Today as part of my cool job of running a coffee shop I got to go back to my old high school. There were a group of kids, very very talented kids, who are in a band called Intended Response. They were kind of having a year end concert of sorts and I was there to sell coffee to raise funds for the Arts program at the high school. I heard something pretty sad today. I guess that school board is cutting the Jazz Band. It's pretty bad, I was there when it was created. I am so disappointed because it seems as though we have alot of talent in this town. It was one of those things that it was because of band (yeah yeah I know I am a band geek) that I graduated from high school. Why is it that they always axe the arts first??? I really hate to imagine to see how much money this school has spent getting a football team!! Not that I am ragging on athletics because I am pretty sure that there are a few students out there who wouldn't be in school if it weren't for football, but I mean really???
Anyways I saw my old English teacher who failed me sooooo many times. When I was in his class I spent most of my time thinking of other things and not concentrating on how alot of the storylines of Shakespeare relate to 21st century life. The one thing that I did think was pretty cool is that he's been a teacher there for something like 30 years now, which is pretty remarkable when you think about it. Anyways he has a book with a list of students that he has taught over the years. Both my husband and myself are in there. He has always encouraged us to update it when ever we are around, so I went and chitchatted with him for a few minutes. He's pretty happy that I have been able to get so far, even though I failed two of his classes!
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