Are radical revolutions ever justified?

Good question. Radical meaning doing whatever is nessacary- hmm... I just read A Tale of Two Cities which pretty much describes the French revolution. Theirs however, unlike the American revolution was radical. You know what they did? They decided it would be a good idea to kill all the nobility because they were the ones oppressed the poor. Yeah..great idea. Now the poor are oppressing the rich? Does anyone really win when that happens? I mean seriously, the main character of the book, Charles Darnay, is an arisocrat and everyones like, "Off with his head!" On the day that he was supposed to die 51 other people also died. That's alot of nobilty- and its silly because Charles hadn't done anything wrong- anything oppressive to the poor. Now his father and uncle did and so he was blamed for that. EEckk.. Everything's such a mess. But a VERY WELL WRITTEN book- man I have Mr Smith to thank for that. He said it takes a good reader to apprecitate good writing- so he's turned his students into good readers as well. I really and truly did experience Dicken's "Big Idea" which in Mr Smith's book is good writing. Do I always gush about Mr Smith in my postings? I just love him as a teacher...I do! I promise I will gush about Mrs McMahan next post- cuz she's just as wonderful :-)

Well its the middle of November and already the radio stations are playing Christmas music. I'm still tired of it from last year! Too bad there aren't more Christmas songs being made, - how much Winter Wonderland, and Let it Snow can an Alabamian really take? Its like, "The weather outside is frightfull," and its about 70 degrees...hmm..something wrong with this picture? I also can't stand, "Christmas Shoes," and "Falise Navi da." Am I a grinch or something or does secular Christmas music drive anyone else nuts? Christmas carols are an entirely different thing, and theres always ONE song each year that jumps out and grabs with a spectacular meaning. I already have it this year, but I will post it CLOSER TO CHRISTMAS!

I only have one official day of school left before Thanksgiving break and our Indianapolis/Chicago trip. I'm excited-not really about Thanksgiving, because I'm very much aware of how many calories are in everything, and that alone is enough to make me not hungry-plus Dad won't be here. Not that I'm not thankful, I am, but thankfulness should be a part of every day, not just one day a year. ooooo...I will post one of my most favorite Thanksgiving songs for you. It's great! and very catchy if you've heard it

I thank God for this day
For the sun in the sky
For my Mom and my Dad
For my piece of apple pie

For the love that he shares
Cuz he listens to our prayers
Thats why I say thanks
Every day

Because a thankful heart
Is a happy heart
I'm glad for what I have
That's an easy way to start

For our home on the ground
For his love that's all around
Thats why I say thanks every day

From the motion picture Madame Blueberry.

Good night world!