Up at 5:30 to leave at 6:30 for Lubbock, Texas. Breakfast served at 8:30 was like a Denny's special: scrambled eggs, ham, sausage links, potato patties, gravy, biscuits, fruit salad, orange juice. I hardly ever eat breakfast so this was special.
Lunch they did it again, beef and chicken fajitas, rice and refried beans, chips, nacho sauce, hot sauce. I probably gained 5 lbs today.
But we also had some interesting lessons and activities. We argued with the teacher over the "right" answers to the diversity activities, and read an amusing story about a giraffe who had an award winning house and workshop. His good friend elephant who loved to work in the workshop came over but wouldn't fit. Giraffe took out the screws from the door and expanded it so he could get in, but he didn't fit well in the house and fell of the stairs and made a mess. Giraffe wants to be friends, so he suggests he go to the gym and lose weight and take yoga or get light on his feet for the stairs. This all translates to us trying to get people to fit into our world by changing rather than accepting them as they are.
In the afternoon we studied Generations. How people are different because of their experiences in life before adulthood. Civic are those older than 63, and they went through the great depression and the two world wars. They want security in their life and they had real heroes like "Superman", Patton, McArthur, FDR and Winston Churchill.
Next are Baby Boomers (I'm one) the "Me Generation", who experienced walking on the moon, Kennedy's death, Viet Nam; we march for anything, we think its all about me, so that explains why we should be good at blogging, but probably don't try it. We are interested in community, being a part of something.
Next are the X ers those between Boomers and Yers, most in their 30's and they were the first latchkey kids. You experienced some bad things like the Challenger Explosion. They are independent, trusting of no one, like technology that helps them do things by themselves.
Finally are you Y'ers, my children. You experienced 9/11, technological explosion, and you really have no heroes. You are our techno specialists. You want to work only until finished with the job, rather than putting in 8 hours a day. You don't respect your elders because of past achievements, but want us to show you what we can do NOW. You are so enterprising on how to use technology for everything. You like to text, but not talk on phone.
By studying the generations we are suppose to be able to take that information and be able to use it to get along, work together and even be a team.
Would love to know what my followers are: Civic, Boomer, X or Y, and what you think of this.
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