Mr. Antonios

The man.

The myth.

The legendary substitute teacher.

Imagine Barney Rubble. Now compress his vertical height by about 25% without compromising any horizontal girth. Stick him in a clean gray suit and you have Mr. Antonios.

Everyone's favorite sub, Mr. Antonios spoke with a thick Greek (?) accent and claimed to know over 10 languages, and was rumored to have penned dozens of books in said languages.

His handwriting on the board looked like Greek lettering, and was always verbatim what the regular teacher had told him to assign.

He regularly pleaded with the class to behave so that he could "give A plus."

If you were really good though...

If you did something to make him like you, like write someone else's name on the attendance sheet for them, or have a riveting polite conversation with him...

He would hand you a stick of Juicyfruit.




One time, he gave me a whole pack.


I almost cried.