This may end up getting cut off quickly, because I'm staying "overtime" in my classroom lab at Baylor to avoid having to go the non-air-contitioned lab at my own school. These are the joys of not having internet access at home, and it not being my turn with the laptop. I wander from wireless spot to wireless spot, trying to find places where I won't get charged.
Since reading Karen's post from yesterday, I've had exercise on the brain. Don't worry, I'm not contemplating any major lifestyle changes of my own, but I've been more aware of those around me who happen to enjoy that sort of activity. This caused me to clue into something freakish that has occured on the Baylor campus every day this week. My class starts at 1:00, so I am usually driving through campus at around 12:30. Every day, I have seen at least three people JOGGING down the sidewalk. The fact that people enjoy jogging, period, does not really compute in my brain. But jogging at noon, outside, in the summertime really seems like poor judgement. I don't care what sort of tunes you might have on your iPod, there is no way you can be distracted from how swelteringly hot and humid it feels outside! Exercise fanatics, maybe you can offer an explanation.
Speaking of my class, here's some hope for the future of America (for those of you who cannot "hear" emotion in typed words, that's sarcasm). This class is made up of 10 supposedly "gifted and talented" 4th-5th graders from the greater Central Texas area. So far, these students have been confused by words like "currency," "ethnic," "Portugal," "Andes," "economy," and "industry," I'm talking, can't use context clues to come up with any idea of what they might mean. They also have been stumped by the following questions:
"In what province would you find the city of Montreal?" (the first sentence on the website they've been directed to says, "The city of Montreal is located in the country of Canada, in the province of Quebec.")
"What city is the scuba diving capital of Rio de Janeiro?" (a list on their website contains the following information: "Arrial do Cabo: this beauiful city is known as the scuba diving capital of Rio de Janeiro."
All this to say, I LOVE my "real" job and appreciate my "real" students. My own kids will absolutely be educated in private school.
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Aw, Lindsey, you A&M grad, you. Haven't you heard of the Baylor Bubble? Well, it's this phenomenon that sucks students in, causing them to be completely inward-focused, settling into routines and activities that are definitive of the Baylor culture. The Bear Trail is inside this bubble, you see, and those within the bubble can't reason enough that it's a sweltering 100 degress outside. They must run the Bear Trail. That's what Baylor students do.
I am totally not a runner, so I walked the bear trail maybe twice in my baylor existance. I think those people are nuts too! I miss our walks!
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