Patriotic Duties

Today I paid my civic duty by making the trek to the polling booth and voting. I typically like to vote on Election Day, but decided I'd vote a few days early. I have a couple of observations that I would love to hear the readers input.

First of all, as I was next in line to get my ballot, I had to wait a couple of extra minutes because someone had come in who was disabled. Apparently, people who are disabled don't have to wait in line. Now, honestly, this doesn't bother me because I'm a pretty patient person and I wasn't in a hurry, but people who are disabled can wait in line, too! Heck, I tell my students (all impaired in some way) to wait all the time. Perhaps my years as a speech therapist has allowed me to not feel as sorry for one who is disabled as much as your average Joe (shout out Joe the Plumber).

Secondly, as I was waiting in line, a former student of mine was waiting to vote. Now I assume it was his first election (come on now, I'm not that old) and a couple of family members were waiting for him. Remember, if they were a student of mine, then they were impaired in some way. As he made it to the front of the line and was getting his ballot, his mother went up to the front with him and took him back to the polling booth. Okay, so this is my problem. I am all over everyone's right to vote, but I'm thinking it crosses the line when one has to walk another through the process. Now, I think it's one thing when there is some fine motor situation and one needs help filling in the box or hitting the right key on the electronic ballot, but I assure you this was not the case. It makes me feel as if someone had two votes to give instead of one! Wouldn't that be nice?

Random Comments

I realize it has been awhile since I have posted. The last couple of months have been crazy and if I were to post, they would have been written with bits of rage.

Anyway, I do have some random comments to make from observations I have made in the last few weeks.

1. It makes me laugh when I see people at church trying to sing along when a new song is being introduced. It's especially funny when you hear people's voice going up when the tune actually goes down. It's also funny when you see their mouths moving and they are on somewhat of a time delay compared to the worship leader. Yes, sometimes my focus is not where it should be.

2. Being bitten and spat upon by human children (that are not mine) is gross.

3. A lack of shared political beliefs in either presidential candidate brings forth apathy about the upcoming election.

4. Dogs are boys and cats are girls. No matter what you say, I'll always believe it.

5. Finally, while I love the unpaid vacations you get in education, I'm tired of new responsibilities without increased compensation.

Oh yeah, and go Cowboys!