Wrap it up!

Post date: Feb 9, 2010 3:29:35 PM

It was a lovely fall afternoon and I was one of manykids walking home from Bowen going back to Merrionette Manor. Suddenly, I heard a voice from behind yelling at me. I turned to see the obnoxious underclassman boy (who shall remain nameless) who had been chasing me down for weeks at school trying to get a date. He was a block behind me. I started to speed walk - hugging my stack of books to my chest. He was closing in fast. I sped up - he sped up. I saw the viaduct ahead leading into 95th Street. I had no more strength left and could not run anymore. At that point I knew I had to face the music. I whirled around and there he was. He looked down at me, smiled and laughed. It was then that I realized that my wrap skirt had apparently become untied and had fallen off me at some point during my flight. I was now standing on 95th Street in my underwear. Honk, honk. And to add insult to injury, he had my skirt in his left hand. All I could mutter was "thanks" as I grabbed the skirt and did a quick rewrap. Needless to say, it took hours of counseling with my mother that evening to convince me to ever go back to school.

~ Susan Rubenstein Marcom, Class of '65