1. There's a book in my room that one of the Thirdlanders really likes. He has encouraged me to read it to the class about 15 or 20 times a day. Today I finally decided to read it. When I walked over to the reading area with it in my hand, he jumped up and stood in front of me. Addressing his classmates he said, "I want everyone to know that I highly recommend this book. It's one of the best I've ever read. And I'm sure you're all going to enjoy it a lot. And you'll see at the end that it's based o
n a true story." Then he sat down and we got on with the book. It really was pretty good. It's called Ketzel the Cat Who Composed. At the end, I said I wasn't sure the cat really composed the music. He walked across the keys, but his guardian is the one who wrote the piece. The Thirdlander in question disagreed vehemently. "That cat walked across the keys, creating the music. He was the original creator of the music. He made the notes. He is the composer."
I'm not totally sold, but I decided to drop it.
2. I'm working quite a lot right now. Not at all like the teachers in Finland. 2 X this week I was at school for 11 hours straight. I was getting stressed about it, but then I got home, ate dinner and went
for a walk with Husbandman. Life's good now.
3. A few minutes ago, I told Husbandman that I'm kind of thinking about the concept of the bully pulpit. He said, "Okay."
"Do you know what bully pulpit means?" I asked him.
"Yes," he answered, busy with his computer.
"Prove it," I answered back, but he refused to do it. So, I guess we all can only conclude that Husbandman obviously doesn't know what a bully pulpit is! Incredible!
Comments
jw