Geekazoid goes to school

My youngest sister, aged 10, asked me to go "camping" with her as their school was having a stargazing activity. I was drawn to the constellations a long time ago. Some people see dots of lights but when you recognize the patterns, you see a hunter, a bear, a dog, a lion. I find it comforting that whenever I am in an unfamiliar place, Orion is still there. Whether I am camping in the mountains, lying by the beach, speeding down California freeway , walking in New York... the stars are there. So imagine my enthusiasm that i could talk about these geeky stuff to my sister. I printed out a map of the constellations, and i brushed up on my greek mythology so I could be like one of those "nature people".

I was armed with the maps, i was armed with a binocular, with cheetos and coke, armed with stories of how andromeda was rescued by perseus and pegasus.. how zeus turned his lover into a big bear ... HEck, i even donned a shirt with stars on it. Geekazoid.

When i got there, the teachers assembled the students and divided them into four groups - one to watch a planetarium (why do one when there's the actual sky?), one to watch a movie that was probably from BBC or national geographic, and one to have a lecture and the other group was to stay in the field and wait for their turn for the telescope which was focused on jupiter alone.

Then the teacher said "Meanwhile, while waiting for your turn, you could count the stars".

I nearly suffered from massive stroke there. Where's the turning off the lights? If i were the teacher i would have given them maps, then i would have them lie down on the field and appreciate the constellations. And to MAKE IT WORSE.. the teacher started singing "twinkle twinkle little stars"... AND TO MAKE IT EVEN WORSE... after the song, she did an oral declamation of twinkle twinkle little stars. MURDER!

So instead of stargazing, my sister was confined to this room and was given a minute or two to look at jupiter. I went to starbucks with my friend (who im finding out is my male version) and then proceeded to wait for signs of life from the campers. I waited and waited... nothing.

When i got home i told my mother about my sister's "stargazing" thing and told her i would sue the school for false advertising. She laughed. She was the lawyer of the school. Good, i will get my sister to be my lawyer. IF anything, at least they would provide good entertainment.