Aussie land and its aftermath

tons of good stuff happened. Happy times shared. Memories created.

there were the Opens :[
sandy grass
broken strings
discounted yoghurt
finding the way when it poured at night
breaking a bowl, BSBJ
finding value food and buys
not-just-fast but superman fast, arghhhhhhhhh :o
smoke detector
jam, butter, salt and pepper
pies
juice
scrubbing pans
AUD249!
A380
wotif
hertz
where's the camera?!?!
wet tutu of josh’s

am now exercising social responsibility for 7 days

J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace

Because he has no respect for the material he teaches, he makes no impression on his students. They look through him when he speaks, forget his name. Their indifference galls him more than he will admit. Nevertheless he fulfils to the letter his obligations towards them, their parents and the state. Month after month he sets, collects, reads, and annotates their assignments, correcting lapses in punctuation, spelling and usage, interrogating weak arguments, appending to each paper a bried, considered critique.

He continues to teach because it provides him with a livelihood; also because it teaches him humility, brings it home to him who he is in the world. The irony does not escape him: that the one who comes to teach learns the keenest of lessons, while those who come to learn learn nothing.

There is truth in what is written though I do not agree with it in its entirety. I wonder with the influx of more into the teaching profession will make this phenomenon more prevalent than ever.

btw, let me know if I am showing signs of becoming one....thanks