Just before she went to bed my daughter told me, "I feel so safe now that Obama is president."
I like that she feels safe. I feel a little safer too, but I know there are still many hardships for this country to overcome.
I was teaching the first Intro to Japanese Culture class of the semester today from 11 to 12:30 and I took the class into the language lab next door to watch the swearing in and the new President's speech. As we embark on a semester of learning about another country's culture it seemed important that we experience this huge change happening in our own and to see where we stand at this moment in time and what we stand for. I wouldn't understand half as much about myself and my culture as I do now if I hadn't spent so many years abroad. Sometimes you need a foil to see what it usually as invisible as air.
I feel like I learned a lot today about who we are as a country and how we are beginning to succeed in taking it back and making it for everyone. The President quoted George Washington about faith and virtue. Seems like it's high time for a return to virtue.
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While watching the innoguration, I had this image in my head of Obama running the bases in a baseball game and then sliding feet first across home plate with an umpire standing over him making the safe motion. Home run US!
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