Safety
Workday - 7:30am-5:15pm
Another long day. I volunteered to stay later after choir to help a group learn "Chattanooga Choo Choo". These four girls will be singing the piece with the stage band at the spring concert, and it's a difficult song (lots of tight harmony). And so, on Tuesdays I'll be at school even later than usual.
Plus I couldn't score a ride to the station after choir practice, which makes the commute home even longer. It also means I have to walk across the mall parking lot at dusk to get to my bus stop. The neighbourhood isn't all that safe. I felt okay about making the trek since it's not quite dark at 5:30, now. As I'm leaving, I walk out of the school with a student and make small talk. I had verbalized that safety perception, to which she replies "well, actually some women were stabbed recently around here at about this time at night".
Gee. THANKS, kid.
That was good to hear. Fortunately, I don't often have to make the walk quite as late. I usually get a ride on Mondays and Tuesdays, and the rest of the week I try to leave by 4:30. At least, I will now! It's funny, the neighbourhood doesn't seem bad either. I don't see trouble anywhere I look, that is. There are gangs, however. I think they hide. Also, they're around more during night school evenings (those being Mondays and Wednesdays).
In conclusion, don't worry about me, folks. I'll try not to die on my way home from work or anything. Really.
Another long day. I volunteered to stay later after choir to help a group learn "Chattanooga Choo Choo". These four girls will be singing the piece with the stage band at the spring concert, and it's a difficult song (lots of tight harmony). And so, on Tuesdays I'll be at school even later than usual.
Plus I couldn't score a ride to the station after choir practice, which makes the commute home even longer. It also means I have to walk across the mall parking lot at dusk to get to my bus stop. The neighbourhood isn't all that safe. I felt okay about making the trek since it's not quite dark at 5:30, now. As I'm leaving, I walk out of the school with a student and make small talk. I had verbalized that safety perception, to which she replies "well, actually some women were stabbed recently around here at about this time at night".
Gee. THANKS, kid.
That was good to hear. Fortunately, I don't often have to make the walk quite as late. I usually get a ride on Mondays and Tuesdays, and the rest of the week I try to leave by 4:30. At least, I will now! It's funny, the neighbourhood doesn't seem bad either. I don't see trouble anywhere I look, that is. There are gangs, however. I think they hide. Also, they're around more during night school evenings (those being Mondays and Wednesdays).
In conclusion, don't worry about me, folks. I'll try not to die on my way home from work or anything. Really.
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