Tomorrow is
Valentine’s Day. Rejoicing all around!
Please don’t get me
wrong—it is a wonderful day and a HUGE
money maker in all sorts of ways. Who
doesn’t love Godiva chocolate?
Strawberries dipped in cheaper chocolate? Triple-the-regular price roses with
chocolate? Champagne with chocolate? An over-the-top Hallmark card (with chocolate)?
Yes, I am a cynic
when it comes to Valentine’s Day. Maybe
it is the twenty years of teaching that crushed the joy within. In fact, it IS the twenty years of teaching.
Valentine’s Day
created pervasive insanity in the classroom.
The day of the traditional “making the individual Valentine’s Day boxes”
was the instigator. The neat stacks of
red, pink, white, and lavender construction paper and the Elmer’s glue bottles
set off an explosion. From there it was
always hard to contain.
The next day the
cards were placed into the personalized boxes, sly smiles exchanged. The parents brought in obscene amounts of
sweets, cards were opened in a flurry, and then BAM! the day was
over.
What will my beloved
and I do on Valentine’s Day? We are
going to see Garrison Keillor at Point Loma College. Tickets cost $45+ each. That blows the chocolate budget right there.
Here is something for your Valentine's Day pleasure:
