Not a good idea

to read The Last Lecture when you are subbing. Because you think it's safe since you listened to 3/4ths of it on tape and never finished it and you say "Might as well" when you see it sitting on the shelf. But what you don't know is that the last 1/4th are the tear-your-heart-out chapters, where his wife asks him not to die and he reveals that everything - all of it - was for his kids.

And then you're trying not to choke as you stiffle back tears and of course a student notices and asks aloud, "Are you crying?!" And you nod your head because you can't say anything but "This book. It's really sad."     And suddenly you're the crazy old lady.