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[e_m_k]

I'm so behind in all of this that nothing that I know I should write about seems relevant anymore... but I still feel like I have to, if only because I like having a record of life. I think this is partially because I don't have a very good memory sometimes, and I worry that I'll forget who I am or where I've been.

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So last month I went to the

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[ironwrought]

My family is at arm's length, which keeps me out of their drama, or at least I'm unaware that my name ever even comes up. But even spending the day with them on their turf is a trying thing, if for no other reason than I've outgrown the suburban conservatism I was raised with and now it's just painful to listen them talking about the things they believe in. (at a dinner last year, my aunt confided in me "Obama is a Muslim", which aside from being untrue, isn't something I find relevant. It was amusingly ironic coming from a Catholic though.)

I think the important thing is that you survive these encounters with them intact.

Considering your remarks, I think school is probably the worst place to try and reach high schoolers. Just you being there probably lowers their estimation of how worthy of their time you are.

[saxyfreaktess]

Thats not necessarily true. It is not him showing up that lowers their estimation it's the tasks being done and such. Being a highschooler myself, I try to introduce positiveness for music and learning experiences by helping students not judge and participate. And also, not a lot of students judge how worthy people are of their time, it's more of them not wanting to participate from a haughty, arrogance of themself instead.

[ironwrought]

I was a highschooler myself once, and I know some people who were themselves 2-3 years ago, and I have to say, you're the exception rather than the rule. It's more reflective of how our schools lack credibility, not Evan or music.

Anyway, I wasn't trying to be a downer, I was trying to suggest there may be better places to reach people of high school age. Unfortunately I'm not prepared to make a suggestion as to where would be better.

[saxyfreaktess]

:) ok then. yeah, i have 3 painful years left... i just wish our band would do this!

[e_m_k]

I did witness the general contempt of students for their teachers, and the teachers are pretty clueless about it. I felt like, picking up on this quickly, I was usually able to draw a line between their teachers (who they have no respect for) and myself. This helped in trying to relate to them, which is something their teachers have obviously not been doing