August 26, 2008

• If it’s not one thing, it’s another.
  We complain about “them” all the time.
  No solutions given.

  I’ve read quite a few blog posts lately about Obama and him being apparently “god-like” to his supporters. I don’t follow all the news as much as I should, but I’ve never looked at him like a god. I appreciate the fact he wrote a book about what to do with our nation (because I know publishing is tough, as is writing politically) and I like that he’s “green” as far as politicans go. Beyond making those two comments, I’m not going to write much more. Who cares? (At least, that’s how I feel today – I may have to make fun of a Bushism later.) Plus, as a nation, we pretty much detest politicans, policies, government… yet, what do we really do about it? Nothing. Blog about it, but that’s it. Ugh.

  Moving on to things more important to me at this moment…

  So, my first class o the semester went well. Composed of 27 males, which is okay. And all from three disciplines: Rec Engines, Electrical, and Diesel. I covered all I wanted to cover, and then was able to give them about 20-25min to get started/finish their Introductory Memos about themselves. It’s a great assignment to start with because they write about themselves, get introduced to the memo format, and when we read ‘em aloud tomorrow, they have a piece of paper in front of them and don’t have to wing it.

  And now for some more prepping for tomorrow’s afternoon classes. As well as the redoing of Project 1 in English 105. Allison shows up sometime today; it’ll be awesome to see our rockin’ workstudy again.

  One last thought about liberals & conservatives… it just came to me. As a liberal, I often have to watch what I say around conservatives (or say nothing at all – “Don’t say that in front of your grandfather”). Tippy-toe around them. Now, is it the same for them? I’d have to say “No” from my own personal experience.

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