Monotony, Children, and the State Capital

I'm honestly surprised that I haven't gotten around to posting anything since the new year started. I guess that's because life has been rather monotonous: wake up, go to work, teach calculus, hang out, go home, go to sleep. Throw in the usual matters of daily hygiene, and you have my life for the last three weeks. But, with school right around the corner, things will be getting a little interesting.

Let's start with last night... I was going to Turkey Hill, and a 12 or 13 year old child threatened to fight me. I think his exact words were, "Yo fatass, throw down!" So, I did exactly what any person should do in that situation and shook my head. I went on to discover that he does this routinely: hangs out in Turkey Hill and messes with people who walk in. Nobody wants to put a stop to it though. I mean, hey, it's funny and all because he's about the size of half of my leg, but he may end up getting into legitimate trouble when someone actually accepts his invitation to fight. And, being a child, one with his future in front of him, ya know that wouldn't be cool! Nothing I can do, though.

That reminds me... Next week I will be travelling down to Harrisburg to teach inner city middle school boys. I'm really looking forward to the opportunity and I am damned sure that I'll have a post or two to sum it up as it goes. I'm quite nervous, though. The kids and their teachers are counting on us to come in and get the job done. I hope that I am capable enough to not let them down.