'Sir, do you want to see the pictures I've got of you on my phone?'
I wasn't exactly sure that the year 10 had said what I thought so I asked them to repeat it, but sure enough I was right the first time. I figured it was some kind of silly joke and that it was a picture of Harry Potter - who I supposedly look like. But, no, bold as brass she was showing me a picture of myself. She couldn't even understand why I wasn't impressed. I got her to delete it but passed it on to someone bigger and scarier than me to sort out.
What shocked me most was how blase about it she was, she genuinely couldn't see anything wrong with it. I asked her if she could imagine the if the situation were reversed, if a teacher had taken a picture of her. Other than the lens cracking I would imagine they'd find themselves out of a job rather sharply.
Okay, it's not exactly the same as some creepy bloke having pictures of teenage girls on his phone, but it's just not right.
2008-03-03 @ 18:03