At the school we were working there was a traditional assembly every Friday called Positive Action. During this time, all students from P-K to 5th grade would be gathered and a teacher would give instructions. There was singing, sometimes dancing. Students were encouraged to perform in their seats. It would be followed by singing the national CNMI anthem and the school song.

During one particular Positive Action day, the teacher running the show had a megaphone in her hand, giving instructions to the entire P-K to 5th grade students. Having found the dance bit difficult to follow, the students started disengaging from the activity and started talking to each other. Meanwhile, the teacher, who had been in education for many years (something like 20+ years), got very frustrated and tried to gather the students together by shouting orders to do this and that. Finally, she realized that her attempts were fruitless and she yelled to the young students using her megaphone, "You are retarded!" It wasn't so much yelling as it was singing at the top of her lungs during Positive Action time.

It's been nearly 9 years since this happened but til this day, it gives me stomach pain due to uncontrollable laughter of the irony of the situation.