I'm a little late...

In my attempt to imitate my roommates beautifully written philosophical blog I decided that in the end of my first year of teaching in the Mississippi Delta I should enter  the 21st century and enter the blogosphere. I'm excited to write this blog now, then in my first 10 months ( traumatic, yes!) because I can look at my situation as well as my friends and look at it through a reflective lens. So here it goes...

In a nutshell, if I could sum of my year in the Delta in one word that word would be.... Conundrum. I think that this word is fitting because when I moved from California I was placed in front of me a huge riddle that is the Delta. Slowly I been looking at this enigma and I still don't understand what the heck is going on. Sometimes I laugh at the absurdities of human nature and sometimes I cry endless nights because the laughter slowly stops and my emotions seep into a state of torture. As a realist its hard to remain "real" in a place that appears to be far more obscure than Berkeley.

In this state of enigma, there have been many roller coaster moments in teaching. From my classroom looking like a scene that came out of Jumanji to making inspirational Freedom Writer movie montage speeches in my class. In the words of a travel agent, life has been a trip.

Here, I find myself as David looking into Goliath eyes and thinking, 'Are you serious? There is no possible way I can tame this beast. Maybe its best that I take a rain check and call it a day.' The fact of the matter is, Goliath will always be there I guess I have to find the right rock somewhere. Or at least take Goliath out for a martini.