I'm totally THAT teacher

You know in high school, there was always that one teacher who was young and cool, and who you liked to hang out with after school sometimes? We had a few.

Well, I’ve totally become THAT teacher at school. It feels pretty good.

Earlier this week we ran into a couple of our fav 6/3 kids while we eating dinner. These are seniors, and they’ve already taken most exams, so they’re pretty checked out of the game.

We always ask if they want to hang out, what they are doing, etc. Just typical nice Thai chatting. But for some reason they actually came the other night, and were thrilled to see the inside of our house.

It’s not much, but anything American really threw them off. My stack of collected American mags, my electric toothbrush, photos of family – all of this was really amusing to them. They just went around looking at everything, asking where it was all from, what it was. Then there was the confusing attempt at translating, even though they speak a lot of English. I swear, it’s these kids who have learned the most from us – and we don’t even really teach class topics.

The following night they took us to a market, which was super cute. We had a crew of 4 escorts this time, who got very worried if I strayed and watched our every move. Like they needed to protect me? “Reesaaaaa. Risa. Pai nai?” Adorable.

The L and the R is had for the Thai to distinguish. So my name is Risa.

I thought the streak was over until they showed up at our house around 10pm last night. We couldn’t figure out what they wanted or what was up until one of them started sitting in the street and kept yelling – “Teacher, we come in PLEEEASE?!”

Wasted. My kids were totally wasted.

Apparently they had skipped out of school at 2pm and headed to a friend’s house to drink. Until around 9pm. 7 hours of amateur drinking, sitting on my doorstep.

We let them in and fed them candy, water and vitamins. One curled up in a ball on the floor for a quick nap. The others spent an hour trying to learn how to open the child lock on my One-A-Days. They’ve never seen one before!

Around 11 they finally headed out. Nate drove home with them to make sure they got in safely. I was a tired bitch, so I just went to sleep.

I’m going to miss these kids. Boopants.