Recently I was talking to a friend here who is a German teacher. It was exam time, so she was talking about having to spend a lot of time grading. \u201cThe problem is the class size,\u201d she said, since she only has 3 classes. \u201cIf they were just a little smaller it would help.\u201d Her class sizes? 133, 100 some, and 90 some. I graciously replied that if they were as few as 50 in a class that would be much better and she agreed.<\/p>\n
On another day, I was talking with another friend about her moto (generic term for motorcycle, motor scooter, moped, etc.). She said that the transmission was going and she might have to replace it, but didn\u2019t have the money. \u201cOh, that\u2019s a costly repair!\u201d I said. \u201cYes it is. It\u2019s $4,\u201d was her reply.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, I was helping with Compassion International at our church, like normal. It was \u201cchilly\u201d in the morning (it felt great \u2013 probably in the low 80s is my guess), so one of the kids came wearing a coat. A winter coat. Like one you\u2019d see in Wisconsin to go skiing for the day. All zipped up. And he kept it on until we took it off him at about noon, when it was likely somewhere in the upper 90s and humid. He didn\u2019t complain about the heat, though \u2013 we just decided he might have gotten warm enough to have his parka taken off. And yes, his clothes were a bit sweaty underneath, but not nearly as bad as I would have imagined!<\/p>\n
I guess it\u2019s all a matter of perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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