dude...so the war starts, and i take a day off of work. way to help the kids mr. leung. i heard my school had a walkout too...so now i'm in a dilemna. they were supposed to use that day to study and get work organized, and then take the test tomorrow, friday, when i get back. but i think a lot of them participated in the walkout. not that most of them are against the war. most of htem just don't give a shit about school.
so a part of me feels that they should pay the consequences. give the test anyways. when you support a walkout or go on strike, that's what happens. you don't get paid. you sacrifice. but at the same time, i don't want to punish them b/c i'm against the war too. so i'll have to wait until tomorrow morning to see how many kids show up and actually studied. sigh...i hate being the bad guy...
went climbing today...haven't gone in a while. that was fun. cept i couldn't even climb a 5.9! man, my arms have gotten totally weak. it was almost embarrassing.one good thing about climbing though is that almost everyone who goes is in shape. no bat people. so that makes the scenery interesting. cept for all the dykes. why oh why are there so many?
one of the hardest things about being a teacher is
that i'm also a role model. i'm not just talking about
being on my best behavior, but about keeping my
opinions to myself. with all this war stuff, some of
my students (and many of my colleagues) have very
strong opinions. i just finished a faculty meeting,
and we have a lot of wannabe-alpha types who just yack
on and on. meeting ends with a lot of people either
having left early, or are just frustrated with not
getting what they want.
so i planned on taking tomorrow off, even without
knowing about the teacher walkout. i haven't had a
chance to pick up my pink slip at the post office
because i've been at work everyday. pretty ironic huh?
so i get to spend all day tomorrow running errands and
applying to credential schools and private schools.
exciting stuff. but it beats having to babysit my kids
for a day.
tkd tournament is coming up! i repulled my hamstring
yesterday cuz i felt the heat when master ahn kept
coming to critique me, so i tried to kick a little bit
faster. stupid me. and for some reason, the last three
times i've ran suicides, i've tripped over my toes and
sprained them. so i'm forcing myself to rest until
saturday, so no more martial arts after today.
oh, last thing. ski trip is looking good. we might end
up going to kirkwood, discount tix are available at
costco. we have about 20 ppl lined up, with 8 more
maybes.
