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Uranus and painful 8th grade memories

I just laughed out loud for several minutes at this: Visiting Miranda.

Abbey’s brother posted it on my Facebook wall with this comment:

selected descrptions of MIRANDA– bizarre world, tempestuous past, surprise, unique, bewildering variety, famous “chevron” feature, wild juxtapositions, shadowy….

coincidences? i think not!

This brings up a painful memory. Though the pain only lasted about half a school day until I got home and told my Odyssey of the Mind team and we laughed the whole two-hour meeting. I don’t think we got any work done that night, because everytime I’d try to change the topic, someone would remind me: “Miranda is a moon around Uranus.”

I first learned this tidbit in 8th grade science class. I remember the moment I learned it.

I hadn’t been paying attention in class, and I’m pretty sure I was in the process of passing a note to a friend across the aisle when my classmates collectively started laughing. I mean, of all the planets to be associated with, this is the one I’d probably like to stray away from.

My teacher, of course, was mad not just at their immaturity but at the fact that he didn’t understand why they were laughing. See, despite my protests, my attendance and tests, and my straight A’s in science, for some reason, my 8th grade science teacher never learned my name. He called me Amanda until the day I left middle school for the hallowed halls of high school. Another sore point for me.

I only share this tidbit because I know a few of you — Abbey, Jaclyn, Jessica — are going to think it’s funny. And I wouldn’t deprive you of a good laugh.

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