Siempre he puesto en duda el interés de la clase política por la educación, la cultura y el deporte. Es un recurso defensivo que me evita muchas decepciones. Sin embargo, no esperaba encontrar un desprecio tan grande por las normas ortográficas de nuestra lengua en el recinto deportivo más concurrido de mi pueblo, apenas a unos metros de mi propia casa, con nocturnidad y alevosía.
Realmente no sé (ni siquiera sé si quiero saberlo) cuántos como yo se habrán percatado de este atentado lingüístico, perpetrado además en un lugar donde las víctimas inocentes, escolares en su mayoría, se pueden contar por centenas. El nuevo ayuntamiento se gasta con necesidad y motivo una más que decente cantidad de dinero en renovar las instalaciones deportivas; hasta ahí todo bien. Luego está la administración de dichas instalaciones, llevada por políticos que nada saben de gestión deportiva y que, por lo visto, tampoco hicieron un máster en manejo del DRAE. Algún día quizás averigüe cómo es posible que, a pesar de estar empadronado en Otura, me salga más barato alquilar un pabellón deportivo en Granada para jugar a baloncesto, pero eso es harina de otro costal.
En fin, a lo que iba: que después del dineral en césped artificial y demás, no hubiera sido mala idea que alguien con el título de la ESO hubiera revisado las pegatinas de las papeleras del campo de fútbol antes de ponerlas. Espero que, al menos, la gente UTILICE dichas papeleras. Yo, por cierto pudor lingüístico, he preferido hacer la foto y tirar la bolsa de las patatas en la basura de casa.
26 marzo 2009
13 marzo 2009
On the road again
If I remember well, this will be my sixth gig. Everytime I come back home after listening to Bruce Springsteen live, I can't help thinking when the next opportunity will rise upon the horizon of everyday life. It's always good news to hear that the Boss is around.
I guess you won't understand if you aren't this sort of fan; well, I just can tell you it is another chance to heal wounded ambitions and start working on renewed dreams. As for me, Bruce is one of the most inspiring influences in my life and I can't miss another master lesson, especially considering that it will be no more than a hundred and fifty miles far from home this time, in Seville.
From my point of view, "Working on a Dream" is not his best album, but still a good bunch of song that will help make a remarkable set list. No doubt it will be a hot and hard summer day on E Street, but I hope to enjoy the show anyway.
I guess you won't understand if you aren't this sort of fan; well, I just can tell you it is another chance to heal wounded ambitions and start working on renewed dreams. As for me, Bruce is one of the most inspiring influences in my life and I can't miss another master lesson, especially considering that it will be no more than a hundred and fifty miles far from home this time, in Seville.
From my point of view, "Working on a Dream" is not his best album, but still a good bunch of song that will help make a remarkable set list. No doubt it will be a hot and hard summer day on E Street, but I hope to enjoy the show anyway.
03 marzo 2009
Exam-marking philosophy break, (and three)
At last, the pile of exams is gone! Still bad weather, but now I can go back to my (Blind Melon's) 'watching the puddles gather rain' with no remorse. The night is falling, though. I try to promise myself this is the last time: no more busy weekends, no more endless evenings with a red pen in my hand... At the end of a hard-earned day, it is difficult to accept that I cannot believe my own lies. Anyway, tomorrow will bring me a new chance, the glitter of a new lie to live on.
02 marzo 2009
Exam-marking philosophy break, chapter two
I can´t believe my short holidays are over and yet there is a huge pile of unmarked exams on my desk. I should leave them for tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, but then I'll still think the same, and so over and over again. It may be ironic but I dislike marking exams, though I love teaching and I believe I do my job very enthusiastically.
More and more rain, piano music and my pile of exams. Sometimes I feel that I should have applied for a nine-to-five job with no responsabilities out of the office, but then I think about my summer holidays... And to say the truth, I'd also miss my students (well, not all, but quite a big bunch of them), my colleagues (almost no exceptions), my morning-break tea... For a moment, I just thought the grass was greener on the other side of the fence.
More and more rain, piano music and my pile of exams. Sometimes I feel that I should have applied for a nine-to-five job with no responsabilities out of the office, but then I think about my summer holidays... And to say the truth, I'd also miss my students (well, not all, but quite a big bunch of them), my colleagues (almost no exceptions), my morning-break tea... For a moment, I just thought the grass was greener on the other side of the fence.
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