No ordinary Spanish test

I walked into my Spanish class at Lee University last week and was the last person to sit down and grab a copy of the second test in the course from the professor, Dr. Carmen Guerrero.

It’s never quite natural that every eye in the room is focused on you when you sit down to take a test, and that’s exactly how I felt.

And then I saw why.

Every student received a test that was about a student at Lee named Harrison:

“Harrison is a student at Lee,” read the first box on the test. “He is taking Spanish classes and now he is learning about love relationships, people personalities, and finances. Help him solve all the situations he has to go through.”

How flattered I was!

All eight word questions included Harrison in some new predicament needing help from other classmates in the class.

It was a test I’ll not soon forget. It’s quite an honor, you know, when everyone else’s grade depends on you

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The Illustrated Me

I’m always flattered by the various renderings of me produced by various artists I’ve come across.

Here are my favorites from throughout the years:

1. This was a comic produced of me and my friend Rachel for our high school newspaper. Unfortunately, because the full comic was so big, it was never printed. See the full strip here.

2. This skillfully-mastered image of my head was produced by graphic designer Chris Sirico for use as an illustrated headshot in my college newspaper.

3. This colorful comic was made by Jordan Holt as part of his Blackfox Comics series. See the full strip here.

4. This door decoration of my head and antennas was created by a mysterious Lee Clarion editor. When I returned to my office I found it etched on the glass with magic marker.

5. This illustration was crafted by Kevin Puett, a high school friend. It shows me in the classic “Mud & Guts” shirt given to every runner on our cross country team by our late coach, Buck Carney.

6. This spud’s for me. Lee Clarion designer Daniel Diffenderfer drew this Mr. Potato Head image that looks strangely like me.

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A wolf whistling in sheep’s clothing?

Practicing your whistling techniques may get you in trouble.

I found that out the hard way.

Before I came to Lee I was continually frustrated that every time I puckered my lips and forced a gust of air between my teeth, nothing happened. In fact, the only audible sound that emerged was the sound of a poor whistling wannabe thrusting carbon dioxide through chapped lips.

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