Yes, that was nice of Steve Brown to nominate me for a possible position as high school class officer. However, I asked to have my name erased from the blackboard because I really thought that a white person such as myself could not possibly get elected to anything, even dog catcher, in that environment. What a nightmare that might have been for me to be rejected as I already knew that I would be if daring to seek any electoral office. And besides which, Steve Brown was gone after 10th grade anyway, having returned to his home state of Arizona, so he was not there to participate in any excursion climbing the four hours to reach the edge of the crater of the Boquerón volcano which overlooks the city of San Salvador. I was glad later to have done that even though the climb up is gruelingly steep. The descent goes much faster because you almost want to slide down although not recommended. From the top of the Boquerón you can look over and see the Picacho, a rocky crag nearby, so this is a very scenic place to visit. So as far as I was concerned, I never used the word "brown" in conjunction with "peak" when I was commenting on the scenery, only "peak," although I am later told that mountain is actually the picacho. Oh! The picacho is covered with greenery so the word "brown" would not be quite applicable as an adjectival descriptor. I am not sure where that came from. Also, not beaks, this was not a story about birds. Only now do I see this sick wording flung around. Oh, I did not know that. That was not an expression that I had ever heard. When I was in high school, I would hear those guys using the idiom "ir de parranda," I thought were the most obnoxious party boys, and so obviously that term also has no place in this conversation. What an idiot you are! I wash my hands of you. This is no time to be discussing money when surrounded by such lowlife scum.
When we are traveling, it seemed obligatorily thing to comment on the beautiful scenery, so that was all that was meant. It was customary to comment on the scenery.
