Something About Excitement

I was awoken at about 12:30 Tuesday morning to my neighbors shouting and screaming. What was going on? I figured it had to have something to do with the World Cup but I knew Korea wasn't playing that night. I later found out that Australia had beaten Japan, and the Koreans were ecstatic. It doesn't really matter how far Korea advances as long as they do better than the Japanese. It is nice to see the country get so excited, but I'm certain my sleep will have to suffer. Korea plays their first game tonight at 10:00 p.m. . That shouldn't be too bad for me. What I'm worried about is the following two games that will be both played at 4:00 a.m. on June 19th and 24th. It won't just be the "hooting and hollering." Every brand from Coke to Kellogg's has been giving away free noise makers for the past month now. I would estimate that 1/3 of all my students came to school today wearing red t-shirts while a smaller number had their faces painted. Like I said, it is good to see so much excitement. All I have to do now is find a good pair of ear plugs.