Fall Travel Moment of the Day: I'm a blue state Christian

Those who are unfamiliar with my job, here's the down-low. I'm a recruiter for a private Christian university in San Diego. Here's a peak into me (it'll make sense later, promise). I am a democrat and a Christian. Oh and I'm traveling in Arizona right now, Phoenix and Scottsdale to be exact for today's travels.

So, to my moment of the day. I have never been to this school yet, because they don't even have a senior class yet because it's a three year old charter school. As a good admissions counselor (aka recruiter) I am, I asked for a profile sheet about the school so I could learn a little bit more. Beyond other classes I saw and smiled and nodded as the counselor went on and on about how fabulous this charter school is, I noticed they read five books of the Bible.

I (kind of) interrupted her bragging and asked if this was a Christian charter school (I'm still new to this whole charter school vs magnet vs private vs public high schools) and here's the following conversation:

Counselor: "oh no no, we're strictly public"

Me: "Oh, I notice you read five books of the Bible."

Counselor: "oh yes, we read them as a historical text, and not religious value."
Me: "Oh it's an elective." (read that as a statement, not a question.)
Counselor: "No, it's required."
Me: *Insert Noelle's confused face"
Counselor: "It's part of a history class."
Me: "I see, how does a public school get away with requiring the Bible without any other religious texts read? That just wouldn't happen in California as a required class."
Counselor: "It must be a difference between the red states and blue states. It must be hard to be a Christian in that blue state. Is it?"
Me: "umm ha *insert uncomfortable laugh fix bangs*"
Counselor: "Well hopefully in November the rest of the country will vote correctly and we'll be back on the right path."
Me: "ha oh yeah, the election is coming up. So um we're meeting with John?"

Welcome to my uncomfy conversation. Awesome!

I'm usually not as blunt about my views like I was in the beginning of this blog. I really don't think a person should be defined by their politics. It just starts fights which is ridiculous.

Honorable mention moments of today:

A counselor with dentures that were too large and she keep slurping them into place.

A kid who asked if all the girls at Point Loma were as hot as me. (Flattering if he wasn't 17)

A girl who told me I was fly and when I asked "Like a G6?" she started singing that song.

Welcome to my moment today and look forward to tomorrow's moment.

Until next time...