25 things about me.

Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to "notes" under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click post.)

1. While I've learned to live with it, I really resent my height for competing with the other good things about me for most noticeable quality.
2. While I happen to be a damn good teacher, I think I would have been just as good an officer in the USN. And I really would have enjoyed being a ship driver...
3. I really do think the Boy Scouts is a saving grace in this country.
4. I probably won't but I would love to chuck it all and go to Paramedic School and be an ambulance rat.
5. Sometimes I pretend that I'm lazy, even though I know I'm not.
6. It bothers me when people compliment me for taking care of Nana, cause I don't know that there was any other choice.
7. I really think I am a good cook. When my Dad said he would pay for a meal I cooked in a restaurant and be happy with it, I was really proud.
8. I would trade all of my Dad's compliments about my cooking if he would just one time tell me he thought I was pretty.
9. I tell my students I don't care if they like me, and that's the biggest lie I tell.
10. I think men should have enough balls to ask women out the first time and I think the whole women's lib thing has really ruined men in America. See #3.
11. While I am excited about my new job opportunity as the gifted coordinator at a new high school putting myself out there to ask for the position was terrifying and I am still scared I'm going to screw this up.
12. Other than my Dad, I have only had two hugs that really made me feel safe and protected.
13. I think I got gypped at both of the chili cook offs at my school. Mine was totally the best both times.
14. It bothers me that I can't beat Kanika at Scrabble even though I am an English teacher and English is not her first language. But I still like trying and it is relaxing to get to play Bea and Chuck...
15. If I can ever make my living as a writer I will spend a lot more time traveling and hanging with my friends. Miami is still probably my favorite place to visit but not live.
16. The part I hate the most about teaching is dealing with parents. They make too many excuses and too many of them are "drinking the koolaide" when it comes to their kids.
17. I have only met one person who is better at getting lost than I am. He's my brother.
18. I like singing. But I need to spend more time with lessons in order to be any good. When I'm not "working out" my vocal chords, I think I suck as much as I'm good when I practice.
19. If I'm still single when my dog Roo dies, I think I may really loose it and people will have to come and put me back together.
20. I love sci-fi, books, TV, movies. Farscape was the best series ever in my opinion, Star Trek Enterprise never really got the shot it deserved and Firefly's cancellation was a crime. I even like bad sci fi. I can't seem to get into the new Galactica though...
21. I think William Carlos Williams' "This is just to say..." is the most romantic poem ever written. unfortunately (actually I really like it) I have to explain about my great grandparents and theories on love in order to get anyone else to see it that way. That's why I teach it no matter what grade or subject I'm teaching. I figure one day when I see commentary about how romantic it is, I'll know that I have truly been an effective and prolific teacher.
22. If I could do five weeks over they would be (in no particular order) A) The week before homecoming of my senior year, B) The week leading up to and including the Navy Marine Birthday Ball my Freshman year of college (actually I'd love that whole year as a do-over, but would settle for that week). C) The second week of the fall production when I taught drama D) The last week of camp 2006 and E) The week before I started graduate school.
23. It bugs me that people think I am confident and capable all the time, but then it bugs me when people act like I can't do something.
24. I really love it when people play with my hair.
25. I know I look awesome in blue, but I like red best.

***26. Extra Credit: I may be an English teacher, but I really suck at spelling.

Forgiveness

As every semester my students read The Scarlet Ibis by Hurst. The question of responsibility, fault and guilt of children is a prominent issue. It is an issue close to home for me.

Today I did something different. I called my brother to ask forgiveness for wrongs I had done him when we were kids. Not just to apologize, but to ask forgiveness.

The two are different.

The second one is more important.