She saw me and greeted me the exact same way every single student would when they’d happen to see me outside of school. “Mr. Young! I didn’t know you shopped at Gabe’s!” (For the record, I’d also, at various points during my teaching career, heard the following: “Mr. Young! I didn’t know you went to church!” “Mr. Young! I didn’t know you got haircuts!” “Mr. Young! I didn’t know you went to Kennywood!” Once, while at Giant Eagle, I even heard “Mr. Young! I didn’t know you ate food!” Apparently, the students assumed we teachers stopped existing when they exited our
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