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wireptile
at Fri Jan 7 19:38:08 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by wireptile ]
I was victimized by this deranged man! In 1955 I was an impressionable child from a working-class family in the inner city of a large industrial city.This Science teacher had several large terrariums of locally-collected herps in the classroom and that was my first exposure to herps. I was completely mesmerized by them. He added insult to injury by taking the class into the field and showing us how to find herps in the wild.
To illustrate what a total whack-job he was, he found a large adult fox snake, picked it up, let it bite him, after which it calmed down, and then HANDED IT to me, saying to the class, "see, they really aren't dangerous. The snake did not harm me and I was completely fascinated out of my mind, and that experience solidified my interest and addiction. At the time, I was too young and naive to understand that this madman was endangering the lives of his entire class. Several other children were also equally fascinated and we became fast freinds and formed our own little herp society. As I matured and my interest grew and expanded, I did not forsee that this man had initiated me into what is now a life of crime, and if the authorities ever find out, as a senior citizen, I could now face death in prison, because I just cant envision living without my animals!
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I HATE MY 4th Grade Teacher!! - wireptile, Fri Jan 7 19:38:08 2011