These are the things I love:
Sitting at the bar of a sushi restaurant marveling at the skill of a sushi chef
Someone's face lighting up when they see me
Watching a student find that just right book for the very first time
Sitting around a campfire under the stars and surrounded by woods and gurgling water
Books, books, books
Coffee with Italian sweet cream
Fat flakes of snow swirling around during a snowstorm
Yoga
My family and my friends
Holding a small baby and falling asleep
And the rain falling on my head
These are things I think are a drag:
(to the best of my memory, those were Rocky's words in the movie)
Assigning grades to children's writing and thinking
Unnecessary meetings
High-stakes standardized testing
War
Hunger
Pain
Yard work, especially when four sweetgum trees are involved
Dusting
No longer being able to sleep past 8am on the weekends
Overhead fluorescent lighting
And the rain falling on my head
Oh for sure those things are a drag!! I SO wish we could STOP assigning grades to students writing & thinking...or how about their reading?! Maybe I think grades in general are a drag.
ReplyDeleteI am so sad we didn't have any of those beloved fat flakes of snow in Ohio this year! That is tops on my That's a Drag list!
ReplyDeleteOh, I am 100% in agreeance with your "Drag" list! I also hate fluorescent lights, as you well know! And for your list of loves, I must say, I am excited to hold my twin nieces and possibly fall asleep with one (or both!) of them!
ReplyDeleteOh I just love the last lines! So clever and poignant. This is such a great list on both sides. It reminds me of a piece from Teen Ink called I Like/I Hate http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/personal_experience/article/604440/I-LikeI-Hate/
ReplyDeleteLove that "And the rain falling on my head" is on both lists! This is a great list.
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