Wednesday, May 14, 2014

The time Sybil was shot

Many people don't know that Sybil was a 7th grade biology teacher in the Bronx for 33 years. She had a very storied career. There was the time a kid jerked off into his desk while Sybil lectured about circulatory system and the time I came to school as a 5 year old and in the middle of my mom's lesson wrote "black boys" on the chalk board. For now we can focus on the time my mother was shot walking into work.  

Sybil pulled up in front of P.S. 142, hopped out of her Corolla in a chipper mood, ready to educate tomorrow's doctors, lawyers, and car thieves when all of a sudden she felt an insane pain in her left arm.  Convinced that the high cholesterol her children gave her finally made her heart explode, she fell against her car. That's when Sybil noticed an enormous barbed dart stuck in her arm. She stumbled into the building screaming she'd been shot. The school nurse yanked the dart out and told Sybil to go get a tetanus shot.  Apparently one of her students was on the roof of the building with a blow gun.  He saw Sybil get out of her car and decided he couldn't pass up the opportunity.  Good for him.  

Sybil took the rest of the day off.  



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