Painfully Funny
Being the center of attention can be exhilarating, humbling, and, well, humiliating.
Such was the case for junior Alana Cribbs.
We all remember those moments were we really wish we could
“I was doing cartwheels and stuff in the gym with some friends of mine while the guys were
become said. as Stuart little and just be lost in black hole
playing dodge ball,” Cribbsas tiny “Well, I was doing a cartwheelaand went down into the splits,
and forever
and my boot, the very bottomforgotten. And Everyone started laughing at me.”
of it, ripped. we probably all got more than
enough embarrassing moments in our lives.
Sometimes, students and teachers come together for an embarrassing, and, perhaps, painful
moment.
Some happen at home, some at friend’s house but the worst
“Recently, in physics, we shot a water happen in front ofMaddie Schroeder said, “and I hit my
are probably those that balloon,” junior your classmates
teacher in the nuts!andwas super awkward.” you barley know yet have to spend
It fellow teachers. People
Below the belt embarrassments are few and far between, but they do happen.
several hours every day, year round.
“Some kid didn’t wear underpants during our gym class freshman year, and his shorts
Ugh! Those embarrassing moments. They happen to all of us
and become funny only after they Sam Smith recalled. “Homeboy was swinging
started falling down while he was running,” junior have happened. The anxiety
in the breeze. Poorand discomfort funny though!” which may only last a few
kid! It was so felt during that time
seconds feelsmortifying moments, take solace that you’re amongst the comIf you’ve experienced such like time has stood still.
pany of many others.
Jack
You are not alone. Kerrigan, a fellow sophomore, who you might all know as
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the kid who pulled the fire alarm recalls this precise moment.
“My lock was on top of the fire sprinkler, like they connected
it because I didn’t lock it on my locker, and I put it in and
pulled it down and it exploded on me. I didn’t know who put
it up there but when I saw my lock up there I thought Oh
crap! Afterwards I felt really wet and needed a towel. I didn’t
feel embarrassed; I just thought I was going to get in trouble. I
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