i'm a little sick and nobody is happy
Just a little cold or allergies or sinuses or something like that. It is mostly annoying and gross.
So... there's this thing going on and yes I have to be this vague. Anyway this thing is that this acquaintance of mine is having a problem. He is having a problem that is serious and is actually more than one problem. It's real dentrimental to his health and mind. I don't know what more to do because I am encouraging his closer friends to help him in the best way I know how. There is little progress though... and I keep feeling like, with the lack of action going on, that I should do something. I talked to a counselor about it, and he said it wouldn't be bad for me to say something to the acquaintance if I feel so inclined. I am just really worried and I want his friends to do something now, and I don't know if it's my place, but I know that I don't want to wait around too long to find out that it was my place.
The best friends are the ones that are willing to risk your friendship right?
In other news, Stephapee's (bestfriend/step-sister) senior recital is coming up. There is this thing that happens whenever I watch her perform. I get this really proud feeling as if she is my daughter or something. It's amazing...SHE's amazing.
Colleen you better come... remember... it's a big deal... Sunday May 1st 4pm.
It Always Comes Back Around
No matter how much you want someone to like you and pay attention to you... it may not happen. That's ok though, because they pale in comparison to the big one.
I was sitting beside this girl the other day and she said "crazy feminists" in her little opinion rant and I really did almost stand up and say What!
At least Ralph Nader has a cause and isn't a big sell out (not related to anything at all).
Tonights topics of discussion (teaching) - Affirmative Action, "No Child Left Behind," and other education related topics.
Tomorrow-stereotypes... cultural and gender. (This is better than I could have ever imagined)
I was thinking about affirmative action the other day in the shower, and the only way I have ever heard anyone speak against it is to tell me how in some way they were effected by it... and I am sorry if you and I have ever had this conversation - but how selfish. I mean at least in the cases I have spoke with people about it... they had other jobs other school opportunities to pick from... it didn't actually end up hurting them. I know that's way judgemental of me... but what do you think?
I don't think affirmative action is in the best form for being a great solution - but I think it's also in too great of a need to just erase it all together.
Hope to hear your thoughts soon!
Letter Writing Party
This is my tentative date without the approval of miss Jessica... May 22nd. It's a Sunday. I think it will be a morning to night event. I might have book club that day... but still the party could still go on. I am thinking just keeping the house open all day for people to come and go as they please. What do you say? More specifically, Jessica does that work?
Ok... talk to you soon
I missed you too.
HI.
Maybe I have just run out of things to say.
Teaching is grrrreeeat. I am being evaluated tonight, which is yes very scary.
I feel like it may be too soon to say this, but you deserve to know because I like you. I have started to exercise. I know that this is maybe already a given in your life, but I am a non-exercise kind of gal. I find that it doesn't really fit with anything I believe though... God, health, anything. So Amy Popp is whipping me into shape. She seems to be the perfect candidate for this project too... she is seriously the best cheerleader ever. She also has run a marathon... so really the best.
We started with a combo of 5min run and 2 1/2 min walk. We make sure to do at least 4 circuits. The first five minutes are easy... the next is a work out... the third is hard... and the fourth is torture. It seriously wipes me out.... I know... I am seriously out of shape.
Other than those things, life is just full of work and work. The front room kind and the homework kind.
Athens is pretty lonely. I am sure where you are it's pretty lonely too. I am trying to make new friends and be ok with loneliness at the same time. I think it's going alright.
Chris and I tried to go see Kip and Pedro the other day... for Chris mostly I could really care less. Anyway Pedro missed his flight... which is weird right? Well it was an attempt to be a big dork.
See you.
Useless
Maybe Africa. I think that I might be or I don't know... does God want me to go to Africa. I think he might. Africa is scary... I don't know any languages that are spoken in Africa. Why Africa?
I talked to Cyndy (my professor) for thirty minutes today. She went to Africa. She is smart. She gave me good advice. She was the third indication of Africa... you don't need to know the other two.
I am hungry. I think that good ol' Shirley waited until she had two checks to deposit leaving me poor. I don't think that's possible. I am looking into it. Shirley is my land lady... if she waited to deposit rent... no that's not possible.
I am talking about AIDS tonight with my students.... hmm. We shall see. Lyndsey Fellers- I teach English for All in Gordy M-F. It is part of my certificate program. I think you know the rest since you read my blog.
GMOs
My students say no to GMOs. I swear I didn't decide for them. They have their own minds. That damn liberal education they are getting...blame it on that.
right now
I have new students! Two more to be exact! My first Wednesday of alone teach and wow was it great. We had such great discussion. There is this guy from France, his name is Ben, and he knows a lot about GMOs, but is very afraid to talk in class. So it was the perfect topic because all that other people knew about it was what I was telling them... and Ben was able to bring something else to the table... good times.
I was also there when Jen was teaching. She taught about fast food and it was equally amazing. Great discussion again. We didn't talk that much about the meat packing industry just because that could be a whole week of vocabulary... but the students are really keeping up. They're really great.
Umm... this teaching thing is probably the most exciting thing that is going on in my life.
When do you think we should have the letter writing party? We should be planning it.
Yay! I leave today... yayayayayay... my two favorite men and a pretty ok lady. Should be great.
That's the NEWS...SNOOZE... you LOSE
I don't know.
I have missed you.
Nothing is going on... or everything is... but it's taking so much energy out of me that I don't have enough to tell you about it.
I miss Leah.
I am lonely.
I am going to New York (the state) this weekend.
That Chapter One Commercial...
I'm sorry, this may be the second or third time you have heard me talk about this commercial... but it just sticks with me.
First of all I don't even watch t.v. because we don't have basic cable hooked up at 159... but over Spring Break, yes I did do a little t.v. watchin' here and there.
So this commercial... do you know the one I am talking about? It's great! It has all these little random acts of kindness... like picking up litter, giving your bus seat to the pregnant woman, picking up an infant's toys as they throw them out of the stroller (w/o their mother knowing)...etc.
Yeah I want to be that commercial.
Today I tried to.
I saw this girl drop her pen and I yelled hey (very unlike me) and when she didn't turn around I picked it up and said you dropped your pen... and she still didn't turn around so I ran up to her and said here you dropped this... it was actually very embarrassing for me.
Well then after class it was raining and I had my umbrella with me... but many people did not. So I kept regretting not giving my umbrella to one of them... finally I picked the girl to give it to. She was walking across the street with only a t-shirt on and no umbrella... well she had pants and shoes too of course. Anyway I took down my umbrella and ran across the street only to see that I would really have to run after her and she would probably refuse and stopping her would really only make her be in the rain longer... so I gave up. I knew I would be embarrassed again... and sadly enough I decided that it was more important to save my comfort instead of increase her's. Failure.
She's not here
Leah is my friend. For those of you who don't know her... she's pretty great. Right now she is in Greece though. We received an email from her today... and I have a confession.
I am working on being happy for you Leah... I am mostly jealous and missing you right now though. I am sorry... I know you will understand and forgive me.
I am going to post twice today... just so you know. I am going to go read about tongues right now... and I will hopefully be back soon.
