Monday, June 1, 2009

Phallic Fixation

I can't think of any other way to put this: the male students at one of my schools have a penis obsession. But not with their own...with others'.

These kids are down with O.P.P. and groin grabbing is a regular occurrence. Its like the equivalent of wedgies in the states. Except it's not done by bullies, it's done by friends to one another. And it doesn't appear to be sexual. It's just...done.

This has been my first conscious taste of culture shock. Sure, I've been surprised by things here and there, but nothing truly shocking. This, however, was electrifying. And that's even after living in San Francisco for a year and a half.

But I'm not one to judge. And I really wasn't paying it any mind at first. But in the last few weeks, some of them had been setting their phallic fixation on me.

On 2 separate occasions, students reached for my crotch. Thank God for my quick reflexes, because had they succeeded, I may have lost my job. And on 3 other occasions, students tried to ask me about my stature. One guy just kept saying "You. African American?" and throwing an exaggerated cack in a b-boy battle manner. And then another one brought out a ruler...

Anyway, its rare times like these that I'm glad some of my students don't speak English particularly well. Because the bits and pieces of their broken English were so dilapidated, I could easily act like I didn't know what they were asking me.

But I'm staying alert. Because if I do my job well, then they'll be asking me with grammatically correct sentences in no time.

6 comments:

  1. There's no other way for me to put this...

    BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. all the guys in my youth group & even throughout college loved to grab each other in inappropriate ways.
    they called it "brotherly love".

    i think it was something else.

    maybe you should invest in a male chastity belt for your own protection...

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  3. have you been kancho'ed yet?
    - prem

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  4. oh my goodness. that is.....i have no words.

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  5. What Ayo said...

    Ayoooo!

    Mad Karamo son

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