Ha! Remember that time where I said I was going to be doing a lot more writing? As in my last post? Well it turns out that I need assigned essays to procrastinate from in order to do my own writing. Whenever I'm school I dream of having all the time in the world to sit down and do my own writing, and now that I have that time, I don't do it at all. The brain is a cruel thing, my friends. I just need friends to start assigning me essays so that I can work on other stuff while feeling guilty about not doing the essays. It's a flawless concept, really.
In the meantime, I promised some other spoken words, so I ought to deliver. This one is a classic. It's by Taylor Mali, the guy I mentioned a little while back, and should be listened to by anyone who is interested in teaching, is a teacher, or has been taught. (Hint: that includes everybody.)
One of my favourite Mali lines of all time is:
"When she was in my eyes I fantasized and everything else became a blur.
I wanted to abandon my Bachelors in English for a Masters degree in her."