The adventures of a Westcoast boy and a Midwestern Jewish girl as they discover the truth beneath the myths of the South, embrace rural life by starting a sustainable farm, and learn how to teach sociology.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Again, why?
To follow up on yesterday's post...why it's good for us that we're straight.
well...this was just a big mistake that's going to haunt the school system that made it.
But, I'd say there's a very hopeful sign in this story, voiced by McMillen:
"My daddy told me that I needed to show them that I'm still proud of who I am," McMillen told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
Let the press and the process take their course, whatever that might be. But there's a young individual who feels support from where it's very important to feel supported: family.
Regardless, something has changed. ...more change happening there than in Carrboro...
PHIL (the thinker): burned out social worker turned small farmer; addicted to books; ironically loathes technology; the non-competitive half of this team; tall...
AKA: Clifford, Tall Guy, Fezzik.
************************************SARAH (the doer): sociologist; gregarious; addicted to reality television; competitive half of this team; shorter...
AKA: Biscuit, Shyrpa
well...this was just a big mistake that's going to haunt the school system that made it.
ReplyDeleteBut, I'd say there's a very hopeful sign in this story, voiced by McMillen:
"My daddy told me that I needed to show them that I'm still proud of who I am," McMillen told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
Let the press and the process take their course, whatever that might be. But there's a young individual who feels support from where it's very important to feel supported: family.
Regardless, something has changed. ...more change happening there than in Carrboro...