ah timmay, if it were only that simple. perhaps it is the genes and the change of environment. but, i prefer to blame students. in either case, i am feeling better finally.
first the florist, then the sorocies? interesting. i assume these are sisters of your girlie. tri-delt by any chance?
the pa woods. turn anything loose up there and death will soon follow. if the critters dont get you the inhabitants will. sounds like a challenge.
spring break is less than 2 weeks away. i still have no plans. i will most likely stay in mexiland; there are tons of places i have never been to. of course, cancún would be interesting, but i might be too old for that place now (señor frogs, dear god). panama is an option, but the price of flights is outrageous. i might just chill out in town, go to a bull fight, catch a baseball game (if they are already playing) and save for a trip later. colombia is my first choice for vaca. unfortunately, that jackass chavez has to be an asshole about everything. well, i think colombia will get through it unscathed. hopefully chavez will not. lost it.
not too much exciting here. i am applying for jobs in the states, but that might turn out to be nothing (fucking criminal record).
a friend of mine is in contact with the taiwanese attaché (mexiland does not recognize them as a country because, well, china is bigger than we are), and he claims the government is throwing money at foreigners to come study there. he wants me to apply. there is a meeting next wednesday (goodbye burly beard, scraggly hair) and i will attend to see what the deal is. a few years ago i was set to go to taiwan. there is much that interests me about learning mandarin chinese, but there are practical issues to deal with before that could happen.
anyway, that is the deal this side of the wall. is that even still in the news up there? many of my students were defending the wall today. they said that if mexico could fix their problems, then it would be necessary to have the wall, but until then, well, it makes sense.
i will leave you with that.
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I have a beard... It's kind of the chinstrap thing... It's very scrag, but I'm only 30. I guess it'll fill in as I grow older?
This week we begin our unit on Latin America, it's one of my fav's. I make them produce a power point on a particular country, it's supposed to be like a travel agent presentation but... The "Pennsyltuckians" have issues. Tell your students the issues that plague "my" world as a teacher...
Since I've been to PA
- 1 student convicted of armed robbery
-1 of rape
- 1 (girl) and her much older husband arrested for rape of 11 year old
- 1 mishap with a pipe bomb (say goodbye to the hand)
- numerous D&A violations
- I police officer "run over" in an escape attempt.
Just thought I'd share that, next year I get to teach socilogy and cultural anthropology! I'm looking forwad to that.
Several groups did their last project (an Enlightenment take on a contemporary problem) on illegal immigration. Hispanics (known as Mexicans here) are unliked at my school (I have had a couple though). A group wrote a song called "Send 'em Back". I think I might of gotten in trouble in some places for allowing them to perform it... Who knows
But one group actually had all these musical instruments and sang, it was a moment where I felt like I was doing something... Making music in history class, eh, I've made some progress since orange.
Take it sleezy.
Is the popular sentiment now against Chavez? Has he gone too far? Glad to see he wasn't able to amend the constitution.
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