Sunny Lady...Pretty Girl...??? I give you unitl the count of five to guess what these names are for...5...4...3...2..1...0...WRONG!!! These are names of sanitary napkins!! I was sitting in the van at the market waiting and I just happened to see a stand where the lady was selling feminine products. What baffles me is why in the world would someone or something give sanitary napkins such names...I know I am not only speaking for myself when I say, "I DO NOT feel sunny or preety during that time of the month!" So cut the crap and give them names that accurately describe how women feel...Pain Pads...Bloated Butt...Cranky Girl...just to name a few!
If you come up with a good one please share:)
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Perspective
This morning I was included in a conversation with a parent and the dicrector of the school...in French of course...so the director did some translating for me. The parent was discussing the conditions of one of the local public schools. From what I could gather...in one class of students ranging from ages 5 or so to 10 there were 150 STUDENTS, 1 TEACHER, 1 CHALKBOARD, and 0 SUPPLIES (no books, pencils, chalk, etc). The government told the school that it did not have the funds to fund it...so there is no money. Normally the families are required to pay a yearly fee to send students to public schools, but I guess not in this case. Some of the high school students at my school will be going to do service work at there and will let me tag along...I have found my life's work!!!
I title this perspective because I constantly remember myself, as a teacher, complaining and moaning about school facilities, decreasing personal supply budget, and so on... Or watching the news and seeing that classrooms are overcrowded with 36 students, not enough books for each child, under qualified teachers, lack of attendence, and so on...
And here is a school with one very underqualified teacher, NO books or supplies (by the way there are no textbooks in the local schools...all notes from the blackboard), no bathroom facilities, 150 sets of parents who send their 150 students to this school, and the students are sent daily without complaint because they recognize that without EDUCATION there is NO PROGRESS...So you make the best out of what you have.
I shall say that we as Americans need to take some perspective, stop complaining, and recognize!
I title this perspective because I constantly remember myself, as a teacher, complaining and moaning about school facilities, decreasing personal supply budget, and so on... Or watching the news and seeing that classrooms are overcrowded with 36 students, not enough books for each child, under qualified teachers, lack of attendence, and so on...
And here is a school with one very underqualified teacher, NO books or supplies (by the way there are no textbooks in the local schools...all notes from the blackboard), no bathroom facilities, 150 sets of parents who send their 150 students to this school, and the students are sent daily without complaint because they recognize that without EDUCATION there is NO PROGRESS...So you make the best out of what you have.
I shall say that we as Americans need to take some perspective, stop complaining, and recognize!
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