Whoops

I had a flashback sitting in church today, to when I was in grade 9 or 10. I was sitting in science class, not paying attention, and our teacher Mr. Ross asked a question. As he finished his question, my attention snapped back. He had asked something about evolution. Did he just ask whether we believed evolution? I wasn't quite sure. The room was completely silent. I think he asked for a show of hands. I felt a need to answer the question, but I didn't know what the question was, exactly, and I was too embarrassed to put up my hand and ask for the question to be repeated because I wasn't paying attention.

After the class, a Christian girl approached me and inquired about the situation. She said something to the effect of "Do you think we should have put up our hands?", and in a stroke of idiocy I said something like "Maybe it wasn't really the best time". Wow, lame. I should have just admitted that I wasn't paying attention, and that yes, we should have.

I've often thought back to that occasion.