An actual conversation I had with a checker at H-E-B yesterday, sparked on by the ACU shirt I was wearing:
Checker (male, about 19, glasses, nerdy): You know, I hate to tell you this, but Abilene High School is a better school than ACU.
Me: Um, OK.
Checker: No, really. I mean, a lot of our classes are better and we have college-level classes, like Calculus.
Me, confused: What year are you there?
Checker: Oh, I graduated.
Me: Where do you go now?
Checker: Nowhere, I can't afford it.
Me: Well, going to ACU is better than sitting at home and doing nothing.
Checker: I'm not sitting at home, I'm sitting here working to earn money so I can afford to go to school.
I don't think I said anything after than, just made an annoyed face, picked up my bags of groceries and headed for the door. My sitting at home comment was rude, I know, but I was just confused as to why a high school graduate was telling me my education was a sham. Apparently, I've been kidding myself these past four years. I should have just audited Abilene High classes and I'd be good to go. Thanks for the tip, random checker person. Oh, the fun people you meet in Abilene.
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Hey. It's Erin from SIJ. I just read your away message and I laughed because two friends from work and I were discussing our secret obsession with Laguna Beach. And we wondered where parents were, did they ever go to school, have homework, etc. Funny. It amazes me every time I watch the show. Shoot, if I didn't have homework or school obligations when I was in high school, life would have been fantastic and maybe I could have been that cool.
Or not. :o)
Anyway...hope you have a great day!
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