Good Afternoon all,
Today Caroline and I are enjoying a well earned weekend with a shortened week ahead of us due to Mexican Independence Day; which reminds me, I really must find out how that all came about. When I think of Canada's independence, I think of a very responsible yet socially awkward teenager who had to be encouraged to leave the safe confines of the United Kingdom by its British parents and into the scary independent world of the commonwealth with some not so subtle badgering. For us, it was about growing up and becoming our own country. The United States; they were our fitful older sibling who ran away from home for the circus at sixteen and dinner conversation at the G8 has ALWAYS been awkward ever since. Canada thinks to itself, "Damn it U.S. why can't you at least be polite in front of mom and stop bragging about all your ne'er to well conquests with the poor neighborhood children down the street like Guatemala and Panama." The U.K. just puts on that very stoic parental voice of resigned indulgence, and even lets the U.S. borrow the car for their big adventure in Iraq. This is how I see the world (kinda). So Mexico, maybe just slipped away when nobody was looking.
Of course I know this isn't true because at school today I attended an assembly. In this particular school at this particular time of year, assemblies are more like ceremonies for patriotism (Samuel Johnson's words have never rung truer); but besides all of that, we listened to some very nice anthems, stood for a little while, and then I tried to salvage what was left of first period. Most of the students in my home room had somewhat prominent positions in the ceremonies, so I was quite proud.
Teaching so far has been going reasonably well. I'm still suffering from the first year first term anxieties, and grammar remains a milestone about my neck. Nevertheless, I'm getting along well with the kids and everything is going pretty smoothly. U.N. club is starting to kick into high gear, and I have learned A voluminous amount about the U.N. simulation this week from my students and from other teachers.
As for this weekend, Friday we vegged in front of the television and chatted a bit with our neighbor from downstairs. I should probably more accurately say vented about school and life. Today, well I'm typing this little post and tidying about the house a bit. We also intend to go out to dinner with some of our teacher friends. Sadly, it has been referred to as a girls' night out + me, because almost all of the teachers at our school are women. I don't mind it; we all clearly have a lot in common; nevertheless, being the one guy in an all girl get-together seems a little odd. Maybe I'll get back to watching that "Full House" marathon on cable in an act of self-deception with regards to the normality of offset gender combinations; or maybe I'll just have a scotch. Well, must get to the school to take advantage of all the free photocopying. Our next post will be a tribute to the festivities of Mexican Independence Day; wherein, according the boyfriend of one of our colleagues, the streets run with tequila. hmmm.
vaya le bien!
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