Kevin's Watch

Are you in Mass or surrounding area? Do you like poetry? If yes and yes, did you know there's a Mass Poetry Festival this weekend?

I'll be attending Saturday. If you feel like stopping by, I'll be at the Shakespeare's Monkeys booth along with some of the other SM's patrons!

Full schedule of events can be found here: www.masspoetry.org

(admins, please feel free to move this thread where it belongs, if not here)

KTHX BYE

I used to live in Mass but I switched coasts.

I live in the metro Boston area but I'm in Connecticut at college right now. My dad works for the Mass. Cultural Council in Boston and they have some connections to the Mass Poetry Festival. Good stuff.

Sounds interesting but NY is a little too far. Good luck, though!

haha.

when I read the title I thought we were talking about church...

Wrong coast, though. Wish I could come!

balon! wrote:haha.

when I read the title I thought we were talking about church...

Glad I wasn't the only one!

Hahaha. Me, too. I guess in my case 12 years of Catholic School education is hard to shake. Of course I am not sure why I assumed that anyone in a mass would have a laptop with them...

AjK wrote:Hahaha. Me, too. I guess in my case 12 years of Catholic School education is hard to shake. Of course I am not sure why I assumed that anyone in a mass would have a laptop with them...

12 years, eh? This is my 17th year as a student in a Catholic School. That Catholic education really has a deep imprint, doesn't it?
In my case I assumed not physically in a Mass while visiting the site, but rather either a frequent lay minister or going to some holy day observation that I wasn't aware of.

Auleliel wrote:This is my 17th year as a student in a Catholic School.

You win! (I think...)

Auleliel wrote:That Catholic education really has a deep imprint, doesn't it?

Indeed. I went to a "standard" Catholic elementary school and then an all-male prep high school. (Let the jokes begin! ). That was enough for me. I still think I am going to get a demerit if I am late for something! Gotta watch those nuns...

AjK wrote:

Auleliel wrote:This is my 17th year as a student in a Catholic School.

You win! (I think...)

K-12 plus 4 years in a Catholic University.

Indeed. I went to a "standard" Catholic elementary school and then an all-male prep high school. (Let the jokes begin! ). That was enough for me. I still think I am going to get a demerit if I am late for something! Gotta watch those nuns...

Ditto about the demerits, but for some reason, in all my years of Catholic schooling, only two or three of my teachers ever was a nun/sister/priest. Most of my teachers were lay, and several weren't actually Catholic.

Auleliel wrote:in all my years of Catholic schooling, only two or three of my teachers ever was a nun/sister/priest. Most of my teachers were lay, and several weren't actually Catholic.

I suspect that is due to their evolution over time. I was in those schools in the 60's and 70's. Boy have we derailed JazFusion's thread! Sorry, 3 demerits for Auleliel and me...

i ws born / raised in NH. lived a few months in Lowell, Ma. but i am in Tx now. enjoy the festival!

AjK wrote:

Auleliel wrote:in all my years of Catholic schooling, only two or three of my teachers ever was a nun/sister/priest. Most of my teachers were lay, and several weren't actually Catholic.

I suspect that is due to their evolution over time. I was in those schools in the 60's and 70's. Boy have we derailed JazFusion's thread! Sorry, 3 demerits for Auleliel and me...

I'm not a member of THOOOTP for nothing, ya know!

Auleliel wrote:I'm not a member of THOOOTP for nothing, ya know!

Really? How much are they paying you?