Remember when you first learned, in Science class, about the parts of the brain and the nervous system and firing synapses and neurons and all that stuff? Yeah. That was always way over my head. But there are times when my thoughts go from one place to another and to another still. I guess that’s what Mr. Science Teacher was talking about.
That happened yesterday. A date was mentioned, October 10. My mind said…October 10, isn’t that Yom Kippur? It isn’t, at least not this year. I googled it! But now Yom Kippur is in my head. Why? I am not Jewish. I know why. That was my 10 page report back in some elementary school grade. Show the class everything there is to know about Yom Kippur and please use pictures and have a nice cover with your own artwork! And after it is all done and handed in be prepared to give an oral report. Yikes!
Now the word report is in my mind and so is elementary school. I remember one grade having to do a 10 page report on Montana. Everyone was given, or chose, a state to report on. I’m guessing it was given, because why would I choose Montana? It’s a nice state and all. But Montana, really? Interestingly, it is one of six states I have never been to. Of course, I don’t really need to visit, because I know all about the state from my 10 page report!
Another year, it was a report on a nation you don’t know much about. My country was Switzerland. I remember spending a lot of time on the cover. Being a stick figure artist, I spent a lot of time trying to draw a guy on skis with mountains in the background. I’m sure, in the end, if my report was getting an A, that drawing would drop it to a certain B!
Eventually my brain says that is all for reports, let’s think about something else…like food! Or a nap!
We have all done these reports throughout our school years. Do you remember yours? By the way, in case you were wondering, Yom Kippur this year starts on October 8th and ends on October 9th. I was so close!
A Semi-retired Kind of Life 