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Accidental Twinning - SOLC Day 5

Have you ever had a work twin?

When we were hired - at the same time - our administrator said, "people are going to confuse you." The literacy specialist...and the math specialist. Even our jobs are work twins.

Kristen and I have been at this school for three years now, and the following exchange is still a weekly occurrence:

Student 1: "Hi, Ms. Hoch!"

Student 2: "That's Mrs. Needle!"

Student 1: (Choose your own adventure) "Are you sisters?" or "Why do you look the same?" or "You have the same hair."

Yesterday, I walked into the staff lounge to heat up my soup. I smiled at my colleagues sitting down to lunch at the table. As I stood in front of the humming microwave, I ran through my mental list of things I HAD to accomplish in the next 20 minutes.

And then I heard a burst of laughter. 

I turned around. Dammit! What nugget of fun did I miss? Was it an adorably naive student quote? A hilarious anecdote about a lesson gone wrong? An inappropriate joke?

 And then I saw Kristen. 


This picture is now proudly displayed in the Highland Elementary Staff Lounge.

Comments

  1. Stacey ShubitzMarch 5, 2020 at 6:15 AM

    Wow! You two are alike in yet another way!

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  2. Diane AndersonMarch 5, 2020 at 11:54 AM

    That’s so funny! You two are not helping the situation!!

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  3. UnknownMarch 5, 2020 at 7:31 PM

    The stories shared in this slice leave me little choice but to believe you two are leaning into this whole twin experience :)

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