Yesterday, I woke up at 6 a.m. and drank a cup of coffee.
Then I read the headlines on my smartphone while taking a shit. Gagnam is an
exclusive neighborhood located in Seoul. That’s where all the rich movers and
shakers live. Don’t think of beautiful houses with manicured gardens. It’s not
like that. Instead, imagine row upon row of concrete apartments as far as you can
possibly see. In fact, it’s kind of unremarkable to the eyes. Anyway, three
Gagnam teens have killed themselves in the span of the last five days by
jumping out their windows to their deaths. It seems that they were struggling
with the high academic expectations placed upon them by society.
Back when I was a kid, my grades were absolute crap.
Nevertheless, my dad would give me money even if I made D’s and C’s. Most of my
friends never studied, either. We were too busy playing basketball and football
in our driveways and backyards to crack the books. American culture is
completely different to that of our Asian counterparts. We truly don’t know how
good we have it.
I ate hash browns for breakfast as I watched Fox News. Bobby
Kennedy Jr. has thrown his hat into the ring for president. And I have to tell
you people the truth. He’s singing my song. He wants to end the merger between
state and corporate powers. Plus he thinks that the suicidal war in the Ukraine
is a steaming pile of horseshit. And if that weren’t enough, he also believes
that the carried-interest loophole which currently plagues the United States
should be eradicated. Perhaps I’m naïve, but I’m really buying Bobby’s smack.
It excites me. Even Orange Donald isn’t this radical.
I got to work at 8 a.m. and talked to one of my colleagues.
His name is Richard Hurtz. He’s a huge man, standing close to seven-feet tall. Richard
is a white man originally from Nigeria. I kid you not. You don’t meet many of
those.
I said, “Have you read the new email?”
He frowned at me. “Can you be more specific? They send about
10,000 of those things a day.”
“The one about the club expo.”
Both of us sponsor after-school clubs. Mine is wiffle ball,
and his is soccer.
He nodded. “It’s not that hard. All we have to do is set up
a booth in the gym and give the kids a chance to play our sport and win prizes.
I’m thinking about penalty shots. If you make five in a row, you get a piece of
candy.”
“And who will be your goalie?”
He patted himself on the chest. “That would be me.”
Richard Hurtz is good at everything. He’s a smart guy from
an Ivy-League school. On top of that, he can even slam dunk a basketball.
I rubbed my fingers through the stubble on my face. “I guess
I could do a homerun derby. It might be fun for the children.”
“Sounds good to me.”
The rest of my day went well. I put the finishing touches on
The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury. Our next author is Langston
Hughes.
I said, “Is Bradbury trying to send us a warning?”
The class remained silent.
I cleared my throat. “When I was a kid, one of my favorite
songs was Godzilla by a group called Blue Oyster Cult. The lyrics cautioned
mankind not to mess with nature.”
Nobody raised their hands, so I decided against beating a
dead horse.
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"He’s singing my song". Sadly, the voice is out of tune due to a rare birth defect. A man of integrity and intelligence who will advance no farther due to something beyond his control. Contrast him with Obama, the vile piece of shit with a gift for oration. Style over substance, every time.
ReplyDeletePretty slick how you get your link into the comments on Zerohedge.
It's hard for a democrat because they got to get the black and Hispanic vote in order to win the nomination. Earning the support of whitey simply isn't enough.
DeleteI'm w/ you on Kennedy. Commenter above is probably right. They'll demonize him, too! I don't agree with closing tax loopholes, though. I feel it is every citizens' duty to find ways to pay as little as possible to the govt!
ReplyDeleteSad to hear about those kids. When I was an undergrad, the Asian kids would enter university ahead of us westerners in the maths and sciences. By senior year, we were about equal. All of that prep work didn't carry them very far. Sad to see so much youth wasted!
I have to be honest with you, Dave. I taught in an American public school for five years. I even had tenure. But it was a complete funking nightmare. I'll take an Asian student any day of the week. Hell, I predicted the collapse of America twenty years ago. All my colleagues did, too. It was hard to remain optimistic being around those little assholes seven hours a day. You couldn't turn your back for even a moment. I shit you not.
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