'I got two white girls'

That's what the charming third grader that I tutor said today.  One of the other kids was talking about this girl he used to like and he said he doesn't like her anymore and that was his reason.  Well, that's what this blog has too.   

Now, obviously I am biased, but I think everyone should be a teacher at some point in their life.  If nothing else, it will provide you with endless stories with which to entertain your friends at parties.  No matter what kind of shitty day you might have at the office, its no where near  as bad as having a student smear shit (yes, real, human feces) on a classroom floor.  

Oh, the joys of teaching.  I'm not entirely certain what to write about in a blog, so things may be a bit random at times.  I have lots of things to comment on, I've thought about writing a book.  The thing is, I don't think I know anyone that wants to read a fifty word blog that's free, let alone anyone that will want to read hundreds of pages that they have to pay for.  Hmm...

The Mostly True But Slightly Embellished Adventures of Safari Sam and Wilderness Wanda

It has been a year and a half since the fateful Sunday night when Lindsay Becher made a decision that would change these two lives--and hundreds of others--forever.

"Program Area 1 - Nature - Monica and Knaus
Program Area 2 - Nature - Monica and Knaus"

Yes, it was then that two Camp Gray camp counselors would lead 25+ children on a ridiculous Southern adventure through the Baraboo wilderness, testing the strength and stamina of all involved. Yes, children walked away bloody and yes, these counselors walked away without voices. But no one could deny that there was only one word to describe what had happened that week: "Extreme."

Since that week, Laura (Wilderness Wanda) and myself (Safari Sam) have experienced other extreme things. For Laura, the inner-city Chicago school districts would prove a lifethreatening experience. For myself, living in inner-city Milwaukee would do the same. However I think it is safe to say that the most extreme thing the two of us have done to date is. . .establish this blog.

You might be asking yourself, "Self, why did Monica and Knaus make a blog?" This is a good question. Your first thought might be that after the Pulitzer-prize worthy submission to the Camp Gray blog, I felt that my fame had outgrown that venue, and I needed my own outlet. But that would be false. Or you might be thinking that Knaus, after discovering that everyone else in the world has a blog, felt a little left out, that maybe there was someone who really wanted to know completely irrelevant details of her life. This would also be false. The truth is, this blog was created after we both tried to convince each other to create a blog. This turned into an "I'll do it if you do it" mentality, which culminated in the creation of a joint blog.

What will this blog entail? It is unclear at the present moment. Hopefully profound thoughts that will change your life. However, we don't want to get anyone's hopes up. So for right now, it will likely contain unrelated posts from two unrelated people who will soon live thousands and thousands of miles away from one another. The rest? Well, we shall find out soon enough.