Tu resembles a une vache!!

The title of my blog is what my French teacher, Mrs. Comiskey, always says to students who chew gum in her class.  It means, literally, “You look like a cow.”  This may not be the kindness thing to saw to students, but she really means it.  She HATES gum, and she is pretty good at catching students who try to chew gum in her class.  I must agree with her, though.  It really is a disgusting habit.  There are so many people who chew gum, while at school.  First of all, this is breaking a rule!  It is well known that you are not allowed to chew gum at school, for many reasons, which are all very good.

First of all, gum ruins things.  For some disgusting reason, people think that they can neatly dispose of their gum by sticking it onto things or under something.  This does no good.  It ruins whatever it is stuck to, plus is grosses everyone else out.  No one wants to put his or her hand down and have it stuck to someone’s pre-chewed gum.  It is nasty.  Then, gum ruins any other substance it comes in contact with.  It is nearly impossible to get gum out of carpet.  Most of the time is just has to be cut away, which leaves ugly, “bald” patches.  And lastly, gum is AWFUL to get out of hair.  First, you have to pick out as much as you can, but this is an unpleasant experience because it really hurts to have your hair pulled on.  Then, the next resort is the peanut butter method.  Peanut butter is spread liberally all over the hair with gum in it.  It sometimes gets it out, because of the fat in it, but generally the desired effect is not achieved.  If none of the previous methods work, the hair has to be cut.  This is the worst option, but if often has to happen.  One time, a friend from elementary fell asleep with gum, and when he woke up, he had gum stuck to his eyebrow.  His parents couldn’t get it off without sacrificing half of his eyebrow, so for a large part of sixth grade, he had only 1-½ eyebrows.  It was quite funny for the rest of us, but I’m sure he did not enjoy it.

Those who often chew gum are not discreet about it.  I have nothing against people who chew gum, in an inconspicuous manner, to freshen their breath.   This is one of the great advantages of gum, but those who chew it, and really look like a cow, should be stopped.  It’s a great disgrace to Americans because they’re sometimes portrayed as not so bright, gum-chompers.  I certainly don’t want this description attributed to me.        

PS- Sorry that I didn’t put the correct accents on my title.  I couldn’t figure out how to get it there….