The Forehead of Señor Rey
April 21st, 2008 by timbotronOver a decade ago I was a junior high teacher. Being the Spanish teacher, the students didn’t know me as “Mr. King,” but as “Señor Rey.”
Early in the school year I confiscated a note being passed around – it was a drawing of me with a gigantic forehead. I was losing my hair at the time and in Bruce Willis fashion my forehead was getting larger. The students laughed loudly when I saw the picture and I asked, “My forehead doesn’t really look like this, does it?!?” The students assured me of the cyclopean proportions of my forehead, and that indeed my head was shaped like a brick.
For the remainder of the school year, any time I would turn my back to the class, another Señor Rey forehead illustration would be slipped onto my desk. I made it clear that I thought it was funny, and the humor was always kept at a sane level, and at least they weren’t trashing my car.
Here is a gallery of a few of (the hundreds of) drawings I received throughout the school year:
April 21st, 2008 at 2:19 pm
This is one of the funniest things I’ve read in a while. It’s great you were able to laugh about it and embraced kids being kids– so many people wouldn’t. Plus, it makes a great post!!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:52 pm
sweet!
April 21st, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Holy mother of god i’m laughing so hard i’m crying.
Oh, the creativity of the young. I have to dig out my cavalcade of can-can Popes and Booger Bears. One of the drawings reminded me, I had a penchant for talking pineapples, too. Or as Madame Cotten called them “Bonjour! Je suis un Ananas”
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:06 am
The Mad Magazine take-off is great, and it’s only made better with the painstaking cursive writing someone attached.
I also like the Senor Rey Jedi pic. Way to defend the universe against Anakin!
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Love the drawings!! Please post more Senor Rey.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
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December 3rd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
As one of “Senior Rey’s” former junior high students, I find this hilarious as well as a walk down memory lane. I also recall a class poll where we were asked ‘who has the biggest forehead in class’ (besides Tim)….I won that one. Despite all the joking around (or maybe because of it) I can honestly say I learned more in that class than in any of my other classes!
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I particularly like the one that makes you look like a balding David Van Driessen.