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Well! Last California Expedition is OVER!
…Yay?
Yes, …Yay? Indeed, why: …Yay? Indeed? Well I’ll tell you why!
BECAUSE THIS EX FREAKING SUUUCKKKED.
Why, because it-never-stopped-raining.
The back-country in Big Sur was
ok though I was a little turd-face
and kept getting into arguments with staff, mainly ANN. A-N-N, WITHOUT an E, NO E. JUST A.
N. N. NO. E.
J
Kind of felt bad on how I treated staff this ex, and I’m surprised they
haven’t skinned me alive and used my hide as a rain tarp, but that may come
later.
On the last day we built a fort!
THEN BURNED IT DOWN.
J
I won’t BS, This EX was not as good as I wanted it to be,
and yes, I did sort of feel entitled since I was back in my hometown, but
still, it really freaking sucked when we went to San-Fran, it was like we were
in a 3D real-Life-Demo:
‘Here at soar we can show
you the amazing things you could be doing if you were not in Soar!’
Yeah, something like that.
So all in all, this Ex hasn’t been the worst, or the
greatest. But I take heart in the fact that I only have less than five weeks
left in this TRIANGLE OF NOT-FUN-NESS.
All’s well, that ends
well.
-Sherman.
As Academic Director and teacher I don't ordinarily leave comments on the blog because I talk to students directly about their writings. I wanted to comment on this one because at face value some might take offense to Chris's no nonsense, brutally honest, in your face style of writing. So I wanted to let everyone know that I find Chris Sherman to be one of the most talented creative writers I have had the pleasure to work with. His writing, as I have said, is honest, it is funny, and it is a legitimate outlet and expression of his feelings and emotions which is a good and healthy thing. Many at SOAR might say that the blog is a forum to express positive experiences about SOAR. The truth is, students come to SOAR with baggage, and issues, and life is less than perfect at times. Why should it be any different at SOAR? I am proud of Chris for using his skills and his talents in the area of writing to deal with his challenges and his struggles in life and at SOAR. Is life, as my grandmother says, " all roses" for any of us everyday of our lives no matter where we are? I think SOAR is a place where students should be allowed to be themselves and be comfortable with that. So many of them have come from school environments where they haven't been able to do that, be themselves, and take pride in who and what they are, and are capable of. So Chris's blog, with very minor revisions,I, and my colleague Andrew Harris found suitable for publishing. Keep writing Chris. You have a talent that not everyone has!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Mike, completely...I enjoyed talking with Sherman when I went to California and he is a funny, quirky, cute guy...
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