2 Posts in 2 Days

I think this is some kind of record for me.

There is always a lot of talk about gangs and gang violence in Okeechobee. I don't really see it, and I don't think that this is another case of me being naive. It just seems like too small of a town for that many gangs to be running the streets. What is it like, oh I have 5 people in my gang so I can whip your 4 person gang any day of the week. What.

I just don't see it, but for the sake of keeping the peace with the strong believers, I just agree to it. A teacher came up to me at school the other day telling me about how this one student is in a gang and was flashing signs and all that. I just agreed, oh yeah I could see it. The funny thing is that if I was a strong believer in gangs, this would be the student I would pick to be in one. He's what you might call rough around the edges. He's in full-time special ed for both academics and behavior. He always sees me in the hall and comes up to tell me all about the trouble he's in or causing. I guess I should be glad that he seems to like me, because if there is ever a gang invasion in school, he would probably have my back. Oh that's Miss Lammers, she's cool. Miss, you don't have to duck and cover anymore, we're not going to shoot YOU.

We had a tornado drill in school today, which I guess is kind of fitting because of the recent tornados in Tennessee and Alabama. It's good to be prepared. In Indiana, we used to have to leave the classrooms and get into the crouching hands-over-head position in the hallways. In Florida, we just make the kids crawl under their desks. I get the feeling that Floridians don't take tornados quite as seriously as those who live in Tornado Alley. Not that people down here have any reason to be passive as I have heard that there have been tornados here before. But reason aside, the kids get under their desks, and I guess they're supposed to start praying that none of the random objects found in a classroom become projectiles during the violent winds. I just think it's a valid concern.