Embarrassing Moments

Everyone has experienced a very embarrassing moment or so in their lifetime I'm sure, but in my case, three come to mind quickly.
When I was in grade seven or eight, I was pretty shy and not too self assured. The teacher asked a question in class and I knew the answer, so feeling confident, I put my hand up.
No one else had their hand up so I was called on for the answer. "Chopin" I said, but I mispronounced it (choppin). The teacher responded with the correct pronunciation (showpan).
Well, of course everybody laughed and I turned beet red and was wishing I was invisible!

The next incident happened when I was in grade nine. I loved English, Math and Physical Education and excelled in all of them getting mostly A's. I was going to say PE but I don't think they call it that anymore.
My most favorite teacher of all time was Ms. Moore, my English teacher and I was her pet student.
One day during her class, some of the boys were cutting up and flying paper airplanes around when she had her back turned at the blackboard. One of those planes landed on my desk. I didn't want it, so I picked it up and flew it back. That was when I discovered my aim was not so good. That plane veered off toward the front of the class and hit Ms. Moore in the back of the head.
She whips around and demands to know WHO DID THIS? Instant quiet. Not a peep from anyone. Well, after what seemed like an eternity, my hand slowly creeps up as I sink down in my seat.
"YOU?" she says with a look of total shock on her face.
Oh, how I wished the floor would open up and swallow me. I got my first detention ever for that one.

On this next occasion, I was very pregnant with my girls and we had splurged and gone to the Ringling Bros. Circus.
We were sitting for quite awhile and I had become uncomfortable. In those days, which is fifty years ago, the maternity clothing was nothing like it is today. The skirt had a space cut out of the front for your belly and it tied around your waist. So after awhile I untied the skirt as it was tight around my stomach.
Then intermission came and we were going to stretch our legs and so on. I had forgotten that my skirt was untied. I stood up and my skirt fell to the floor. That skirt hardly had time to land and I had grabbed it and pulled it back up. Of course the first thing you do is look around to see who saw you. I was so embarrassed. Good thing I had a full slip on underneath, and wasn't really bare ass'd.