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A high school director is having an argument with the English teacher because
the magazine with student's works is a bit disappointing and he wants to close it.
The director says to him that he is not the one he used to be when he was a published author.
The English teacher reacts immediately to that by saying,
"I'm still a published author.
It doesn't go away like the mumps."
To what he is referring with "it"?
What doesn't go away like mumps? The fact that he is still a published author, his fame maybe..?
Movie "Words and Pictures".
Thank you
A high school director is having an argument with the English teacher because
the magazine with student's works is a bit disappointing and he wants to close it.
The director says to him that he is not the one he used to be when he was a published author.
The English teacher reacts immediately to that by saying,
"I'm still a published author.
It doesn't go away like the mumps."
To what he is referring with "it"?
What doesn't go away like mumps? The fact that he is still a published author, his fame maybe..?
Movie "Words and Pictures".
Thank you