Do you remember the first time you felt ashamed?

Getting my hand "rulered" for asking a question that embarrassed the nun teaching us.

My mother came down to the school and got on them about letting their people hit me.

I appreciated her going to bat for me, but when she was angry (and here she was furious) her SE Louisiana accent was on full display.

I wasn’t touched again, but I got comments that my mother "talked funny"*

*At no point was I ashamed of my mother, but the whole situation was embarrassing.