I talked about the walkout with Matilda this morning and was careful to make it clear that (a) she didn't need my permission and (b) she didn't need her teacher's permission. That was the point.
I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex.
Xander ,'First Date'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Mar 14, 2018 9:45:33 am PDT #23223 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jessica - Mar 14, 2018 10:01:53 am PDT #23224 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's been a hot topic of discussion on the local parenting FB group - most are supportive of their high school students walking out, some were wary about safety concerns for elementary kids.
Theodosia - Mar 14, 2018 10:05:50 am PDT #23225 of 30002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Wow, 17 minutes worth of fast-paced teaching?! Sounds like a good price to pay if it ends up in you NOT GETTING SHOT.
Could you ask the 17-minute teacher if she plans on getting armed any time soon? Pretty please?
Calli - Mar 14, 2018 10:08:00 am PDT #23226 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
It looks like students in all the schools near me walked out today. Good for them!
In π news, two coworkers brought five pies for our team. Mmmmm. And I have savory pie (Upper Peninsula pasties) for dinner. So I feel sufficiently pied.
Steph L. - Mar 14, 2018 10:10:47 am PDT #23227 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Could you ask the 17-minute teacher if she plans on getting armed any time soon? Pretty please?
She's a gun nut, so I think that bitching about her students missing 17 crucial minutes of her precious instruction is just a cover, because she's smart enough to know how shitty it would look if she said she didn't think students should protest in order to save their lives. And she probably thinks she would be able to take down a gunman no problem.
Beverly - Mar 14, 2018 10:20:28 am PDT #23228 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Not to distract from natter about the walkout--which, I'm so proud of I just can't express it--but I've been thinking and here's where I need to express what I've been thinking about.
I've been remembering the inauguration, the solemn, somber, and somewhat sorrowful transfer of authority, and the gleeful celebration of having grabbed the brass ring out of the hands of thoughtful and deliberate public servants. And here's the thing.
If by some miracle, we manage to actually *have* elections in 2020, and gerrymandering hasn't managed to engineer liberal Democrats out of their votes, and we motivate Voters Who Think to get to the polls and actually vote 45 out of office?
I don't want a peaceful, pomp and circumstance transfer of power on inauguration day. I want a perp walk. Can we do that? Who's with me?
-t - Mar 14, 2018 10:26:57 am PDT #23229 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That would be so sweet, Beverly.
-t - Mar 14, 2018 10:31:24 am PDT #23230 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aha, I found some local coverage that walkouts were planned, but not anything yet about the actual walkouts.
Calli - Mar 14, 2018 10:37:03 am PDT #23231 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I want a perp walk. Can we do that? Who's with me?
I'm onboard. Although, if we flip Congress in November, I'm hoping for a perp walk much sooner than 2020.
Beverly - Mar 14, 2018 10:57:49 am PDT #23232 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I'm all for plentiful preliminary perp walks. You betcha. But I just want to see the cheetoh in a jumpsuit to match his hairdo, his tiny hands in shiny chrome cuffs, his jowls flapping as he's escorted by two large uniformed LEOs while his Secret Service contingent stands by, smiling and waving, out of the WH past the remainder of staff and crew he hasn't managed to drive off.
Or really, I'd be happy with a verbal account, no cameras, a denial of his need for the limelight as he's ushered quietly into an existence of anonymity and public erasure.
I've always striven to rise above vindictiveness and revenge. I'm not going to achieve that this time.