03 March 2007

Note Passing



Thomas is completing his second semester working at the state hospital for his practicum and I love the stories that have been produced from his time there. Yesterday he came home with a good one. One particular patient with some sort of psychotic disorder is known for not really liking anyone. He happens to be in a class Thomas co-faciliatates called "adult literacy." During class yesterday, this patient passed Thomas a note that read: "Cease drumming your fingers." I guess Thomas' awesome drumming skills are not appreciated everywhere- especially not in adult literacy class and especially not by this particular patient.

6 comments:

boo face mcjones said...

my favorite part of this story is the fact that the note began with the word "cease."
hilarity all around.

Stephanie said...

Mine too- in fact I've thought about it a couple times today and laughed my head off. He could have said anything in the note that he passed like a seventh grade girl- and he chose to say "cease"- I'm laughing right now.

melissa said...

ooh, me too, out loud. i love this anecdote. poor guy, really.

and i love that the three of us are carrying on conversations on each of our blogs. now i'm laughing about that.

Stephanie said...

It's like we are on a chat room, but way cooler and way less sad.

diana palmer said...

i think his use of the word 'cease,' was to prove he did not belong in the adult literacy class.

Stephanie said...

Haha! Thomas said that is true- but he is in the class for socialization so he can learn to not pass notes to people asking them to "cease" doing things. :)