Gold Day. Formerly A Day. Day 65.
So. Apparently there was a civics test today. This would seem like the type of thing I should know about. When I saw the gov. teachers setting up for it I asked what they were doing.
"The Civics test is today. Don't worry. It's just for government teachers."
Here is where the panic attack started. To myself, in my inner dialogue (which is usually just thoughts meandering about what my high school bully is doing now, and is it worth going to New Jersey to confront him {ok, it's a her} with her actions and how they made me feel and then reeling off all of the witty remarks that would bruise her soul as she broke and then consumed mine...)
I digress. "Inner dialogue "Did I ignore my emails again? Was I explicitly told something and I ignored it because of my aversion to stupidity? I am a government teacher. Should I be giving this test?"
Apparently not. AP is exempt. Finally, elitist, snobbish, intellectualism has worked in my favor. And yours.
Also, unbeknownst to me, there was a schedule change. I literally had the schedule for today on my desk, but apparently my brain has the ability to completely block knowledge and understanding of anything it finds pointless, or needlessly bureaucratic. I had looked at this schedule countless times in the past week and never connected any meaning to it. It wasn't until almost 9:30 am that I realized first period had been in class overly long. I enjoy this part of my brain and I appreciate it for insulating me from a reality I would rather not acknowledge.
The FBI class turned into family counseling. I believe that they may have been scheduled together for too long and now they are part cult, and part dysfunctional family. I am new here, and in some way I examine the class as Jane Goodall examined chimpanzees. I am fascinated by the interactions, and the way they genuinely seem to care for each other while simultaneously plotting each others downfall and humiliation.
Period four, although empty got a lesson more in depth than any other class. Mom's for Liberty? I have a quote:
"A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy."
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