Mara Wilson: We had a debate team, but the faculty sponsor, who was in her 60s and had an eyebrow piercing, whom we once saw on some Comedy Central show singing about her vagina, was caught with meth in her purse, and I think the debate team got shut down. I had switched schools by that point.

We had a debate team, but the faculty sponsor, who was in her 60s and had an eyebrow piercing, whom we once saw on some Comedy Central show singing about her vagina, was caught with meth in her purse, and I think the debate team got shut down. I had switched schools by that point.

schools need debate teams to keep these kids busy

Ah, Mrs. Wright. I hope you’re still out there, letting your freak flag fly.

Hopefully with less meth tho

Yeah, definitely. I hope she’s healthy.

Maybe she finally got someone to prescribe ADHD meds. 😄😭 (I say this as someone for whom Adderall is damn near a miracle.)

I have an ex who basically completely lost the interest in meth when they got on adhd meds. And I didn't know them during addiction, but they said they only used it for adhd reasons bc they had trouble getting the prescription stuff. TL;DR, I hope so; it's entirely possible that's what she needed.

Mara there is too much happening in this post

it is worthy of, maybe not like a 22 episode run, but like a 4 parter HBO style series to unpack it all

she sounds like a hoot though

Oh she DEFINITELY was

This feels like peak “going to school in LA” somehow

I was in Burbank! Which is both LA and not LA.

sounds like burbank

Did you go to Euphoria High?

Classic debate coach

we've all been there

reading that sentence is the best movie I've seen in 3 years

That first sentence was a wild ride, I tell you.

We do all need ‘those’ teachers though! The rebels Shout out to Mr David (biology) Who let us take our brewing experiments home, instead of safely disposing of them! & taught me how to make gunpowder

Ten more years or so until this describes Kristen Schaal (who I adore)

That was some damn fine narrative work; every part of that sentence was wilder than the last

I had a theater professor sort of like that in college. Got busted with weed going through airport security taking us on a school trip.

Truly who among us

Damn this is making me regret not being involved in debate team, she sounds amazing

I refuse to believe this happened. There's no WAY you used to watch Comedy Central.

This post reminds me of the time that my former Journalism Department head at my university in Alaska “Kanye’d the Oscars” and all the late night comedians made fun of her. Hadn’t thought about that in a while!

I would have been disappointed if my eyebrow-pierced, in-her-60s faculty sponsor WASNT caught with meth.

So is just school in LA because it sounds like a great education. Not being sarcastic.

where is the high school comedy adaptation of this debate team!!! Glee could never!

Wow.

It really is a story as old as time. tsk tsk

We had exciting things happening during my two years of high school debate but nothing that good!

There is a lot to unpack there.

Mara, the fact you just gave us an entire 5-season show with a better plot and resolution than any streaming could hope to do in the form of a single sentence is incredible 🤣

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