Gold Day. Formerly A Day. Day 17

Today was a series of defeats. The bathroom situation in teacher planning remains tenuous. Today I chose to use my seven minutes more wisely than waiting in line for the bathroom. It's a bit de-humanizing and so I am adapting. I believe that if I sit at my desk and softly cry in between classes that will relieve at least some of the need to visit the rest room in the first place as my liquid stores deplete. I believe that I may also be evolving a second bladder. If science has taught me anything it has taught me the beauty of Darwinian adaptation. I hope that if I do evolve a second bladder I can use it purely for energy drinks.

AP Government and Politics watched a video today because why explain checks and balances when a disembodied head on a screen can do it? The narrator's background fascinated me and I can only describe it as "Guantanamo Chic". If you saw the video you know. If you didn't you soon will. We learned about how Madison used Federalist 51 to argue for the need of checks and balances because humans are horrible power hungry monsters. I assigned homework but it's only available to Gold Day, formerly A day for now.

U.S. History Honors (a dubious name and one that I question the veracity of) chose to watch an educational Civil War film. Essentially Ferris Bueller, Morgan Freedman and Denzel Washington team up for raucous escapades in war torn South Carolina. It is the little known prequel to Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Or something.

Back to U.S. Government. I was bullied unmercifully by my students, and my head was referred to as looking like "a peanut". I asserted that if I had hair like theirs I would shave my head all over again. Kids can be cruel. I can be crueler. I will always remember the Adonis-like beauty of my youth. Sadly I'm not sure if any of them will be able to do the same.

Also I mentioned my only memories of my trip to Alabama. I was in Northern Florida visiting the wolf refuge (See photo 1). On the way home I learned that Dothan Alabama had the smallest city block in the world so I traveled to see it. (See photo 2) This is perhaps the greatest monument in Alabama. I was asked if there was a line to see it. No. No there was not.

Photo 1 Photo 2

Click on photo 2 for detail.