power of the pop tart

Posted on May 5, 2004 by mariko

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Peter is a high school teacher, which means he sometimes spends more time disciplining kids than teaching them. One thing he has to do is make sure no food or drinks are consumed in the classroom. This morning I got an e-mail from him, and I think this sentence illustrates why I married him (the name of the guilty party has been removed to protect, well, the guilty): “Caught [TEEN GIRL X] daintily nibbling on a multi-colored sprinkles pink pop tart this morning. I couldn’t bring myself to bust her.”

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20 Responses to power of the pop tart

  1. Kerrie says:
    May 6, 2004 at 03:20

    That man is a hero!! Tell him his email was the first thing to bring a smile to my face this morning, does she know how lucky she is to have him for a teacher?

  2. Shirley says:
    May 6, 2004 at 04:04

    I think your hubby is brave to teach teenagers. I remember how intense it can get when one or more “students” decide to challenge the teacher. I don’t recall food or drinks being a issue even in morning classes though. Things must have changed…well since I’ve been….

  3. claudia says:
    May 6, 2004 at 05:28

    Pop Tarts are the nectar of the gods.

  4. Marcia says:
    May 6, 2004 at 05:37

    Poptarts are huge with the teens. Have you had the French Toast flavored? I don’t know (and prolly don’t want to) how they manufacture that fresh buttered flavor with the maple, but…Yummaroni.

  5. Lindsey says:
    May 6, 2004 at 05:45

    Awww he let the lil Pop-Tart vixen go free?! What a nice guy, but then again, who could bust someone for having a pink Pop-Tart???

  6. Elaine says:
    May 6, 2004 at 06:53

    I’m sure he understands though, that Pop-tarts are only the beginning. The gateway pastry, so to speak. Next thing you know, she’ll be scoring a lemon or pear tart, then you’ll find her hopped up on eclairs. The horror. :o)

  7. carolyn says:
    May 6, 2004 at 08:12

    but the question is: would he have let her go with just ANY poptart? or was it the fact that it was pink and sprinkly that touched his heart? 🙂 i LOVE the cinnamon/brown sugar ones. the blue ones i could do without. and the ones without frosting – what are they on crack? who wants those.

  8. Sandee says:
    May 6, 2004 at 08:16

    So poptarts are the new sneaky food of choice…it used to be mochi crunch when I was in high school! 😉 Peter would have been one of those teachers we called “cool” in high school!

  9. Carrie says:
    May 6, 2004 at 08:52

    mmm. pop-tarts. Why is it that I always get soo hungry when I come to your blog?
    Is it lunchtime?
    Peter is obviously a rockin’ cool man. But you knew that already. 🙂

  10. Bruce says:
    May 6, 2004 at 09:25

    Peter is definitely one cool dude. He knows that a hungry teenager can become a vicious animal. Sometimes rules must be bent in order to survive. The fact that some people live on pop tarts and soda pop is a sad commentary on our pop culture. But, my great aunt Sigrid used to make the most amazing “Pop overs.” Any recipes?

  11. Meg says:
    May 6, 2004 at 09:27

    I love the way your man says ‘I love you’. Brings a little tear to my eye! (a good one)

  12. Lora says:
    May 6, 2004 at 13:08

    What a great husband you have!

  13. Rose says:
    May 6, 2004 at 13:55

    What a guy… It would be hard to bust someone with a pink pop tart… Personally, brown sugar and cinnamon for me!
    Oh yes…. I am FINALLY getting the house painted! Benjamin Moore in apple green and black bean soup with a country redwood door!!

  14. Amy says:
    May 6, 2004 at 14:36

    Smart man; knows when to pick his battles. I would have liked having him for a teacher, too 🙂

  15. megan says:
    May 6, 2004 at 18:32

    Peter Pommer, you’re our man!!!

  17. alison says:
    May 6, 2004 at 18:59

    I wonder if it was the dainty nibbling or the multi-coloured sprinkles/fact that the pop tart was pink that really spoke to Peter. What if she’d been daintily nibbling beef jerky?
    Can you believe I’ve never had a pop tart? Oh, it’s a sad child who grows up with a sensible mother who bakes wheat germ bread and forbids sugary breakfast foods… (It is, however, a child who reaches her thirties without any cavities — thanks, Mom!)

  18. Sharlene says:
    May 6, 2004 at 19:07

    Just be careful if you ever put a Pop Tart in the toaster. Apparently something about the frosting reaching a certain temperature will cause flames to shoot out of the toaster. Sadly, that was how friends of mine lost their house. I’m not kidding, a Pop Tart started their house fire. And when they spoke with the insurance company, apparently the insurance company had HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING before. So toast with caution my friends.

  19. Allison says:
    May 7, 2004 at 07:03

    Oh, yum!!!!!! The prettiest of PopTarts!

  20. becky says:
    May 8, 2004 at 00:34

    I never developed a taste for pop-tarts. But I did like to eat in class.
    I did have an A-period (that’s before first period at 7:10am!!!!) teacher who let us get coffee from the teacher’s lounge. We felt so swanky drinking coffee in class out of those “Poker” cups.

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