OrganizedChaos has been lamenting the reaction she gets at cocktail parties when she says she’s a teacher.

I quite enjoy being asked. Here’s what I do. When someone has the American crass gaul to ask what I do for a living (something done no where else in the world in polite company), I say the following.

“I’m a teacher.” ((Pause for effect)) “Which is a highly respected profession,” ((Pause for effect)) “in many other cultures.”

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