The Long Weekend
This is the first extended weekend of the school year. My oldest daughter thinks this is the best day all year, but it's early and we haven't had our Winter Break yet. She still looks at these three day weekends with awe, which I find endearing. She isn't tainted yet. However, this year is going to be a major test to her love of school, because her teacher is probably the meanest lady I have ever met. Lucky her.Yesterday I spent a good six hours trying to get my papers graded. It is pretty difficult to be dedicated to getting papers graded when it's Sunday afternoon and the weather is beautiful, and you don't have a ton of people breathing down your neck to get stuff accomplished. I got half of the assignments graded. I figured I would have time to do it on Labor Day, seeing as how I wasn't required to be at work.
Unfortunately, I failed to remember that next week is week 4 of my school year, and I have to pass out progress reports. My middle school gives the students 3-week progress reports so that they are always aware of their progress in each class. So not only do all of the assignments need to be graded, but I also need to average the grade for each student. That is much more of a daunting task for me, so now I am going to be spending most of my day off being the teacher. I feel bad for my daughters.
My city has now turned into another refugee camp for those who used to be residents of New Orleans. They came yesterday, and will continue to come until we run out of room. I believe that my city is a little known secret within the United States. It's big enough to be called a city, yet it's small enough that we can't justify a light rail system. We have one of the biggest school districts in the country, yet there are cities in the US that educate three and four times more children than we do within this dristict. We are very culturally diverse, yet most of us get along as if there were no differences among us. The clincher for me, however, is the complete lack of natural disasters.
We do not have water, so there will be no floods. We are not on the coast so there will be no hurricanes. Due to our mountains on either side of our beautiful valley, we don't have tornadoes. We have frequent geological movement, so an earthquake is unlikely. I have always felt very safe here, and even more so after the tradegy that struck the gulf coast this week.
I fear that my city may have a bit of a population boom after this.
However, we look forward to the boom. We like people.
My husband and I have decided that once cities like Biloxi and New Orleans get back on their feet, we shall vacation there. They need our money, more than just about anywhere else does.
posted by lobo5747 @ 8:17 AM
2 Comments:
Great outlook. I like the idea of vacationing in the areas that need our money the most. Kudos.
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