Substitute Teachers Help Us Reassure Our Intelligence

On friday, Ms. Serensky's absence caused a guessing game of what would happen in class with the substitute. In 4th period commons, everybody unanimously agreed that it would be a practice essay or a journal writing. Most of us rolled our eyes and groaned, because by friday afternoon, the last thing most want to do in class is to write until our hand cramps. However, we were pleasantly surprised to be greeted by a friendly-looking young man who said that we will have a class discussion, despite Ms.Serensky's absence. As our discussion began, we shocked this man. He could not believe how in-depth and detail-driven our conversation had become. After mentioning many instances of situational irony in the novel, he finally confessed that he did not know the meaning of the term. The class all looked at each other in disbelief with raised eyebrows of confusion. We wondered, "how can this college-educated man not know that situational irony means? When we finally explained it to him, he understood perfectly and tested himself by asking us if certain scenarios of movies and other books represented situational irony. What I believe to be situational irony is the fact that the students had to teach the teacher a common literary term. It seems like ever since we began blogging, I find a literary term out there for almost every social situation. Could I possibly be turning insane?