It's Homecoming Week at Central High School. And while the weather was beautiful for the parade today (a balmy 55 degrees), I am very excited to be, in fact, going home this weekend. So the glory of the thing is that I'll teach three days, enjoy the best that Texas has to offer, fall-weather-wise, and then sojourn back to Minnesota for some real weather. I'm giddy with excitement.
Somehow I got roped into driving for the "Freshman Favorites" in the parade today, which basically required me to drive to a car dealership, borrow a behemoth of a truck, and cruise slowly through suburban streets with wild teenagers all around. What made this event truly enjoyable, however, was the presence of my two sons. We had planned to go watch the parade, but I'm sure they loved riding in it even more. They loved yelling out the windows (something they always want to do, but are told not to) and being in the thick of things. My favorite part was a conversation that occurred on the ride home. It went something like this:
Brennan--4 yrs. old: (out of nowhere) "The air has gravity."
Me: "Are you sure?"
Aydan--7 yrs. old: "No, the ground has gravity."
Me: "Wel...(a brief, elementary explanation of gravity)."
Aydan: "It's like magnets. Picture it like this: the earth is the refrigerator, and we're magnets. So even when the world turns, and we go upside down, we don't fall off; just like magnets don't fall off when you tip the fridge over." (actual words)
Pure genius.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Monday, October 01, 2007
Freak Flag Fly
"Almost cut my hair; it happened just the other day..."
Transcripts from Central High School:
"You are the coolest teacher ever!" (Said in response to the fact that I ride my bike to school)
"You go to Central? (Response in the negative) Oh, I was gonna say, you look like you're thirty or something." (Said in response to recognizing a student outside of school hours. Of particular note was the way "thirty" was said, as if it were near death.)
"You work out, right?" (Said in response to a polo shirt that showed my arms)
"snicker" (Said in response to just about anything I am/do)
"Here's a tag for Aydan, and one for Dad...or, is it brother? Dad?" (Said in response to me checking my oldest child into childcare at church)
It is possible to feel very hip and with it one moment, and the very next instant realize that hip is momentary. It's nice when kids think I'm in shape, it's funny when adults think I'm a kid. It just goes to show that it's all perspective. The young think I'm old. The old think I'm young. Any I'm so tired today I don't know which I am. I did almost cut my hair today; I'm just so disgusted with it. But as I'm overly tired and overly agitated by everything, I think I'll hold off and see how I feel tomorrow.
Transcripts from Central High School:
"You are the coolest teacher ever!" (Said in response to the fact that I ride my bike to school)
"You go to Central? (Response in the negative) Oh, I was gonna say, you look like you're thirty or something." (Said in response to recognizing a student outside of school hours. Of particular note was the way "thirty" was said, as if it were near death.)
"You work out, right?" (Said in response to a polo shirt that showed my arms)
"snicker" (Said in response to just about anything I am/do)
"Here's a tag for Aydan, and one for Dad...or, is it brother? Dad?" (Said in response to me checking my oldest child into childcare at church)
It is possible to feel very hip and with it one moment, and the very next instant realize that hip is momentary. It's nice when kids think I'm in shape, it's funny when adults think I'm a kid. It just goes to show that it's all perspective. The young think I'm old. The old think I'm young. Any I'm so tired today I don't know which I am. I did almost cut my hair today; I'm just so disgusted with it. But as I'm overly tired and overly agitated by everything, I think I'll hold off and see how I feel tomorrow.
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