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The parents of Holmen care more about education than those in any other community I've taught. Their collective support of my methods and the result of those methods on their munchkins over my first two years led me to believe I indeed was a good teacher. There is excellence among the HHS faculty, and they should feel lucky their children are in those classrooms. I would also like to say goodbye to the Harrah's night shift. Needless to say, I saw the writing on the wall a couple weeks before my departure... that's why I brought my camera to work for pics of my coworkers and friends. I was happy being able to talk and share with you between calls and very much enjoyed our time together. One last goodbye to my bartendresses, Crystal and Cheri.... I thank you (as I did each night at Scoreboard) for your time and effort. Three secrets: First, the reason I started coming there this summer was for a place to listen to music and to live with the lights on for a couple hours after work while I had no electricity. Second (and this is not so secret), the reason I kept coming after my job loss was for my only human interaction each day. Third (and this isn't too hard to figure out), if we meet in another lifetime I could make either of you very happy. When preparing to write this piece I had thought of including a short list of diatribes, citing those who'd wronged me or were quick to judgement without giving an open forum for my (or anyone else's) views to be known. What's the use? The people I want to tell to fuck off are hopefully not reading this and they already know who they are. I do have to say this much, though... if you meet Kari, run and take cover before she gets the chance to lie to you or to stab you in the back. |