Perimeter Breach

You would think that the runny noses and snot issues would be taken care of in elementary school and possibly early middle school. You’d be wrong.

As I was walking through my room helping students individually, I approached a girl who was not always with it to answer her question. This girl seemed to be pretty tired most of the time if not high. After her question, I proceeded to answer until I looked at her face. Under her nose, was a crust of dried snot around the perimeter.

At this point in my question-answering, I dry heaved then stopped talking mid-sentence. I knew that if more words came out of my mouth barf would accompany. I took a few breaths, realized that I could not continue, then walked away, leaving the confused girl and the boogers behind.