I had some personal business I needed to conduct in the next state over. It was a good excuse to get out of the house and see how the world beyond my local area was doing. The trip was 300+ miles, round-trip, mostly all interstates and toll routes. Started out early in the morning and didn't get home until after 10PM. The first thing that struck me? The number of 18-wheelers on the rode.
On the drive to my destination there was a definite lack of passenger vehicles -- nowhere near what you'd normally expect to see. I suspect that's because those who can are still working from home and a lot of people are not travelling on vacation. Most of the traffic I encountered was due to trucks. There are trucks EVERYWHERE. I saw multiple Amazon trucks, Aldi food trucks, a truck loaded with crates of apples, trucks transporting gasoline, even a truck loaded down with a shipment of plywood. There was definitely no lack of trucks on the highways.
I must admit to being surprised, as we're being led to believe that there are shortages of goods, truckers who are losing out because they're not jabbed, not enough truckers available to haul, etc., etc.
As surprising as all of this was, I was even more stunned on the drive home. The highways were teeming with trucks. At night, they're about the only thing on the road -- encountered very few passenger cars. When it got late, the rest stops were packed with truckers laying over for the night. Trucks were parked in every possible parking spot and every available space. Even saw truckers pulled off along the sides of the roads for the night.
I don't know what was in all of these trucks, but there's definitely stuff being transported somewhere. So where is it all going and what are they doing with it? In my area, I'm already having problems finding things in the stores and seeing empty shelves. Things are getting curiouser and curiouser, frens.
I like Coleridge. Not so big a fan of Wordsworth. Did not like my Romantics Professor as he had me blacklisted in the 80s for not “knowing my place” in University. I got him fired. Long story. Coleridge is great, though.
Sounds like a story worth hearing.
Wordsworth... he was actually my favorite, particularly because of "Tintern Abbey" (that's the abbreviated title). I once had the opportunity to visit those ruins. Spectacular is a word that hardly does justice to that amazing place.
It's funny how a teacher can make/break something for you. Except for math. Math just broke me.
It did for me, too, in high school. So, I went back to high school post university to conquer my math “deficiencies”. My teacher ended up being someone I had known in university. (It was weird having a teacher that you had held her hair while she was puking drunk. We didn’t let on that we knew each other, though. We inquired as to conflicts of interest). She knew how to teach math though! At least to my way of learning. Not only did I ace the tests, I was able to understand the whys and wherefores of what I was doing. I started doing math problems for fun. Became a bit of a math geek for awhile. So, you are SO right. The teacher can make or break it. Wow, that was a LONG time ago. Even more of a shame now, with so many teachers just there to seemingly corrupt and belittle kids. Not all, but a fair number.
What a great history and experience... and a lesson to pass on to others. I eventually conquered math, too. What I shared with my kids is that something may no click or resonate with you today, and that's okay. And it may never,and that's okay, too. Butit's not because you're dumb! It's because how you're wired to perceive and think is not a good match for this content (whatever it is), but maybe someday you'll be ready to learn it.