Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Making the Most of My Time

For the week, I am at a conference for history and government teachers. Yesterday, I didn't bring my laptop to the classroom, lest I be tempted to visit ponytail holders at this place when I should have been soaking up the learnin'. Had I been there with my laptop, I would have made the following twitter observations:

9:30 am
Regular people are in awe of movie stars. I am in awe of Supreme Court justices.

1:15 pm
Sitting for hours in an uncomfortable seat is not my strong suit. I think that I have contracted ADHD at the age of 40.

2:00 pm
Is the Supreme Court a modern version of Plato's Philosopher Kings? So far, that's my favorite question of the workshop. And it wasn't even my question.

2:15 pm
Loving James Madison right now. Totally going to rename JT. He's Madison Taylor from now on, but you may call him MT.

3:10 pm
Justiceable is my new favorite word.

4:15 pm
John Roberts is an awfully young man to be the Chief Justice. If he is anything like Scalia, this nation is screwed.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous10:13 AM

    Is "justiceable" anything like "justifiable"? As in, "My crime was completely justiceable - the law that I was charged with breaking was ruled unconstitutional in a 5-4 decision."

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