Cindy Mosquito
Marty: Do you think these glasses make me look smarter?
Rizzo: No, you can still see your face.
(from Grease)
In middle school, my gym teacher called me Little Mosquito. He had my brother, Danny, the year before. I didn’t mind being Little Mosquito and thought it was a whole lot better than being known as Danny’s Little Sister.
However, if a teacher called me Little Mosquito in second grade, I’d run home crying to my mom and dad that the teacher was making fun of me. I did complaing to my parents about that kind of stuff. Sorry, I was a wuss. My mom and dad always told me not to worry about kids making fun of my last name by calling me mosquito or mosca (fly), but my sensitivity always betrayed me. By eighth grade I got over kids teasing me about my last name and was more concerned with important things like doing better in algebra, figuring out if my social studies/language arts teacher wore a wig, and cute boys.
In grad school, I think I’ve finally embraced my mosquito/mosca roots.
Hey Cindy!
I know what you mean…people used to make fun of my last name, too. I always said I couldn’t wait for the day I could marry someone with the last name “Smith” so that I would never have last name headaches again.
But when it came time for my wedding, and I was marrying a boy with an easy to pronounce/spell common last name, I passed. I kept mine. Didn’t hyphenate or nothin’. For some reason, I didn’t like the thought of letting it go. Sometimes it takes awhile to see these things.
i use to hear ‘where in the world is brenda san diego’ allllllll the time.
With age, I’ve come to realize that kids can be very cruel at times. I walked into an elementary school the other day, and the stuff coming out of kids mouth. . just really surprised me!
Hey, at least your last name isn’t Madrazo Pintado.
ja. that’s a trip. i didn’t like my last name, but i do now. tin.
I used to have glasses like that when i would go all glammed out to the rock en español concerts! lol! btw your glasses are fierce!
I’m loving those glasses on you!
I could never pull off that look, and believe me, I’ve tried. LOL