Thursday, January 22, 2009

I wanna rock and roll all night...


The theme for my school's basketball homecoming is "Party like a Rock Star" and Thursday was Musician Day. Amber, D'Arci, Beth and I decided we needed to go to the extreme. Do you think we achieved our goal?
There is also another reason I wanted to go above and beyond. I have noticed that my high school students more and more are being expected to act like adults and not like teenagers. I want to show them that something that seems so silly, such as dressing as a metal make-up band, is totally worth it. Students will ask, "What does dressing up have to do with school spirit? And why does school spirit matter anyway?"My answer to them is that they will never get back their high school experience if they throw it away now. And here I stand as an adult, and an alumni of the school where I work, in full on KISS makeup and it is ok.
My wish for them is to let loose, to laugh, to dance while they can.
And to party ev-er-y day!