Suburban Days, Summer Rooms

[kntuckyfrydnick]

Domestic life.  Suburbia.  I can only take so much of it for so long before I feel the corners close in around me.  The creativity is crimped and I’m asked to do the dishes on a whim.  No wonder it’s times like these I feel like the adolescent Nick.  Complete freedom and expanse to constraint.  That’s often how I felt growing up here in San Diego

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[ex_feralnerd135]

The whole scene just saddened me. I wasn't there to preach. But it certainly made me second guess whether I ever wanted to be a teacher. I recalled the kind of ignorance and crudeness I was thrown in with in my days of high school, and just how much high school sucked for that reason.

You've summarized why I simply cant teach high school. There's this persistent culture, a meme if you will, that has been self propagating since well before our generation: "You cant force me to care." It manifests in their idolatry of popularity and superficial endeavors, but most dishearteningly in their celebration of willful ignorance. To be honest it still takes the wind out of my sails to even think about it, since I have such little faith that things will ever change. Maybe it's why things are the way they are in our society today, or maybe its a symptom. Either way, I hope that if you do decide to throw yourself at the disaffected youth, that you will get through to at least a few kids and leave their lives better for it.

I know how you feel

[jessicarabbit7]

I remember to this day when I asked Ojeda to sign my yearbook. The whole task became actually quite uncomfortable and a bit awkward. Allow me to explain. I had to wait for him in the line of people (that you well saw on your own) and turned out to be last. I didn't have anything to do after this period so I didn't mind waiting, that was until he and I are alone in his room and he has the 300 lb pressure of having to write something meaningful and inspiring while I sit there and pretend not to watch. This is comedic really because deep down the whole thing was not that big of a deal. I just remember how he touched me as he did you and Temple, and ironically Ojeda and I never really had those long conversations about the future after high school. It was those few moments, when he commented on my performance in Five Women, wished me a happy birthday, giving him an appreciation card, and him writing me a short but meaningful yearbook entry

Re: I know how you feel

[kntuckyfrydnick]

Jess, thank you for your friendly and thoughtful reply. You know I always value your thoughts. That's interesting, I didn't know you had such a connection with Ojeda too. But you seemed to be one of the few who really got the concept of "go on, fly." Clearly I didn't. ;)

Listen, we really should get together soon. I need a lady's advice on some things. How about sometime tomorrow (Thursday) for coffee or something?