Nevermind...THEY are so deprived!

Previously, I wrote that we, Gen X-ers, are so deprived.

I've changed my mind.

Today in class I was describing root words for our vocabulary word "habitable." They came up with habitat. From there, I described what a nun's habit was. Man, did that open a can of worms.

"What's a nun?"
"Do nuns and priests get married?"
"What's celibacy?"
"What do you mean she never gets married? Who would want to do that?"
"What if a lady had a baby and then decided to be a nun?"
"Is that what you call what *she* wears?" (Pointing to a girl in the class.)

[Insert shocked teacher look here.]

"A nun is a Catholic woman who is called by God to devote her life to him...no, nuns and priests don't get married, they both commit to a life of celibacy...celibacy means that you don't get married...they agree to that because they feel called -- just like I feel called to be a teacher...I'm not sure about the lady who has a baby and decides to be a nun but I can find it out...and NO, that's not what you call what *she* wears. *She* is Muslim, completely different, and wears a head scarf. (At this point, *she* is cracking up laughing.)

I throw up my hands and ask in an exasperated voice, "Haven' t you seen The Sound of Music?"


Three people raise their hands.

"You've got to be kidding me! Maria and the Captain? Do, a deer? Geez, people!" They looked at me with blank stares.

So, I just HAD to tell them the story.

I had it all wrong. They are the deprived ones.