Well, it's the end of the world...again...

Another prediction - I'm 35 and I think I've lived through at least a dozen end of the worlds that I know of. Even if I didn't have confirmation from above that no one knows when the end of the world was coming, I think I'd still be a skeptic.

Unfortunately, my students aren't! For the past few weeks, I've been asked countless times if I think the end is coming on December 21st. I laugh and say no. They smile but I can see the doubt in their eyes. I comfort them with statements about how the Mayans weren't actually predicting the end of the world, no one knows when the end is coming, etc., etc. but they don't fully buy it yet. In fact, neither do many of their parents. I plan on giving an exam tomorrow (which happens to be Dec. 21st) and I was told by about 70% of my students that they will not be coming to school. Their families want to be together just in case.

Some of them have said they don't expect the end of the word, just lots of natural disasters. They are grateful that Mongolia isn't anywhere near an ocean so we don't have to worry about tsunamis or hurricanes. I've listened and participated in a few conversations about what kind of disasters could reach us all the way out here (we're thinking maybe earthquakes). It's lighthearted and usually is met with a few giggles, but again, there is doubt.



I can't throw stones though. I remember being a little freaked out by Y2K and even talked my parents into at least buying lots of bottled water in case everything shut down.

Either way, there was a letter written to the Philippians many years ago and the author said something brilliant in the first chapter, verse 21.

In the meantime, I'm going to download REM's It's The End Of The World As We Know It and try not to sing it too loud today or tomorrow...