Another very full week; this time, five days in a row, though they were pretty easy days. OK, the first day, Monday, was not so easy. The teacher had a lesson plan that maybe covered half a class, and then forgot to put the most important bit on the internet for the kids to use. I had to track her down to get that document online for second period. After that, it wasn’t too bad, but I think I messed up her plan because (with her approval) I doubled the lesson plan, and then the kids couldn’t finish! Tuesday through Thursday was AP testing, which lasted until noon. Yeah! Half a day, and full pay. One kid threw up on the first day, projecting over three theater rows of seats. It was spectacular. After that, it was kind of boring. Through this three day period, I met three of the four counsellors. They had all heard good things about me. Good! During that period of time, I kept running into former students. They were all giving me hugs. This makes teaching very rewarding – the kids remember you, enjoyed your company, and learned something in the process. On Friday, I was back in a favorite teacher’s class. The kids were great. That day was also an assembly, which ran so long that it went through the break and into the next period. The result was that third period only lasted 30 minutes.
On Saturday, Barb and I went to Stanford to map out what we would do for the field trip in two weeks. We attended an excellent docent tour of the Rodan section of the museum, which will help us greatly, and we met some grad students who showed us a few things on campus, which was super nice of them! We also took the Porsche, so it was a really fun “date.” On the way home, we saw a woman trying to apply makeup while driving. She almost ran into several cars and couldn’t stay on the road, yet she was determined to get that makeup on. She eventually ran into a car that was right next to me at a stop sign. I probably should have called the cops on her when I had first seen her weaving.
You know, that new show “Cosmos” (an updated version of the original “Cosmos”) is a great show, but it’s really making me begin to question the Bible. Neil Degrasse-Tyson makes no bones about not believing in the Bible, calling it superstitious myth. Unfortunately (for me anyway), his arguments are quite persuasive. I will have to assess what I truly believe and why. I have no doubt that there is a God – the universe all but screams that there is – but I am suddenly (and maybe not so suddenly) coming to the conclusion that the creation story is not literal, which means that the Bible is not inerrant (at least not that part), which is one of the tenants of LCMS Lutherans. Perhaps I am not a true LCMS Lutheran after all? I shall have to ponder this further.