An Episode of Lost

Attendees of the Town Hall Meeting

The morning after the Town Hall meeting craziness, Terry said he had been thinking about the meeting being an episode of Lost. What if we were stuck on an island with the people in the choir room?  It was hilarious.  We know that the 2 of the 3 standing in the middle would not be our chosen leaders.  We knew that the two women in front of me needed to be dragged away by the smoke.  I thought all day about which people who spoke might be good to align ourselves with.  When talking about raising revenue with cigarette taxes, one man asked how many packs a day we needed to start smoking to pay for education.  I think he might be the Hurley of the group.  The woman that lost to Julie Ellsworth by 6 votes was there.  She was smart and spoke calmly.  She reminded me of Sun.  Luna would definitely be Ben - one of the others -on the other side of the island.  His 3 education reform bills are the Dharma Initiative.  I've shared this with other teachers that were there and it's taken on a life of its own.  Now when we're at a rally or district meeting and recognize some of the meeting participants, we say, "There's Jack", or "I think that's one of the others".  In these grim political times, it makes us all happy.