"Soup"er Bowl of Caring

Prepare to, for probably the first time, be jealous of me. Channing Tatum will be in my high school auditorium tomorrow afternoon to talk to a select number of fourth period classes who had the highest percentage of donated cans.

See, we're doing this thing called the "Souper Bowl of Caring"; super creative, right?

Anyway, the top ten fourth period classes that brought in cans were given the opportunity to listen to him talk tomorrow and then the number one class gets to have a meet and greet with Mr. Tatum after the assembly.

I'm sad that my fourth period class was not as inspired to bring cans as some of the others in my school because I think it would have been worth it just for the chance to stare at him for 52 minutes.

But there's no turning back the clock-- what's done is done -- so I will not be getting to see Channing... Maybe next time a celebrity makes an appearance at my school I will be more dedicated, or maybe I'll just be stuck wishing I'd have brought in 1,500 cans (that's how many the number one class brought). Insane, right?

I mean, some girls at my school went door to door in their neighborhoods with wagons and trucks, practically begging people for cans, so that they could possibly see/meet Channing. I mean he is extremely attractive, but is he really worth all that effort? Especially when it takes away from your schoolwork? I don't think so...

Even more pathetic are the people who actually went to stores and spent money on hundreds of cans. COME ON PEOPLE.

Now please don't get me wrong, I think it's absolutely fantastic that our school was able to collect so many cans because they're going to a great cause, but the fact that the only reason some people brought in cans was so they could meet a celebrity is just sad. Aren't people generous anymore? I seriously doubt any of those Tatum-obsessed girls would have done all that, whether it be door-to-door pleading, or just plain buying cans, had Channing Tatum not been a part of the reward.

It just shows the priorities of my generation, and it makes me quite sad.
This is why I am planning on bringing some of my owns cans to school tomorrow, if they will still except them, and just donate them to the cause because I want hungry people to have food.

Hopefully in the future people will be as enthusiastic to donate cans just because it's the right thing to do.

Another thing you should understand, I completely understand where these girls were coming from, being a fan of Channing myself. I toyed with the idea of going to my neighbors to collect cans, but never did because I simply had too much homework and other things going on. So please don't think that I am separating myself from the rest of my peers because I'm not.

Instead, I am merely reflecting on this experience in the hopes that people, myself included, will remember my advice the next time they are asked to donated something as simply as canned food for a good cause.

On a completely random and unrelated note, my voice instructor informed me today that my voice recital will not be until next Tuesday due to inclement weather expected tomorrow. This gives me an extra week to memorize the French!!! It's also a relief because I sort of lost my voice this weekend and would have sounded rubbish had it still been tomorrow.