Just hours ago I was leaving the local Ingles grocery store with a ton of Mason jars to do my Okra pickling. I began unloading my stuff into the p-car and I heard my name called out several times. I looked up and saw two of my students coming toward me ( i work as a dropout prevention counselor at a high school). They came up and we began talking the normal "good to see you" stuff.
A few seconds later I heard "how does an E......High school counselor afford a Porsche?" "looks like they spend too much money on administration and not enough on the kids". I couldn't tell if she was joking or not so I kinda pretended she was. I responded that I got it on ebay for a deal. Keep in mind this is an 87 which is considerably cheaper than the majority of new SUVs in the faculty parking lot. Then the ***** busts out with " you are teaching the kids that all they need is a crotch rocket but they don't need to know how to read" There was no joking on her face. She then turned around and walked off.
My kids were like WTF? I was like WTF.
Any similar experiences/ways to deal with it?
