So today I'm reapplying chapstick repeatedly due to severe chappedness and I was asked a question that made me realize two things. One, perhaps I shouldn't be a teacher (only because of my shaky morals, otherwise I'm a terrific teacher) and two, I now know why celebrities always bitch about having role model status thrust upon them:

"Hey Miss Melina. Why are your lips chapped only at the corners?"

Now how do you answer that one? "Well kid, it all started with a few beers, then this boy named Matty came over and then I..."

I just turned to the kid and said, "It's the strangest thing isn't it?"