Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants--The 2010 World Series Champions!
FYI: The victory parade will take place tomorrow at 11 AM starting on Montgomery and Mason, following along market, and ending at the Civic center.
Diehard fans are camping overnight to save good seats for tomorrow. It is suggested to take Caltrain and BART to avoid traffic and parking issues. Get there as early as possible!
In other news.....Oakland A's co-owner Lew Wolff is fighting for the A's move to the South Bay. The World Series win by the Giants is now encouraging the move. Studies are being done to determine what would happen to the Giants Fan base if the A's do move to Fremont or San Jose.
Personally, I am just used to taking BART to get to Oakland Coliseum and CalTrain to get to AT&T Park (I miss calling it PacBell Park, easier to say!) For me, 17 and limited transportation, the idea of taking the train North to watch the Giants and south to San Jose for the A's doesn't sound to bad at the moment.
In other news.....Oakland A's co-owner Lew Wolff is fighting for the A's move to the South Bay. The World Series win by the Giants is now encouraging the move. Studies are being done to determine what would happen to the Giants Fan base if the A's do move to Fremont or San Jose.
Personally, I am just used to taking BART to get to Oakland Coliseum and CalTrain to get to AT&T Park (I miss calling it PacBell Park, easier to say!) For me, 17 and limited transportation, the idea of taking the train North to watch the Giants and south to San Jose for the A's doesn't sound to bad at the moment.
8 comments:
Thanks for the suggestions on how to get to the parade...I guess. But I have a question: is it okay for high school students to ditch class for a day of partying in the City? Even with a phone call from their parents, should students be putting their "once in a lifetime opportunity" over their education?
I like your question Kathy, but I don't think that missing one day of school would have an extremely negative impact on an individual's education. However, such low attendance today did stop others from furthering their education because some teachers had to change their lesson plan so that the students who were not present (the majority of the class) would not miss the new lesson. The impact that non-attendance had on these other students is a problem because they came to school to learn and did not.
I think that it's good that they had the parade today, but I would've preferred it over the weekend (even though there would've been more people) rather than during the week, so that my fellow classmates would not have had to ditch class to go to this once in a lifetime event/experience. Personally, I didn't really care if the teacher had to cancel the lesson for the day or would've taught it.
I agree with Andrea. I don't think one day of school really left anyone behind in their classes, and I think that it was expected that many people were not going to show up, regardless of if they were actually at the parade or not. Thus, I did not see the harm in multiple students not attending their classes, other than the fact that teachers probably had to change some of their lesson plans. A once-in-a-lifetime experience DOES only happen once in a lifetime, so I'm glad the people who were able to go to the parade had the chance to experience that. I'm sure the level of pride in San Francisco has risen up an excessive amount in the past few days, and it has every right to. It's been a while since the Giants won the World Series and so I'm extremely happy for them.
Let me tell you straight up right here.
We go to school so we can learn how to work
We work so we can live.
But I'm pretty sure for a lot of us, or at least for me, do not live so we can work
I'm not saying an education is not important. I feel you on that part. It is the safest and most direct way to become successful, but it does have it's imperfections and nothing is ever guaranteed.
School is only one faucet of life. Go enjoy the other parts of it.
Bring it down to the numbers-->You're missing 6 hours of school out of the +/-180 hours just in a 6-week marking period. Not to mention the long hours afterschool that most AP students who emphasize their education put in. That's a pretty small fraction out of your "education" we're missing.
Raymond Lim
Being absent for one day at school isn't the end of the world. However, the parade isn't something that's a must attend. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity event that I wanted to go to, but i knew that regardless where I stood, I wouldn't get a good view. At school, most teachers just had review assignments anyway. Nonetheless, I congratulate the Giants on winning their first World Series in 58 years and commend the students who attended school that day.
I agree with Raymond, just one day out of the weeks and weeks we have every year; a small lesson shift has little impact. Especially when in the context of the Giants, some people have been waiting their whole lives to see this victory, including students and their families. So yes I would say that this once in a lifetime event would be well worth a sick day.
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