My son and his sixth grade class had a get-to-know-you session the other day with his seventh grade social studies teacher. It's one of those rights of passage that helps set the tone for the next year.
As the teacher strolled through the room tossing out U.S. geography quiz questions, he stopped at one boy's desk and looked down.
"What's your name?"
"Boris," the boy said somewhat sheepishly at having been singled out.
"Boris, eh..." said the teacher. "So, is your girlfriend Natasha?"
"Um, huh??" said Boris, puzzled. (Heck, everybody knows Boris likes Emily.)
Around the room, perplexed faces stared at this strange teacher and his weird question. Then one kid giggled. He knew. And he knew he was the only one who knew about Rocky and Bullwinkle.
You never know what can get a student-teacher relationship off to a good start. If it's a sly reference to the squirrel and moose, that's fine with me.
About Me
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- Bill Weber
- Boston, MA
- A longtime media and communications professional, I have worked on daily newspapers, monthly magazines, professional journals, news and b-to-b websites, marketing magazines, and e-newsletters, as well as in marketing and PR.
Currently, I am Director of Alumni Communications at Harvard Business School.
Previously, I was Editor in Chief of CCI Crosby Publishing, a custom-media firm in Allston, MA. I also worked at the Boston Herald, Boston Magazine, Lowell Sun, Teenage Magazine, and NewReview. On the Web, I launched BostonHerald.com and SmallBizResource.com.
On that other side of the media fence, I was marketing and communications director for the Massachusetts Bar Association for several years, where I managed its publications, PR, membership marketing, advertising and promotions, and coordinated its annual conferences.
I'm a three-time Iron Chef finalist (local only, thank you). And in previous lives, I was a rock 'n' roll drummer, funhouse operator, and dishwasher.
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