So I just went to lyrics.com to print a copy of the lyrics to "Before He Cheats", since I have the music with me and it is a good activity for class. I was reading through and I am seriously doubting whether or not teaching the song is a good idea......"beach blond tramp" "gonna get lucky" " prolly getting frisky" and "shoot whiskey" just don't exactly seem like the cultural expressions that I want to teach. On the other hand, the vast majority of all American music has either blatant or subtle sexual references, so I am somewhat limited. In addition, I don't know that it is entirely bad for me to give an accurate picture of music in the US. It is not like there are not a million and a half other influences from the Western world. Besides, I am not prepared to buy the 100 percent pious, honest image. With one of the other interns living in a house to which prostitutes are regular visitors, I just do not feel that bad about teaching the phrase " get lucky". Oh, the dilemma.................
We have a little rendezvous with everyone's favorite PA Morocco Director today in a couple hours. I can hardly wait. Actually, I am really excited about it because it is an excuse to hang out with the other interns. There is such a nice group of people here and it is always weird how you feel like you have known people forever after such a short period of time.
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