Gal Pal Email 19th Edition

Some people know u better than you know yourself...

Contents:
Quips and Quotes
Ebonics Lesson
On the Flip Side
Mama's Korner
Her Voice Speak
Shout Out
Quips and Quotes:
"Sometimes it takes two to row, row, row a boat."Rowlf (American musician and canine)

Ebonics Lesson of the week:
(This is from a conversation with newest white boy Randy who posed this question.)
Patty, why do some black people close every thing of what they say with "you know what I mean?"Well, its simple, it is a way to ensure that the person who is speaking knows that you are paying attention. With this tag line it's a way to get the nonverbal reaction that the verbal one desired but could not see evidence. You know what I mean?

On the Flip Side
Mr. Manoloff was the best teacher that I had in high school. He is a white male, got a degree from OSU, and was in the military. He recently became remarried and I am so happy for him. He was my AP government teacher. And the whole time I had him as a teacher I thought that he hated me. I was sooo different. I did not want to read the assigned tom Clancy books, so I argued to read about black power politics. I only liked four out of the twenty or so kids in the class and probably only that four liked me anyways. And to put the worst of it together, my arch nemesis was in the class including her clone of a twin sister. And one time she and almost went to battle. It was that day I was going to break her, literally. Well, that day as usual Mr. M was on tip. And he called me out of the room so I could go settle down. Here I thought at the time he was dissing me and showing favoritism. But he knew what he was doing. I WOULD have broken her. She was anorexic (and I mean the cross country runner only eating carrot sticks at lunch with a bottle of water kind of girl). And he knew that I was the physical superior. I had to calm down. It took a couple of years for me to realize though I did not agree with what he did at the time, though I did not like the choice he gave me, and though I really really really wanted to break her...that was the most unwise and ridiculous thing to do. Because he was wiser and was the teacher, the guide and facilitator of that part of my life. For weeks, months, and even into college I wrestled with ideas of did Mr. M like me? Did he favor me nemesis over me? Did he/I do the right thing? As I gained wisdom I realize that Mr. M did really like me. He cared so much about me that he did not want to see me mess my whole high school career up and possibly my future because of a poor choice that I wanted to make. He did what he could do to get me out of that situation. So even though I was mad at him, even though I thought that he had it out for me and did not like me, and that he like my nemesis over me, I have found that my own problem was that I did not know what was best for me at the time and he did. Mr. M knew what was best. Sometimes we don't agree with what is best for us, but we got to learn to get over that. It sometimes may take a long time to reconcile that whole notion, but it does happen eventually.
In the outcome, when someone else is looking out for your best interest, you win. I take this time to thank Mr. Manoloff because he has helped me to allow people in my life who know what is best for me. So even when I think that I know everything, there are people who do know better. He stopped me from becoming pompous and arrogant and more importantly just plain wrong. For that I will always be in debt to him.

Mama's Korner
This weekend my mama moved. We have lived in the dump that some people call a house for about 24 years now. It is the only place I have ever known as home. There are lots of memories there. At first I was devastated. But then I realized that all things work together for the good. My mama will be so much happier in a smaller place where she does not have to worry about shoveling the snow or mowing the grass. She has the porch she has always wanted. And she is living close to her man Mr. Tom. In the end, it will be a change. Sometimes change is for the best. So cheers to my mom and me helping her this weekend with the rest of the family move into a new home.
(Mr. Tom better not come over all the time...ugh!!!) top ten reasons to move ur mom from a 4 bedroom house to a 2 bedroom townhouse (glorified apartment, thanks nessa ):
10 u and ur brother can fight over the scores of high school science fair projects
9 u find pictures of urself doin stupid stuff
8 u realize the reason that u are a pack rat is cause ur mom held the whole world in her house
7 finding high school assignments that u did well in :-)
6 finding journals from when u were 7
5 getting into fight over donuts with siblings
4 realizing that penny hardaway was ur favorite NBA star (where is he now?)
3 having to throw away 20+ years of memories
2 Uncle Denny throwing an old dresser down the steps and putting a hole in the wall that i stick my fist in
1 finding out that my family "mistakenly" threw out my 13 cabbage patch kids that were my best friends growing up...they will pay :'(

Her Voice Speak
Hopefully a piece on chivalry by one of my favorite boys next time!!!

Shout Outs:
Irini for the NYC job offer!!!
Erin for the Marathon and going to California for all those interviews

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