You Need Dark Humor To Teach About The World These Days

After leaving the Marines, the spousal unit was able to get his teaching certification through the Troops to Teachers program and began looking for jobs. The staff at a small country school district where he applied interviewed him, liked what they saw, and submitted his CV to the school board for approval to hire him as a geography teacher. However, some of the members expressed concern about his lack of pedagogical experience.

First Board Member: “I see he’s certified for geography, but other than student teaching, he has zero time in the classroom.”

Second Board Member: “I don’t see the problem. H***, he’s probably invaded most of them countries he’s gonna be teaching about.”

They hired him.