Monday Morning

So, I've had some thoughts that I need to get out of my system before I start my fun day of number crunching for time cards and then whatever new project I have to get started on. Just gotta love those cubicle days. :-/

• It's been a year since Katrina. While cleaning up the flood and trying to see if anything was worth saving, all I could think of was New Orleans. The timing of it all was impeccable. But I felt really bad about not giving more a year ago. I've never had to deal with a flood before, but now that I have on a very small scale, I have more empathy for victims. I'm relieved all we lost was junk that needed to be thrown out years ago and that nothing leaked into the museum galleries.
• The teacher's in Detroit are going on strike. As I was upstairs last night and heard that on the news, I stormed downstairs. My explosion was probably not to the best audience seeing as my dad is in a teacher's union, but whatever. My mom agreed only because I think she was a little shocked. Here's another reason why I dropped the education program and didn't become a real teacher: I never wanted to lose sight of the real objective of the profession, and get so caught up in the politics that it clouded my vision. They had all summer to negotiate a new contract. Administrative (the board) or the the teachers. All summer. They wait until a week before classes resume to decide to reject the contract. I understand their point; they shouldn't have to take pay cuts while the board gets raises. I think the whole problem with DPS is that they don't know how to budget and utilize the resources they have available to them. But they don't give a fuck about the kids. They dedicated their careers to educating children. That is what it is all about it. They don't care about them. This proves that the kids whom they are responsible for teaching didn't even cross their minds. And I'm not just talking about the teachers side here. The board is just as responsible (if not more so) for the enrichment of those kids as the teachers are. Everyone in a school system has a part in the education process. Being on such unstable ground anyway, why would you wait the whole summer to suggest something, know that they'll reject it, and all within a week of classes? It's fucking bullshit. The same thing happened at Eastern and it's why I dropped out. The superintendent down to the janitors need to realize that their first goal, their first priority, needs to be to the kids that attend their schools. This is why charter schools will succeed. This is why public schools are crumbling. Stop being stubborn and start caring. ugh. I hate strikes.
• There was a plane crash yesterday. The news anchors also said it was the worst domestic crash in six years. This is also very wrong. It's only been five years since 9-11. If they don't count the World Trade Center or Pentagon, then they should count United 93. It crashed at the hands of its own passengers in Penn. So whatever. That too made me angry, but it seemed irrelevant compared to the teachers. And I'm going straight to hell for just saying that.
• I hate Mondays. And what happened to August? Holy crap, it's already the 28th.
• Don't forget to check the museum's website to look at new pictures from our makeover. It is linked under hopeless promotion. There should be a box that says something about the makeover. Follow a couple links and you'll see. The building is looking good. And it will be re-open a month from tomorrow. That's pretty exciting. :)

I'm out now. Time to go be completely irritated with office politics for eight hours.