My Most Embarrassing Moment

I left this comment on Pastor Wilson's blog and realized it would make a good (if short) Life is Funny post. The topic is my most embarrassing moment...




My first year teaching…
The teachers took turns reading at weekly Mass.
Well, my first time, the Cantor is on vacation, and the priest asks me to sing “O Come O Come Emmanuel”
I think to myself “Okay, not comfortable with this, but at least the kids know it and will back me up…I don’t have to depend on the rest of the congregation singing at 7 in the morning..”
Well, I sing the first verse, and it seems no one is joining in. I seem to have forgotten where I was, stopped singing, and said:
“C’mon Kids…I know you know this one…I taught my own class, the rest of you know it, and your going to sing if you know what’s good for you. Now we’re starting over…”
Yep. I had to ask other teachers if I really did that, or if I had a nightmare. I really did it. But they said the priest was laughing really hard. I found out later that this priest will stop everyone and make us start over if he can’t hear people singing…So surprisingly enough, I think I actually made a good first impression on him….On the rest of the parish…not so much…

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