aging misfit

So yesterday my students had to turn in their first writing assignment of the semester. I repeatedly stressed that I do not accept late work. A few of them bailed entirely and I'm sure I will get a litany of excuses tomorrow. But one of them came running up to me, breathless, as I was leaving class, her paper in hand. I had already decided that if they got me their papers before I left campus, I would not penalize them. I did however give her a stern sort of "don't do this again because I'm only cutting you this break once" talk. As she was making a half-hearted excuse I noticed that she was wearing a Dropkick Murphys t-shirt and carrying a purse with the Misfits skull on it. This student is seventeen and I realized as I was standing there that I had been listening to the Misfits before she was born. I stifled my chuckle of mixed emotions and took her paper.