M & M Visit
On Tuesday Melissa and Mary came for a visit. It was great to hear about Melissa's life in Palm Springs. Things I learned: She's not fond of the desert. She misses trees and green. There aren't many tall cacti - it's mostly low-growing varieties. There are lots of pools there and many of them are salt water pools. Many young teachers don't stay there long but she is planning to stay a couple more years to get tenured. Teaching is so different there because of the language barrier and cultural differences. Students are classified by their abilities and the great majority have basic skills or less than basic skills. She is constantly amazed at the things that the students don't know. Cathedral City, where she teaches, has a lot of blue collar workers. There are not that many "rich" students in Palm Springs because it is predominantly a gay community - that or retired folks.
It was great to spend time with her. Emily and Heidi came with their children for lunch and a swim also. Heidi had to go do some more design consulting, so thanks Mary and Melissa for the extra hands in the pool with all the kids! And thanks Melissa for putting up with messy cookie hands. "This is why I don't want to have kids."
Sorry I didn't take any pictures. M and M - I hope you had a great time on your mystery trip yesterday!
posted by Pam @ 8:38 AM
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2 Comments:
That's a really good point. Teaching has to be difficult here with the language barrier, especially for a transplant who's not used to it. I have a hard time understanding the lady at the McDonald's drive thru. All I'm trying to teach her is that I'd like a #3 with an orange juice. I can't imagine how difficult that has to be. Something to ponder...
I agree with Melissa, the desert is no place to live. I had no idea Palm Springs was largely a gay community. I've never been there, actually. At one time, I think, many celebrities had homes there.
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