Sisters

A funny little story...

As I mentioned in my previous post, my school put on Othello last Friday night. A TON of my students were there. My girlfriend decided to join me for the performance. We had a great time. (The story gets better...)

On Monday morning during 2nd period, student A exclaims excitedly, "Ms. Brady, your sister! She looks exactly like you!"

Hmm. Now, to my knowledge, A has never actually met my sister. So, I start wondering. The first thing to come to my mind is-- does she really think my girlfriend and I look like sisters? (Mind you... my girlfriend is half black...)

Me: "Ummmm.... Really, A??"
A: "Yes! You look like identical twins!!"

Now I was really confused.

Me: "A, you saw her Friday night?"
A: "Yes!"

Now I was really, really confused.

Me: "At Othello?"

The moment of truth...

A: "No! At John Philip Sousa! She was walking toward me and I thought 'Is that Ms. Brady? Wow. It must be.'"

Me: "OH. That makes sense..."

OK. Phew.

Turns out, A was visiting her old middle school (where Kristin currently teaches) and saw Kristin walking to the train. A swears she couldn't tell us a part.

Perhaps because we're both white? short? have brown hair? Who knows.