My day as a pirate went swimmingly. I decided to spend the entire day as a pirate which meant going to the store, driving around, going to the park, and going to work in full garb, a mustache, and five o’clock shadow. I work at a day school/summer camp in Sonoma County, so the students were more than shocked to see their female teacher encouraging lying, stealing, and pillaging (I decided to omit the raping part for obvious reasons). Throughout the day I taught the kids the ways of the pirate. We even had a pirate school were they learned to look, think, and act like a pirate. They soon found that pirates don’t whine, they just yell ARRRRRR instead. By the end of the day I taught kids how to swashbuckle, learned that having one eye sucks, and scored some pirate booty that I stole from a kid. Okay I lied. A kid just thought that I should have some treasure and made me earrings and a bracelet (even with my black heart… I can’t steal from a kid). I wish I could have put pictures of my students up sword fighting and yelling ARRRR, but I am not sure of the legal ramifications about putting pictures of children who aren’t my own up on the internet. None the less I have to say spending the day as pirate was very satisfying.