Not another politically driven post, I promise. In this piece, I’m writing about something a bit more close to home…education. Let me start by saying I love my job. I love working with high school students (most of the time) and the ones among them that are trying their best and doing what they can to succeed make the dealing with the rest of them tolerable. But by and large, we are not doing our current high school students any favors……
Truthfully, I’m tired of hearing about politics. It gets exhausting after a while (unless John Oliver is doing the talking, in which case it’s usually pretty funny; look him up on YouTube if you don’t know who I’m talking about). At this time of year, I also get tired of hearing about football (yes, it can happen). For me, the best part of football season is about week 6 or so, when you can watch a bunch of different games…..
With the holiday break upon us, I have suddenly gone from “too busy to think about anything,” to, “lots of time to think about some stuff that’s not that important.” In doing so, started thinking about what my legacy is going to be, now that I am probably about halfway through my time on this planet (I’m not dying; when I’m 88 I plan on taking an interplanetary flight somewhere else…). At this point in my life, it’s obvious I’m…..
In my last effort, I discussed how I felt like I was on a used car lot, needed a car, and wasn’t impressed with my choices. Part of me wishes I could turn back the clock to that point… I couldn’t predict the winner, but I did predict that regardless of the winner, I would be unhappy; in that I was at least correct. I did exercise my right to vote. I won’t say whom I voted for, but will…..
One of my cadets asked me how I felt about the presidential election coming up. I don’t like to talk about politics in class, because it’s too easy for the class to get derailed into an unrecoverable tail spin, so I ducked the question. But later on it came back to me so I decided to think about how I DID feel about it. And I wasn’t happy. Honestly, I feel like I’m standing on a used car lot, I…..
On the day after my 44th birthday (or, as I say, my 14th year of experience at age 30), I had several topics about which I could write. Of course, railing about getting older was near the top of the list, but it’s been done. The presidential debate was on last night, and had I watched it I could wax philosophic about how far down the turd bowl our political system has brought us, but that’s been done and overdone…..
Greetings all. I would like to announce my triumphant return to blogging, after a several year hiatus caused by marriage, career change, two small children, one crazy dog, and a bit of laziness from time to time (if we are being honest). I promise to blog. I do not promise to blog on any regular schedule, but as I don’t have a regular schedule, tough for me to commit to that, so I won’t. For our “first” blog, I’m going to…..
Here, on a completely irregular interval unknown even to me, I will post my latest rants, raves, and major emotional episodes. Or I will make stuff up. Either way, I hope you enjoy!
