I Hope they Get 'em!
February 8, 2008 - 9:19am — Corys_Stories
I was sitting at Mass this morning, in our cathedral, in downtown Altoona. Just as the priest began to deliver his Homily, a barrage of sirens echoed in from the nearby streets. There were so many sirens all at once, I couldn't distinguish one from another.
A little old man, sitting closeby, leaned over to me and said, " I hope they get 'em!"
I turned to him, smiled and whispered...." If that was an ambulance, I HOPE THEY GET 'EM, if that was a fire engine I HOPE THEY GET 'EM, and if that was a cop car, I HOPE THEY GET 'EM"
The old man leaned back, sighed, glanced my way again and said, "yeah, me too". Then quietly, under his breath, and I heard him as clear as day, he said 'good point'.
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you should see the reactions of teenagers when they hear the sirens.....a whole range of human emotion, from (morbid) curiosity, to wide eyed amazement, to skulking guilt. I always say 'hmm, are they finally going to get ya this time?" to a student of choice as a tease.
sometimes that is no laughing matter though----12 years ago, when i started teaching at the alternative school, on my 3rd day, there was a knock at the door. I opened it, to see my administrator, with a uniformed cop and a detective. they asked me for a certain student, and proceeded to cuff him and take him out of school. so sometimes there are no sirens---and the knock makes an impact.