yes we can has!
So, like, even though I was sick and going through small chills and such, I managed to raise my head long enough to see the oath be taken by our first black president. Awesome.
As a democrat, I'm moved by this change that has taken hold across the nation; I think good things will come of it and I can't wait for it to begin.
As an American, I'm proud of my country for embracing this moment, as it's time we got rid of the horrors that were the Bush administration.
As a woman, I'm thrilled at the idea that a president is in office that does not necessarily believe that life begins at conception. The thought that I have control of my uterus again, the thought that maybe, just maybe... doctors and pharmacists won't deny treatment or medicine while hiding behind the excuse of religion, it's exhalting.
As a teacher, I love that the ideal of "you can be/do anything you put your mind to" is visible. My students? They don't see this as a possibility. I don't hear students telling me they want to be politicians, or lawyers, or doctors, I hear welding, hair stylist, mechanic. When they aspire, they aspire to rappers and gangsta thugs, which just breaks my heart. Now, I can tell my students that yes, yes they can be something beyond manual labor (although I think many of those jobs are very well-deserved and require training that I just can't handle), that they shouldn't limit themselves.
As an aside, I can't honestly remember the last time I saw an inauguration... maybe when I was in middle school? Unsure. I refused to watch the bush ones, and during clinton's two terms, I was busy in school and working the dozen different jobs, so I was probably scheduled over it.
Also: As an appreciator of the arts (although I can't dance for shit), Fosse would be proud of the minutemen/performers that were leading the parade.
As a democrat, I'm moved by this change that has taken hold across the nation; I think good things will come of it and I can't wait for it to begin.
As an American, I'm proud of my country for embracing this moment, as it's time we got rid of the horrors that were the Bush administration.
As a woman, I'm thrilled at the idea that a president is in office that does not necessarily believe that life begins at conception. The thought that I have control of my uterus again, the thought that maybe, just maybe... doctors and pharmacists won't deny treatment or medicine while hiding behind the excuse of religion, it's exhalting.
As a teacher, I love that the ideal of "you can be/do anything you put your mind to" is visible. My students? They don't see this as a possibility. I don't hear students telling me they want to be politicians, or lawyers, or doctors, I hear welding, hair stylist, mechanic. When they aspire, they aspire to rappers and gangsta thugs, which just breaks my heart. Now, I can tell my students that yes, yes they can be something beyond manual labor (although I think many of those jobs are very well-deserved and require training that I just can't handle), that they shouldn't limit themselves.
As an aside, I can't honestly remember the last time I saw an inauguration... maybe when I was in middle school? Unsure. I refused to watch the bush ones, and during clinton's two terms, I was busy in school and working the dozen different jobs, so I was probably scheduled over it.
Also: As an appreciator of the arts (although I can't dance for shit), Fosse would be proud of the minutemen/performers that were leading the parade.