Back in grade school I remember being threatened that misbehavior would show up on my PERMANENT RECORD. The permanent record was a terrifying concept, especially because they made it sound like it was, well, PERMANENT. I was afraid that I would be denied a promotion in my 30s because my boss could clearly see that I threw a grape at the back of my friend’s head in Social Studies class (“Not management material”).
But when I graduated high school, they dumped a big folder on my lap. “Here’s your permanent record.” It was bewildering and underwhelming, like my school had put together the lamest scrapbook ever for me. It made me wish I’d been a worse kid so my permanent record would have a little more color to it.
Now I’m just waiting a few decades to see if the government does the same thing with their own records. Maybe I should commit a few felonies to be safe.
wes
Some PERMANENT RECORDS (e.g., doing a “Thelma and Louise” off a sheer cliff) are more PERMANENT than others…
One strange thing I learned in college was that if you use dry erase marker over permanent ink on a white board, the permanent ink wipes off with it. Still leaves a little color stain though.
Wait – what….??
The permanent record is a REAL thing???
Ok…
Y’all realize that you can remove permanent marker from a white-board by writing over it with dry-erase, then wiping it off?
Try it sometime.
Oh, the poor man doesn’t know that you can erase Permanent Marker off a white board by running Dry Erase marker over it.
Earn more sessions by sleeving?
Hey guys did you know that you could erase permanent…
…you did?
…well shit now i dont know what to comment…
A colleague of mine was doing an interview to be an adjunct in math at a college. She wrote a huge amount and filled both white boards, turned around to erase it:
«swipe» “No… «swipe» No. «FRANTIC ERASING» NONONONONONONONONONO!!!”
Turns out, they left a bunch of Sharpies lying around that looked like dry-erase markers. She didn’t get the job.