Pops Is Trippin’

Everyone that was in school had a couple of different fears. Including the girl/guy you like finding the note you wrote to your friend saying how much you “looooove” them. The other one was your mom walking into your classroom with nothing but her pajamas on and her hair in curlers. Well it’s not only mom kids were worried about, apparently most teenagers are embarrassed by their dads. 60% are embarrassed by their father’s fashion choices, including bad hairdos and wearing socks with sandals what’s wrong with that?). Three out of four teenagers are embarrassed by things their father says and 30% say they’d pretend not to know their father if they saw him in public. Now that’s just SAD! Although when I become a dad I’m sure that I’ll either embarrass my kid on purpose or they will have their pants hanging down to their ankles and I’ll pretend not to know THEM.

Best, Teacher. Ever.

Forget Superman, this guy is my new hero! I’m pretty sure this teacher is going to be fired after all the parents officially register their complaints because their kids feelings were hurt (awww poor baby!) but I hope that doesn’t happen. An English teacher named David McCullough Junior works at  Wellesley High School in Boston gave an epic speech to the graduating class with such key phrases as “You’re not special. Even if your parents have told you that every day.  No one’s going to hand you anything in the world.  So if you want anything from this point on, you have to earn it” and that’s just the beginning of this wise mans advice. Check out some hightlights after the jump and join with me in a slow clap.
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