April 28, 2005
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The Daily News
1 This year's talent show, entitled Warrior Idol, goes up tonight at 6:30. Since I was absent yesterday, I have nothing to report in terms of when people are supposed to get here. Last week, there was to be a meeting in the Theatre before the show, so you might ask Beaver, Loan, or Mr. Rocha for further instructions. It's always good to have communication before a show, so I'm guessing they have already arranged for you guys, but if you ARE in the show, by all means get over to Mr. Rocha's office and ask.
2 Oh, and good luck to all! Talent shows are a lot of fun, so go out there and be the best you can be.
3 I'm not always one to begin a huge humanitarian effort at YB, but Thuy Ann brought the genocide taking place in Darfur, Sudan to my attention. Very briefly, the Sudanese government is systematically killing, raping, and starving the black Sudanes of Darfur in what Colin Powell has described as a genocide, or massive murder of a people. At present, we are searching for information on how we can help. Stay tuned. Here are a couple of websites you may want to visit:
http://www.studentsagainstgenocide.org/index.php
This is clearly a crime against humanity, so I am open to any suggestions as to how we could get information out to our own local community. I'll report back as the days go by.
4 Yesterday I attended a program entitled Sober Graduation. I spent a lot of time with Police Officers, Corrections Officers, Highway Patrol Officers, D.A.'s, a doctor from the Coroner's Office, as well as a visit to the jail, (including the very scary 4th floor, where the "worst of the worst" are kept), and ending with a visit to the Coroner's Office, where we all visited the morgue, which contained over 40 bodies. To call it Sober Graduation was an understatement. It's easy just to SAY to students, "Stay sober at prom and graduation; don't drink and drive", but when you have the arrests, the loss of all your rights, and the direct contact with people who face these tragedies every single day, I came out a different person. I'm hoping I can get word out to all the kids going to either prom, and especially to my Seniors for their graduation: don't drink or do drugs, and drive. Just don't. Period.
5 I'll have more on that one later on as well. I hope to bring a couple of professionals into our school to help get that message out there. This was one of the most chilling "field trips" I've ever been on. And trust me: you DON'T want to go to that jail, ever! It smells like piss and barf, and you lose almost all your rights. It's old, rusty, and you might get an hour or two outside per week, IF you behave. So yeah.
6 So yeah.
7 So let us re-cap, because I ALREADY have e-mails about the Talent Show tonight, and I am just doing a rewrite this morning. The Talent Show IS scheduled for TONIGHT (THURSDAY!) and NOT tomorrow night (FRIDAY) as originally re-scheduled. The reason for the change is that the Junior Prom goes up on Saturday, and the Juniors need the time on Friday to get set up. When I originally re-scheduled, I had forgotten that the Prom was so close! M'bad!! Either way, it IS tonight!
7 Well, nothing like a boatload of happy news here on a humble Thursday. But I just thought I'd share some of the more serious aspects of being the self-proclaimed Worst Role Model in the History of Education.
8 The beauty part about that one is, when I DO get serious, I think people listen.
9 I hope you listened today.
10 Have a good one, yo.
11 Peace.
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