Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Special Ed

I am a teacher at a school for adults with developmental dissabilities. There are some real characters here. Today is Tuesday. On Tuesdays after 2:30pm we have what we call "radio cafe". It's basically Karaoke. It's truly awesome. It always ends in a dance party with "push it" by Salt n Peppa. It's also a time when students can play games on the computer or search the internet. I am currently working as the computer room monitor. The students also send and recieve emails occasionally. One student in particular writes some amazing emails. Here is one that he wrote to George Bush. It's pretty interesting. Don't be mad at me for invading privacy. Michael is proud of his writing and likes to show it to as many people as are willing to read it. Enjoy:

george bushi call up un ited vanlines i trying low prices i want to move.
i didnt go cANADA BECAUSE AUNT BAZ GOT HIS TEETH PULL OUT YOU ARE
Rottin presedent i bang the wall i didnt go on american airlines i dont like american airlines fly high
in the sky i want american airlines to fly low instead high this is way i feel about iraqi war i dont
like people get killed in I raqi I hOPE YOU GET ANSWER WHAT is your TELPHONE NUMMBER
I TRYING rEACH YOU on the cellphone i got upset right now. why you upset yourthing
i like upset this ecommady this ifeel this is how ifeel I Want Jhon KERRLY I WANT TO BE PRESIDENT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS YOUR NUMMBER IS 1202 546 1414 ICRY ABOUT
ELIZABETH Lane COMMERFORED I DONT LIKE MY DIE1998 it really upset megeorgeBush Do
you A mother i dontlike world trade center smash in new york city it wAS sEPETEMBER21 2001
I THINK AWFULL . WHAT WE NEED I DONT LIKE POLLUTION LOS ANGELES CAN YOU DO
SOMTHING ABOUTTHE pOLLUTIONDown whittier what we need lart Rapied Transit what we
need more train down Hollywood i like long hair im reject barbara shop i like long Hair
it save money I Think we need DOMITCRAC President george bush i call united van lines i want to move canada This i really feelIdont HaircaneIflorida this i want you to feel thisidont like bum year
bum month it really makeme upset ilike long haiir it look good idontbig city towler falldown

End of Lunch Break

I Have less than 30 seconds left of my lunch break and I am just now writing this post. I do this a lot. This denial of time. If I am to meet someone at 9pm, I usually think that that means I can leave my house at 9pm. I have a scewed concept of time and space. I admit it. I guess I'm just in denial that time doesn't stop or stretch when I want it to. Once, when I was a kid and on vacation with my family we were walking some where and I was walking very slowly. My brother told me to hurry up, but I didn't. He said, "why are you walking so slowly?" Apparently I responded with saying that I thought that if I moved slower I could make the summer vacation last longer. I guess I still believe in this theory even though it has been disproven countless times.

I'm late for work. Goodbye.