States of Mind
Michelle on Jan 19 2007 at 1:22 am | Filed under: The Personal, The Political, The Teaching
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Who is crazier, Bush or Chavez? What a crazy world of extremism we live in! Seriously, who do you think is worse? I’m having a hard time with this one… It’s sorta like the game I play with myself called “Which Is Scarier?”. The fact that 1000 kids are infected with AIDS everyday or the situation in Darfur? The war in Iraq or the worldwide poverty brought about by greedy globalized comglomerates?
I’m not in a bad mood. I do play these mind games with myself though. I dunno why. It certainly doesn’t accomplish anything!
Today was actually a great day. Texans DO NOT know how to drive in icy weather. Soooo, today, we started school two hours late because there were tiny bits of ice on some overpasses and bridges yesterday. This morning, while leisurely sipping a cup of coffee, I stepped out the door to see no ice on my car and dry streets. It was nice to go to work at ten o’clock. I could do this every day. The kids were happy, the teachers were happy, everyone was happy. Who thought up this seven-thirty to three-thirty crap anyway? I worked from ten until three, at which point we all cruised out of there earlier because the principal was at a workshop. I am so glad that I don’t work an eight to five job. I hate those. I love getting out of work before everyone else.
Today, I also showed our new intern my ability to read the paper while similtaniously supervising two kids. (The other four were doing community service or were in their science class.) Are you jealous yet?
I know, by making these statements I am just asking for the Powers That Expell to stack my classroom to the disintegrating ceiling tiles with oppositional-defiant kids. Tempting fate, perhaps. I don’t care.
I am still in that cocky mood I was in a couple of days ago. I’m lovin’ it.
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Yesterday I left 2 hours early; today you went in 2 hours late… We can’t help but be just a little bit cocky, huh?
I love going in 2 hours late, but only if the roads are OK. Otherwise, I get very panicky.
I *am* jealous about your intern. I’m not very jealous about the kids you have because I know how they can be. I’ve taught a few like them over the years. Whew!
Um, as much as I’m no fan of Bush–my parents lived under Chavez. And he’s trouble in a big way.
And be nice to the intern.
Tough questions for sure!
We were “bracing” for the ice storm as well. To us from New England it just meant, well nothing. I was surprised to see the reaction around town, like a hurricane was approaching or something. My kid lost a day of school over it. SNOW DAY! Only it didn’t snow.
Good point on school hours. Getting a teen up so he can reach his bus by 6:30 am is just plain stupid, I would much rather see then go from 9-4 or someting where they could get enough sleep.
I always thought Chavez was a bit slimy but he’s definitely shed the sheep’s clothing now. But don’t forget that Bush has nuclear - I mean nucular weapons, torture camps and not just an utter disregard for international law, but the ability to get away with breaking it too. For Bush, a little nastiness can be carried a long way around the world.
Bet you could beat them both at arm wrestling though.
We had 6 days off from school with the wind, snow and ice that hit the Pacific Northwest … was lovely, like an extra school vacation.
Glad you’re having a good day & still feeling cocky!! Much peace & love, JP
I think the reason you enjoyed that ESL class so much is because you were being creative. I think there are very few things more enjoyable than being creative and getting paid for it.
It’s so strange…maybe is the kind of information and public analysis that you can have there that you stay…We are from Greece and even us libertarian outopians…Bush for sure is much more evil than Cavez… and even the right wing people can uderstand the difference…We just would like you to thing better about this question (according to the thousands of dead people that Bush family-and all his million followers are responsible for them…)