Opinion

We have all celebrated some momentous anniversaries in our lives. Work anniversaries that are proudly shared on social media as workaversaries.

One of the biggest issues we’re dealing with is getting prepared for growth. There has been a lot of talk about the costs associated with growth in the form of improved roads, extension of utilities, new water wells, and providing improved detention ponds.

You may have recently seen or read in the news where more than 212,000 illegal immigrants were stopped by US Customs and Border Protection attempting to cross the US-Mexico border last month; that is a 12.6% increase over June.

Let’s talk about school car line. Assuming the average school year is 169 days and the average parent spends 15 minutes per trip (this is being generous), then parents spend approximately 5,070 minutes per year in car line. I’ve spent approximately 1,859 HOURS of my life in car line. I could talk about car line for days.

“The boat or ship’s wake always reaches the shore long after the vessel has passed.” In this case, the SHIP is the recent growth the city has experienced and the WAKE is the lack of infrastructure to support this growth.

Have you ever worked with someone or made a friend who spoke a different language? In high school and college, I worked in a few different restaurant kitchens. Almost immediately, I asked some of my Spanishspeaking co-workers to teach me the most inappropriate words and phrases in their mother tongue.

Hello Sealy, I’d like to officially state how excited I am to be covering the local government and news here in Austin County. Now is a great opportunity to watch such a tight-knit community like yours adapt to unprecedented change like growth and development.

From Meet the Teacher to Midnight Madness to First Day of School social media pics, for students and school districts across the region the school year is off to a great start!

Everyone likes to seem smart and sophisticated. It’s why I wear glasses. Instead of saying that I “agree” with someone, I say “I concur.” We all want to come across to the world as fancy, ascot wearing socialites who clear our palates with sorbet between courses.

So, Meet the Teacher was last week. Meet the Teacher is like being at the very top of the rollercoaster. We’re about to plunge down the hill at a rapid pace, flip, turn, and maybe even end up upside down at some point. That’s the best description of a school year I’ve ever heard!