As if the little tramps romping all over the county in Paris Hilton-type clothing (while talking on their cell phones while driving Range Rovers- and I know this because I was almost broadsided by one on PCH a few weeks ago) weren't enough, I have stories of students cheating from a friend that teaches English at a Christian high school (thanks a lot, teenaged champs). Did you know that there are kids that feel they are rightly deserving of another chance to take a test they flunked simply because they didn't cheat, as in they should be rewarded for doing what's right, and that said kids have parents that support this platform? And then I saw a movie with the Tall One last week, Taken, starring Liam Neeson as an older Jason Bourne-type buttkicker that goes off to Europe to find his daughter in 96 hours or less as she has been kidnapped by human sex traffickers.
But today was the last straw. Somewhere in England, a 13yr. old boy is now a father. He was 12 when the whole saga began 9 months or so ago. When asked how he would care for the child financially, he responded (in an apparently "small, high-pitched voice"), "What's financially?"
And there you have it. I can't stomach the stupidity of total strangers- what am I going to do when my own children start doing amazingly stupid things (and it's inevitable)? I sure can't blog about it. But it would make for entertaining reading...
Sigh.
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I rant about my kids' dumb moments, but here's another one of their folk songs to make you smile (although you probably won't find it nearly as amusing as I did). I'm not rushing to have kids either, but my time teaching makes me more hopeful about the future, not less:
to the tune of O Susannah--two girls sang it all, until the last line, sung by a boy named AJ:
Oh Ann Nelson, don't you hear me sigh
When you give me a lot of homework
It makes me want to cry
You really need a house to buy
or need another guy
But A.J. is here you see ...
Ms. Nelson, marry me!
Ok- that's awesome. I like the fact that this is "another" of their folk songs. They've serenaded you with Old Americana tuned songs before? Wow, some of your students are highly advanced... :)
See my blog for the "first," which makes this "another." It was a class assignment, but still, these kids are hilarious. There was one that rhymed "Obama's ... change" with "Bush is sittin' on the range." Classic.
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