Today was Columbus day in US. But here in the UK, Georgia's school had a harvest celebration. It seems to have resembled Thanksgiving in some way. Kids were asked to bring canned foods for the soup kitchen to school. Parents gathered around the assembly hall and kids were brought in.
The principal said a little speech about how lucky we are that if we go hungry it is by our choice. She also said something to the effect of not wasting water or electricity but that part did not sound as convincing. And then kids in different classes made presentations of songs or skits that dealt with topics that ranged from reducing the waste to thanking the lord. I've never seen anything like that and it struck me like something that would be said at an orphanage or something from Mark Twain's writings. Something about the whole that that just did not have a right feel to it and I cannot really explain what. It was all good things though. Then they've asked for everyone to bow their head and the priest said a prayer.
If I can offer any advice on the waste it would be to tell stores to stop pushing 2 or 3 items that people do not need to them. They buy, consume, get fat and go buy some more. I wrote about it before.
Dan suggested to send Georgia to Chinese school next for full coverage. They don't call it Confucius for nothing.
I guess no turkeys were wasted so it is a good thing.
The principal said a little speech about how lucky we are that if we go hungry it is by our choice. She also said something to the effect of not wasting water or electricity but that part did not sound as convincing. And then kids in different classes made presentations of songs or skits that dealt with topics that ranged from reducing the waste to thanking the lord. I've never seen anything like that and it struck me like something that would be said at an orphanage or something from Mark Twain's writings. Something about the whole that that just did not have a right feel to it and I cannot really explain what. It was all good things though. Then they've asked for everyone to bow their head and the priest said a prayer.
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Dan suggested to send Georgia to Chinese school next for full coverage. They don't call it Confucius for nothing.
I guess no turkeys were wasted so it is a good thing.
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