In honor of National Humiliation Day on Jan. 3, I thought I could share some of the unfortunate times that I have embarrassed myself in front of multiple people, or even just myself, in my life time that have apparently scarred me enough to remember these events in extreme detail.
First Grade: I was so terrified of my first grade science teacher that I refused to ask her if I could go to the bathroom during class and peed my pants once when I stood up to collect our homework sheets.
Fourth Grade: My dad and I went to go look at ceiling fans at Home Depot, and I thought my dad was behind me so I started talking to him about the fan I liked. When I finished talking, I turned around and there was a horrified 25-year-old man who responded, "I don't think I'm your father, but I hope you get your fan," and walked away.
Fifth Grade: Each year, my grade school would have three musicals: one for the young kids, one for the third through fifth graders, and one for the middle school kids. Fifth graders were the leads of the winter musical which, that year, was a strange adaptation of the children's movie "The Brave Little Toaster," and I got one of the lead roles as the electric blanket, commonly known as "Blankey." My costume consisted of a fleece cloth with a hole cut out for my neck and a yellow cardboard head, I would classify this musical as one of, if not the most embarrassing childhood memories that my friends and family never fail to let me forget to this day.
Yes, this is real.
Sixth Grade: For my school uniform, we were required to wear either a uniform skirt or khaki pants every day. One day, I thought I would switch up my wardrobe and wear the pair of khaki pants my mom had bought for me at the beginning of the school year. Even though they were ridiculously oversized, I proceeded to wear them to school that day. Walking down to the cafeteria, the janitor cleaned the stairs that day, and a girl in my class slipped and fell down the stairs while grabbing onto my pants as a form of stabilization. Next thing I know, the girl is sitting on the ground and my pants are around my ankles.
Ninth Grade: I was somehow capable of getting cut from a non-cut sport my freshman year of high school. It may sound sad, but looking back on it I was never able, nor ever will be able to play softball.
Twelvth Grade: At one of my friend's graduation parties, my friend and I thought it would be fun to go into the canoes that they had available and boat around the Milwaukee river. Unfortunately, five seconds into us getting into the canoe, both of us fell, in what felt like complete slow motion, into the river in front of 40 of our classmates.
Freshman Year of College: I successfully did a full-body face plant on the ground in the middle of the atrium of our school's business building. That may not sound that embarrassing, but there were plenty witnesses, and it was very hard to recover from it.
With all of these embarrassing moments in my life, remember we are all human, and clearly, it is good to reflect on our humiliating moments in our life and laugh at ourselves.
