So, again into the breach
Had a discussion online earlier tonight. They wanted to know why I will not teach in this country. At least not until some laws are changed.
So I told them.
The stories never fail to infuriate me. Especially when friends suggest I try teaching college. They usually think that would exempt me from what befell my father. They mean well; I don't begrudge them anything. It won't exempt me though. It's true - sometimes the ONLY way to win the game, is not to play.
"Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred."
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
So I told them.
The stories never fail to infuriate me. Especially when friends suggest I try teaching college. They usually think that would exempt me from what befell my father. They mean well; I don't begrudge them anything. It won't exempt me though. It's true - sometimes the ONLY way to win the game, is not to play.
"Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred."
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "The Charge of the Light Brigade"