02 January 2007

the black death

i have the bubonic plague.

i don't think i'm ever going to feel well. never again will i be able to breathe through my nose. never again will i be able to sleep through the night. never again will my sinuses not pound all day.

sigh...


and the really great thing is that i get to experience all this while attempting to teach 16-year-olds about the social effects of 1970s political movements.

why do i not take a sick day? because i have learned one of the True Facts of Teaching: it is far more pleasant to go to school feeling like you've been hit by a truck than it is to deal with the nuclear fallout that occurs after surrendering your classes to a substitute for an entire day. particularly two weeks before the state tests.

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