Merica Day

When I arrived at work this morning I received a pile of student writing to mark. In the pile was some poetry. They were free to choose their own subjects. "Life", "music", "soccer", "the moon" and several other topics made the list. One student decided to match her or his theme to the festivities simultaneously taking place thousands of kilometres to the West (remember, kids, there's a full day's time difference):

America.

Delicious food

and people are very fat.

Hamburgers, sweets, big food.

I don't want to be like them.

Round.

Harsh, but sometimes you need tough love to improve yourself.
Especially where weight loss is concerned.

Well, I want to end this post on a happy note, so here's a song to cheer you up from Hugh Laurie.