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So today was the last day of school for quiet sometime. I don’t go back until the… 16th which lands on a Tuesday. Hip hip Hooray. Anyway, today in Agriculture Science I was reminded of my very eventful summer. I de-tasseled last summer making around $1200. Pretty good right? Wrong. It was minimum wage for hard manual labor. Apart for walking miles each day under the harsh unforgiving sun and dealing with itchy corn it might have been fun. I met a lot of people and still talk to most of them. During my time of working I smoked pot for the first time, earned my first dollar through a business and realized that I don’t want to stay in this small town for life. Shane is the reason I don’t want to stay in town for life. Now don’t get me wrong I like the man and I still talk to him but he isn’t the best role model in the world. He has de-tasseled all of his life, and probably always will. He’s been to jail 2 times and has had his fair share of illegal drugs. I guess in his own way he is a good model. Kids this is exactly who you do not want to be. Walking through the corn fields you really get to know the person next to you. Talking is the only thing that keeps you walking in a straight direction. He shared his stories with me and I shared my dreams with him. For a 23 year old he has really screwed up his life. I feel bad for him. Talking only goes so far and through long spans there were awkward silences. He would sing when it became too unbearable. The reason why I bring up Shane is because today I realized how close I got to every single one of those people last summer. I could tell you all of their names and a million things more about them. I just can’t wait to start work again this summer.