It's funny to think about but I came from Canada to live in the United States in December, almost thirty years ago. There are many things about the United States that is different than my home and native land, not the least of which is that the days between Thanksgiving (second Monday in October in Canada) is so blessedly close to Christmas (and Hanukkah for that matter) that I find them to be sister holidays -- one all about food and the other -- arguing what it's about.
Then there was this conversation that I overheard at PT today (Dec. 1). Believe me, this is 100% urban America ...
Young Person 1: After college, I started teaching high school.
Young Person 2: Where?
Young Person 1: In Bed-Stuy (a currently gentrifying neighborhood in Brooklyn). I taught there for five years. And then in Bushwick.
Young Person 2: My wife taught in Bushwick. What do you do now?
Young Person 1: I'm a nanny.
She gave the impression that she is much happier, makes more money, more time off ...
Imagine that happening in Canada? Leave a teacher's job, in say, Scarborough, and trade up to being a nanny ... The mind boggles.
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