"Not Thinking Clearly"

Hmmmm….. Let’s see if I can say this with tact.

When guys wake up, often they are "not thinking clearly." It seems that blood meant for the brain has migrated south. For high school guys, this blood might refuse to travel back to the brain for quite some time. There you are sitting in class, hormones raging, surrounded by beautiful girls, some of which are cheerleaders in short skirts, and well, you are obviously "not thinking clearly."

This is why teachers should NEVER ask, much less require, high school guys to stand in the front of the class to solve problems. The embarrassment caused by classmates blushing, pointing, snickering, and the occasional gasps just because you are standing in front of the class "not thinking clearly" can scar a kid.

I’m not saying this ever happened to me, but after my freshman year I ALWAYS had my Notre Dame windbreaker with me just in case I was ever called to the front of the class and I was… you know – "not thinking clearly."