It was the second or third day of school and I was up reviewing our classroom procedures. The students were looking a little bored, even though we were acting out the procedures. I chanced to stop near one student's desk for a couple of minutes and that's when it first happened...
I felt someone rubbing my arm.
I looked down and there was Jackson, just looking at my arm and rubbing it. When he saw me, he looked embarrassed and stopped. Some of the other kids nearby laughed a little at what he had done, so I ignored it because he was already a bit embarrassed by what had happened.
Later on in the day there were at least two other kids who did the same thing to me. I just laughed each time it happened. I thought it was the wierdest thing. When the day cmae to an end I told my aid, Sitting Bear, about what had happened throughout the day. He laughed too and then said, "It's because your arms are hairy. We don't have a lot of hair on our bodies."
I laughed and replied, "It's a good thing I don't go shirtless around here or they'd be feeling my belly and chest, too!"
So, now, when kids come up and touch my arms I just ignore it and rack it up as curiosity about the new wasichu in their school.
Bye for now!
Wasichu-Witko
-Mr. X
Sitting Bear? Very funny!!!!!!!
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