the avatar of patience

i think i say a lot of weird shit that the other teachers simply don't get. while elevator-talking in the elevator with a teacher whose name i do not know, i made the preposterous claim that i was made of patience. i might have even said that i was patience incarnate. the other teacher without missing a beat agreed and said with complete seriousness that that was probably a good thing here at this school. i tried to backpedal and explain that i was in fact not made of patience but was in actuality suffering from a dearth of it. this left the teacher more confused than if i had just smiled and nodded. this all took place in under 15 seconds i think. thank god one can just jump ship on those conversations when one gets to one's floor.