Hey y‘all, this is Matt (Meatball), still lovin’ it out here in Oregon. (Proper pronunciation: O-rah-gun). I just finished another term in school and now I have turned my brain off for the next week so that I may live in blissful ignorance once more. I’ve been doing real well in school, in fact I’ve been maintaining a 3.3 GPA ever since I started last year. I took an educational theory class this term and wrote a paper entitled, “What do we need to change? A look at making schooling more relevant to Social Experience.” It mainly focused on applying the Progressive Education theory put forth by J. Dewey to the goals set forth by modern day policy makers. O.K., so this entire paragraph was meant to impress upon you the idea that I’m really doing something.
I haven’t been able to snowboard this year, or play soccer, because this f*!?+@dips!”!?! kicked my knee out at a soccer tournament last year. The only good side of my new-found disability is that I’ll be coming home next year (for yet another surgery) and my studies were probably helped because I wasn’t snowboarding everyday like I should have been.
Here is a pretty scary thought; Matt Richard will be a student teacher next term. Yes, that is right, next time I enter a high school classroom I will be on the other end of the room, not hiding in back next to Oafie with the doughnut and pop I so stealthfully snuck in. I’m pretty freaked but I’m looking forward to the experience.
We got the latest shipment of Com-Mini-Cations and I will begin to deliver them on my way to work today. This last issue was great, I never really read “Meandering through Mini” until I graduated, but now I love to hear what is going on with everyone. I really like the articles by Mike Jacobson, he’s a real funny guy.
That is about all from Bend. Lola is in Minnesota right now, so I’m sure she has already said “hi” and everything is just peachy. So you all take care of yourselves and don’t let “the man” bring you down.
Love always,
Meatball
Editor’s note: We can only hope that Meatball’s class will be filled with Rockstad’s, Zaback’s, Tucker’s, McCrady’s, Oafies’s, Terry’s, and Young’uns. What goes around comes around.
D.B.