happy to be at school. Excited that she's having a baby. bravenak Oct 2013 #56

"he wanted to capture the memorable moment both �for himself and for her.� bunnies Oct 2013 #57

Bullshit. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #66

Youre calling the kid a liar? bunnies Oct 2013 #67

Based on what do you know what he was thinking or if thats what he meant when taking that photo? darkangel218 Oct 2013 #68

Im going by the quote in the article. His words. bunnies Oct 2013 #70

By the fact that he is smiling ear to ear when his teacher was in pain/distress. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #74

Which are common jberryhill Oct 2013 #79

The teacher doesnt share your outrage, apparently. bunnies Oct 2013 #83

Lol. Get back to me after he will be expelled. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #85

Tweet went out October 15th and no talk of punishment at all. bunnies Oct 2013 #89

Its not over yet. nt darkangel218 Oct 2013 #93

Her own family re-tweeted it jberryhill Oct 2013 #75

I was just reading that. bunnies Oct 2013 #80

That's the problem with being late to an outrage party jberryhill Oct 2013 #82

lol. Indeed. nt bunnies Oct 2013 #84

Maybe her husband's sister re-tweeting it, perhaps jberryhill Oct 2013 #71

Yah, lets see how the teacher herself or the school feels about it. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #77

Good thing you can be upset, when her own family isn't jberryhill Oct 2013 #78

You dont know they're not. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #81

Hurt or embarrassed by what? jberryhill Oct 2013 #88

I guess her family must be lying too. bunnies Oct 2013 #87

I hate to stereotype but this guy looks like he smoked about two pounds of pot before taking that. Initech Oct 2013 #76

Jackass in training theHandpuppet Oct 2013 #86

+1 darkangel218 Oct 2013 #92

I have a photo like this on my phone. Prism Oct 2013 #90

I admit that it makes me smile each time I see it. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #99

My friend was both embarrassed and amused Prism Oct 2013 #106

I think it was pretty much an accident of fate that the picture turned out that way. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #91

Maybe he was the proud dad giving his friends and family a heads up? Left2Tackle Oct 2013 #95

This is why humans under 18 don't have full agency. Their thinking is often flawed, as it was here. stevenleser Oct 2013 #101

So 18 us the magic age? ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2013 #104

Oh FFS that's the best you can come up with to attack me? stevenleser Oct 2013 #107