Get out and vote early!! 27, October 2008

I voted on Friday night.  For President.

I went downtown, looking for City Hall.

I couldn’t find it.  For those of you who know me, that should come as absolutely no surprise.  Even though City Hall is supposidely a building that stands out.  With scaffolding, etc. 

So, I drove aimlessly around downtown Milwaukee.  I happened upon a building with a big sign outside. 

“Vote Here”.  Hmmm.  What was this?

As it turns out, that was the Frank Ziedler building.  It is a city run building.  And I could legally vote there.  Who knew that I’d just happen upon a legitimate voting building??!

I followed the tape on the floor that directed me to the voting area.  I arrived at the correct place, and was directed to the right line. 

Looking around me, I noticed that I was a minority.  Nobody who was voting early was white.

Granted the city of Milwaukee has a higher non white than white population.  But traditionally, minority populations tend to vote less often than their white counterparts. 

Looks like there’s some excitement around this campaign.

Keep your fingers crossed.

It’s time to get a grip 16, October 2008

There’s a full moon tonight.

Or so I hear.

And I believe it because of the crazy day which was today.

One of my students kicked chairs around the classroom.  That’s right.  He was upset that someone in his group was moving his math pieces.  He started yelling “stupid”.  I told him to go to his desk.  On his way there, he kicked all of the desks and chairs that were to the right/left/in front of and behind him.

I haven’t yelled like I did today since I don’t know when.

Might not have been the best response but I wasn’t thinking straight at that point.

It’s time for him to get a grip.

A friend’s identity was stolen today.  $3000 euros gone.

Finally, I hope that this presidential debate is not affected by the full  moon scenario.  The last thing we need is some freak accident to run the country for the next 4 years.

At school 13, October 2008

So I told myself I’d keep a record of the funny things kids say in class.  I’ll give you two of them right now.

1. I was using a puppet, Julie (don’t forget it’s all in French), to introduce how to write your age to the class.  After Julie spoke about how old she was, Thomas raised his hand.  He looked at me and Julie, and he said “does Julie have health insurance?”.

2. Last week, we were talking about homework at the end of the day.  I explained how they would use numbers to figure out the answers.  I asked for questions, and Promise raised her hand.  She said “that’s why we don’t play soccer near the bee hives.”

Maybe I’ll give intermittent updates to the crazy, spontaneous comments that my kids send my way…