all new york high school students must take participation in government before graduating. we talk all the time about civic responsibility in my class. despite my social studies teacher-ness, i am perhaps not the model citizen. in fact, up until this past november, i was still a registered Oregon voter. whoops. but, lo and behold--one month after registering to vote in good old New York, i got my first ever jury summons. it was sort of exciting, and made me think of john grisham.
anyway, to make a highly unintersting story short, i had to go downtown to postpone my jury duty for a second time today, and i was really nervous that they wouldn't let me...i even printed out the itinerary that proves i will not be in New York state on the assigned date. when i arrived and announced my reason for visiting the courthouse, all they said was "when do you want to serve?" and listed the five months following June. no suspicions that i'm shirking my civic duty. i was almost disappointed that i didn't have to explain. i wanted to be clear that i am a good citizen people! also, i am a nerd.
the freakiest part of this story? when i got home, it turns out there were TWO cars that RAN INTO THE COURTHOUSE STEPS today. seriously. one in the morning (injuring 5 people) and another in the afternoon. which is super freaky, because i was thisclose to going in on my way to work this morning. right when i could have been assaulted by a reckless driver. although, i guess it would've meant i didn't need to go to work today.
hmm.
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Yeah, they're shockingly relaxed about that stuff. I too am registered to vote elsewhere, and about a year ago I recevied a jury duty summons at my parents house, which my mom either failed to open or lost, and by the time it was located, the date had passed. Fearful I'd be arrested for this lapse, I was shocked to hear that my mom just had to call and explain that it had been lost, and everything was cool. Amazing.
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