So Sunset Night School was not what I expected it to be. It was great! I never considered the fact that everyone there had signed themselves up because they wanted to graduate. That made for a great learning environment. Plus I had a bunch of friends going there too. We had a blast!
Now this is the moment I wrote this blog for. And it started with a stupid move by me:
On my first day, at lunch (dinner time more accurately) I did something I never do; I smoked a joint. Dumb idea.
So my first class after lunch was Government. I showed up just 20-30 seconds late, but late. When I walked in everyone was seated. All attention was on me. I said "What's up?" to my teacher as I walked in. "I don't know. Take off your sunglasses and we will all know," he replied. So I did, revealing my blood-red stoned-ass eyes. I felt so stupid.
So then the very first thing my teacher asks the class is if anyone knows the preamble to the Constitution for the United States of America.
Dead silence. No one responded. So I slowly raised my hand. "Do you have a question?" he asked me. I responded with "We the People (of the United States) in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America".
Dead silence once again. Everyone's jaws were open though in disbelief. (Or fear "Are we supposed to know that?") Except for my teacher, who had a huge smile on his face. What a great moment. He loved me from then on out.
I did leave out the (of the United States) part though, because it wasn't in the song. Oh, the song!
The reason I knew the preamble...the reason I STILL know the preamble...a little Saturday morning cartoon called "School House Rocks"! Anyone remember "I'm Just A Bill"? Or "Conjunction Junction"? "Elbow Room"?😎
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