Unprepared students, but even more students who don't care about academics; Bret Easton Ellis--I shudder at the thought that I'm going to have to teach one of this person's books in the fall ; people who think they're cool either because they're younger or because they're older--it takes no talent at all to be either one; people with car alarms set to go off when someone sneezes three blocks away; the mayor of my town, the school board of my town, and people who think local government is the best government. Have I left anything out? Oh yes, my aunt Sally