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I am in my mom's office right now, in Boston. In about one hour some of Boston's finest children with emotional disabilities and special needs will swarm the grounds. I wasn't afraid, seeing as these are middle school children, until I walked through a metal detector to get into the building.
So I am sitting here, Mrs. Bonito is at a meeting somewhere in the building, and I am on her computer, with her keyboard atop piles of paperwork, next to her thousand-buttoned telephone and within a close proximity of her microwave and refrigerator. I have my iPod Shuffle and it is my only escape from these wretched place. Calin should be here with me, but he ducked out last minute.
Let me just brief you with the severity of this situation. This "school" is where all of the worst kids in the area are sent (hence: calling them Boston's finest was actually very ironic and funny to me). When kids have emotional disabilities (i.e. sexually abused, physically abused, gang-related, autism, etc.), they are sent to a Learning Assisted Based School, like the one where my dad works. If they are so disruptive that they are jeopardizing the learning environment for others, they are sent here. McKinley Middle School.
Alright: Enough. Why am I here? My mother and I are leaving at noon to go to Holy Cross to go for a tour of the campus, and then we are heading to Pennsylvania to look at schools there for tomorrow. We should get to PN late tonight, and then wake up at around seven tomorrow and hit three Pennsylvanian schools before heading home. Our first stop: Muhlenberg (Allentown, PN). Second: LeHigh (Bethlehem, PN). Finally: LaFayette (Easton, PN). They are all very competitive schools, and I have no idea what to expect from any one of them. I will let you know how that goes.
Tomorrow night Rachel and Aly are throwing a secret, surprise party at Aly's house. Everyone invited has no idea what it could be. We have to bring a homemade snack that can be shared among everybody, and a bathing suit. It is a secret, yet not for one person individually. It is not a going away party for Aly, and a moonwalk is not involved. We have to be there at 6:30, and definitely by 7:00. I won't be back home until 8:00ish, but I'm going to head over then. So far I think the people going will be: Aly Hill, Rachel Duarte, Jill Wiegel, Kate Sousa, Pat Sousa, Danny Payton, Calin Darabus, Kevin Bolduc(?), Shannon Murphy, Cara Clifford, Brittney Brailsford, John Bonito, and other people (maybe, I'm not sure who else.) Should be a good time, but it is absolutely bugging the shit out of me. I have no idea at all even to begin thinking of what it could be.
John = Law.
So I am sitting here, Mrs. Bonito is at a meeting somewhere in the building, and I am on her computer, with her keyboard atop piles of paperwork, next to her thousand-buttoned telephone and within a close proximity of her microwave and refrigerator. I have my iPod Shuffle and it is my only escape from these wretched place. Calin should be here with me, but he ducked out last minute.
Let me just brief you with the severity of this situation. This "school" is where all of the worst kids in the area are sent (hence: calling them Boston's finest was actually very ironic and funny to me). When kids have emotional disabilities (i.e. sexually abused, physically abused, gang-related, autism, etc.), they are sent to a Learning Assisted Based School, like the one where my dad works. If they are so disruptive that they are jeopardizing the learning environment for others, they are sent here. McKinley Middle School.
Alright: Enough. Why am I here? My mother and I are leaving at noon to go to Holy Cross to go for a tour of the campus, and then we are heading to Pennsylvania to look at schools there for tomorrow. We should get to PN late tonight, and then wake up at around seven tomorrow and hit three Pennsylvanian schools before heading home. Our first stop: Muhlenberg (Allentown, PN). Second: LeHigh (Bethlehem, PN). Finally: LaFayette (Easton, PN). They are all very competitive schools, and I have no idea what to expect from any one of them. I will let you know how that goes.
Tomorrow night Rachel and Aly are throwing a secret, surprise party at Aly's house. Everyone invited has no idea what it could be. We have to bring a homemade snack that can be shared among everybody, and a bathing suit. It is a secret, yet not for one person individually. It is not a going away party for Aly, and a moonwalk is not involved. We have to be there at 6:30, and definitely by 7:00. I won't be back home until 8:00ish, but I'm going to head over then. So far I think the people going will be: Aly Hill, Rachel Duarte, Jill Wiegel, Kate Sousa, Pat Sousa, Danny Payton, Calin Darabus, Kevin Bolduc(?), Shannon Murphy, Cara Clifford, Brittney Brailsford, John Bonito, and other people (maybe, I'm not sure who else.) Should be a good time, but it is absolutely bugging the shit out of me. I have no idea at all even to begin thinking of what it could be.
John = Law.