“When you’re a Jet, You’re a Jet all the way. From your first cigarette. To your last dyin’ day.” ~ West Side Story

You know the rest: But you can’t take the Dover out of the girl.

True, if I must admit it myself.  Dover Middle School reminded me of the movie West Side Story, where the Sharks and the Jets were planning a battle.  But our battle was not about whose turf belonged to whom, it was about Rock’n Roll vs. Disco, baby!  Yeah, really dramatic, huh?  Well, the writing was on the wall – literally, with permanent marker scribbles, like: DISCO SUCKS, LYNYRD SKYNYRD RULES,  ROCK IS DEAD,  DIE DISCO F*K%@#, graffitied all over our school’s bathroom walls.

(ITALIAN LESSON: Battle = battaglia)

Ready for playground battle, I toted around my shiny pearl-handled switch-blade knife,  because the students were buzzing about an upcoming fight over our musical tastes – the less bloodshed meant your music is better, so you “win”… what a crock, huh?

The Dover still in me? I still carry my little weapon with me once in a while,  just in case someone calls me out to battle about my penchant for Frank Sinatra or 80s tunes. Wanna fight?

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New related post features our beloved Dover Middle School in action: http://www.madnessmomandme.com/2010/03/i-wanna-go-back/