Back for a return engagement is Referrals from the Education File!
Below you will find a referral I sent to the dean of students and to my colleagues.
Readers may note that I am exasperated by the students who do not seem to value an education.
The communication between my colleagues and I seem to demonstrate that I am not alone.
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Referral
RE: Hank Lawry
April 4, 2008
I have tried to be the bigger person since the student arrived to enroll in school last week. I have refrained from writing him up because it’s obvious he does not want to be here as evidenced by his failure to appear in school for seven months. However,the little tyke’s behavior is appalling. Tuesday he cursed. It was something about about fuck this, fuck that, or maybe it was fuck me? I’m not sure? Somehow it’s all running together in my head. After being 10 minutes late to class, I motioned for him to speak with me. I tried to talk with him and he refused. Yesterday he cut class. Today he came about 10 minutes late. After he refused to speak with me, he left the room and played with his lock at his locker for the entire period.
After school he saw me doing hall patrol and he flipped me off. I guess I’m mad. Probably because I’ve been wanting to flip him off all week. He is pitiful. And, now he has crossed the line. Doesn’t the middle finger mean, “fuck you?” Please inform. BTW, Ms. Jones wrote him up earlier, too, right?
The following exchange occurred between me and another colleague about Hank Lawery.
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Stayc,
“The finger” is a gesture consisting of a fist with the middle finger extended. It appears to be universally understood as “fuck you“or get stuffed due to its resemblance to the penis. It is certainly thousands of years old, being referred to in Ancient Roman literature as the digitus infamis or digitus impudicus. Performing this gesture is also called “flipping the bird” in countries where “the finger” is used. In other regions, “flipping the bird” refers to the raising of the middle and index finger with the back of the hand directed at the recipient. It can also mean “Victor” (see V Sign, below) in some countries, which is not to be mistaken for the “Peace” gesture, which is done with the palm facing the recipient of the gesture, but in Britain and some other countries it is an offensive gesture, equivalent to “the finger”. George W. Bush can be seen making the gesture while he was the Governor of Texas, while goofing off before beginning filming of a public address. This is also known as a one finger salute, or international salute. Will Smith as Agent J in Men_in_Black_(film) rubs his forehead using this gesture when told “When you grow up” you can have a standard neuralizer.
Former professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin used the finger quite frequently in WWE shows. He raises both of the fingers to the crowd as a way of saluting to them. Also, he gestures the finger at his opponent before kicking them in the stomach and performing the Stone Cold Stunner.
Comedian Dane Cook parodied the gesture with his “Super Finger” gesture, which consists of raising the middle finger, ring finger, and thumb on the same hand while lowering (or curling) the index and little fingers. It is meant to be a more “powerful” version of “the finger”.
The middle finger is also used to represent the number four when one counts in the binary system using one’s fingers.
When this gesture is made with the palm facing forward, it is known to Chaotes practicing Lovecraftian magick as the “Sign of Kish”. Another Lovecraftian sign is the “Sign of Koth”, which consists of fully extending the index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger, while the thumb is tucked against the flat of the hand.
The preceding was compliments of Wikipedia.
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