Hobos and Hookers and Whores ...

A girl handed this half torn page out of a magazine to me about a week ago with this picture on it (left). I don't think I have to say all that much. Even though Bruce isn't wearing his usual pink dress shirt(see picture below), I think his presence is made well known in this picture by his highly recognizable stature and his good looks.

In other news, "we don't want any black eyes about our high school." (pause.) I'm not really sure where to begin on this one but for those of you who laughed through this and the day after's entire speech, here's what happened. Bruce mentioned this and then spoke of people who had earned merit in the past week from our school. He then went on to explain what he had meant (intermittently with many pauses) originally. He was speaking about our reputation in terms of personal physical appearance. What he was trying to say in this sense is that currently our school is a heroin addicted 10¢ whore with a hunchback who has a half eaten sandwich, crabs, one black eye and all of three teeth to her favor. So, what we want to avoid in this situation is giving her another black eye, because if we did that, she'd look terrible. Or, we could do what Bruce seems to be suggesting. We could look at all the good parts of her and ignore the bad. She still remembers her name. She's still warm. Her vagina functions properly. And why is black such a bad thing... is black something to cry about?, is black something to be ashamed of? They've got words for people like Bruce that start with an "R" and end in "ascist"

The real meaning of the speech was to be seen. It was a "PSSA Pep Talk" in the words of one observant teacher. (also one of the only teachers who can speak truthfully because he does not have to fear losing his job) Bruce encouraged us to get a good night's sleep and to get a good breakfast. He then went on to use fear like every good administrator of people. Proficient is a graduation requirement. You'll have to take another test next year. Boo. Maybe he should have mentioned terrorists or eternal damnation in hell. Things like that have worked for other people in his sort of position. And what is his position anyway?(not reverse cowgirl.) I believe I have an idea. If our school does ridiculously bad on the PSSA's and the state takes over the school, his job is in jeopardy. And if you mostly sit on your ass(pun sort of intended, donkey basketball, oh come on, that's funny, at least a little, no?, it is, kids these days, anyway...) mostly, and make somewhere near an average WASD administrator salary of $76,658(2001-2002), you should be afraid of losing your job. So encouraging/ threatening a whole student body to do well on a test with which rides your job. Who's the whore here?

On a more positive and hopeful note, our school should strive to look and be and feel more like this man(to the right). We should be the happiest homeless person in the world rather than the most overworked, unhappy, and "successful" rich person in the world. Money and test grades aren't everything. I've got an idea, let's build a school based on trusting and caring for one another rather than one based on contempt and on fear. So don't worry about the IDs and don't worry about the backpacks. Don't fear your fellow man. Share. Let's make some good choices today.