secret things

life is full of secrets. i have a feeling that not only did i begin my teaching career with a secret among my students but i am ending my career with a similar secret. my first year deaning, a couple got married at christmas break. the boy brought her back to the dorm every monday morning. remember this was the 60's. the principal knew about it, the girls knew, but i didn't. the principal later went on to be president of a southern college. i think they should have finished school, but it would have been nice if i had known instead of wondering what all the weird looks were about.

this year and last one of the guys has been visiting his girlfriend every home leave. so over christmas he calls from an island in the caribbean. the girl is there. i hear no mention of parents. maybe they are on there honeymoon. i don't know. just seems a little weird. maybe the parents were there. maybe i have an overactive imagination.