Hmmm

Well, I'm not doing the best job of maintaining this, but I am setting a goal to update it at least twice a week. Didn't do so hot with that last week, but this is a new week, and I shall succeed. :-)

Went to see the Dead Sea Scrolls on Saturday in San Diego. It was quite a good show; well-narrated, and conveniently arranged for self-pacing. The second batch of scrolls is supposed to be in place sometime during the second week of October. Some very nice photography on display, as well. It's always somewhat mysterious to me how compelling things such as the scrolls can be. It seems no one really has a claim on them...and yet everyone has a claim on them.

Thank God for our recent rain! It was nowhere near enough to counter our record-setting dry year...but it was glorious while it lasted.

School is OK this week thus far. I'm in meeting hell this week, but it's my hope that most of these will actually be productive. It's just unfortunate that they all happen to be scheduled during the same week.

Talked to my cutter, apologized, had a good response. She's too nonchalant about it for my comfort. I'm not happy when they wear it like a badge. If there's a fresh occurrence, I'll have more to say to her about it. At least the door has been opened, and it's swinging in both directions.

I've had a chronic truant already -- she only ditches my class. She was suspended today for it, but events have contrived to prevent me from talking directly to her these past few days. Supposed to have a meeting with her tomorrow. I hope having a candid conversation will lower her defenses some.

In other news, I'm getting to teach To Kill a Mockingbird again for the first time in over five years. It's a love affair all over again! Lord, what gorgeous, hilarious, powerful book! May my fervor be contagious, and may the sophomore immunity to hard-but-good literature lose its power of resistance! My new motto: What Would Atticus Do?