Dno Vision

Just a quick notes about what I heard this week and what I think about it.

• Iran
  

They have the world by the balls right now. They are pretty much in a no lose situation as long as they play the game like they have been. To those not listening to the news, Iran has been offered talks and an incentives package by the US and the EU to stop pursuing their nuclear ambitions. Iran, unlike North Korea, is not starving their people, has a source of income through natural resources, and does not really "need" anything but a sense of security in a volatile region.

That said, they can be hurt by sanctions, but threatening Iran will not work. Thus the sanctions only anger them. The US must be careful when talking to them. Iran does have an advantage and makes a good point in suggesting that a nuclear Iran is safer (for them) than a non nuclear one. They do have the right to defend themselves. And the US needs to realize that it can no longer BULLY other countries into doing something.

• Gay Marriage

A friend of mine asked about my views on gay marriage. Well, in India, a lady decided to get married (notice the past tense) to a snake. A cobra actually. Yes, and said Conrad allowed another lady to marry a dog not so long ago. Kinda takes the bite outta same sex marriages when you marry out of the species. Not to long before someone marries a pet rock, dildo, or pocket pussy.

• Crazy Folk
  

A lady in northern Japan had her daughter found floating down a river not so long ago. Soon after that, her neighbors kid turned up dead. This little boy was in grade school still and was close to his home when last seen (kids usually walk home in groups and often accompanied by an adult).

While this was going on, the lady started complaining to the media's news outlets that the police botched the investigation into her daughter's death, saying she was most likely killed and didn't drown as the police had concluded. She also added that the police were quite rude to her. Hmmm.

Well, it didn't take long before the media and the police made a connection about the lady. They checked her appartment and found several things: bunny hair (there was some on the boy's clothes when they found him, the boys piss (it was in her enterance way...they assume he pissed himself as being strangled), tire tread (her car's treads marched the tracks left near where the boy was found), and a possible reason for the boy's death (either this lady is a murderous bitch...if she killed her daughter too...or she killed the boy outta spite/revenge for her daughter's death--the make other people feel like I did).

If she did kill the boy outta spite, it must have been tough because as the boy's murder mystery became more and more national news...her daughter's death became just an afterthought. She almost did too, but she tried to make noise (lots of it).

That's it for today

Don

Mr No Pic

Well, it has been a while, but I thought I'd post today because our new fiber optic internet service has started. Hell, my phone works now (and I can get a new fax machine...a story for later).

Work is great. I started at three elementary schools in the city south of here. It is a damn good thing that I am good with kids and have experience teaching English to them. Patience is not key...quick thinking is. There have been several cases in the last month where I chalk it up to experience to me walking out of the class without a new ulcer.

The city I am working in is of decent size and has a total of 11 elementary schools. I will visit all of them. However, first things first, and the schools I am currently visiting are very different.

One school is near the middle of the city. It was built just 16 years ago and is populated by kids in a new (new like the school) residential area. These kids are a bit shy, but can take care of the studying without a problem. The teachers at this school are very quick with behavior problems, and they do have them at this school. This is a good school to study at.

School 2 (actually school 5, but who cares) is on the eastern side of the city and a bit far from the center of town. Not far enough to be in the middle of nowhere, but not close enough to be considered inner city. This school seems to have kids trying to find their identity. Cute kids but a little to jumpy or apathetic (depending on personality or swim schedule). This is a good school to grow up in, unless you are one of those poor people with no life and no personality at all. Not a good place for quiet kids who just want to be pushed through the system.


School 3 (actually 8) has a number of good points. Friendly, open, and willing. I worry about the friendly part. They are a bit too friendly. I have kids from all age groups running up and hugging me. The fourth grade girls (and boys...) will hold my hand to drag me somewhere they want me to go. Boys usually just grab my arm, but holding hand isn't considered homo here. These kids are not shy. They love to play, but damn, they are not shy (NOT in the "I'll show me mine if you show me yours!" way). They come right out and meet you (except for the odd giggly girls--a rare sight at this school). And these kids will do about any lesson you want them to. Granted they say "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!" when you tell them you are going to teach them something (just like giving them medicine), but that goes back to good point one and two. This is a great school to build motivation, charisma, and friendships.

Whew, I thought I'd write pages upon pages about these schools. Good thing my brain shrinks to the size of a peanut on my days off (thus the reason I can't get anything done at home). Anyway, I have been busy at these schools on top of my part-time teaching deals and my family.

I will try to get some more time to write more fun and entertaining things later on, but for now, you get what you pay for...

Dno out