Don't "do it" in the basement

Today I was leading a class discussion on The House of the Spirits and we were talking about some messages and themes in the novel. The novel is brilliant and can be analyzed for hours upon hours. The kids were getting into some pretty heavy topics. Then-- a character in the book had a problem with bronchitis and so when asked what the significance of that was, a student replies:

"All it goes to show you is: don't do it in the basement!"

He makes an excellent point...

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This has been a crazy week with the flooding and school being closed for a couple of days. It's strange because even though we haven't been operating as a full school and I've only had 3 actual teaching days, I'm really glad it's Friday.

Could be because I have been staying up stupid late.. for no good reason most nights. Or the fact that I think I need a holiday... soon! Good news is that MK and I are going to Bali for Chinese New Year next weekend! Should be good.. and hopefully a chance to escape all this rain!

The flooding has been pretty extreme and at times a little bit scary. I was only actually feeling a little nervous when I woke up on Tuesday morning, without power, rain pouring down and floods outside and told that school was canceled because of it. It just made my mind go into "worse case scenario".. being stuck without food/electricity/water... getting flooded out and how in the world do I get out of this country? A mind wanders... but then the power came on a few hours later and it ended up being a lovely day. World disasters can be scary though...