In the news...

...who the hell do they think they are? click


Clarification: My anger is directed at the appellate court. Apparently I'm rather libertarian (or perhaps contrarian) in certain of my views. Having been home-schooled for several years and being a public school teacher now are not difficult for me to reconcile; seems others disagree. I'll huff about this more later.

Done the day...

...gone the sun. Finished the grades (as much as I'm going to get done, which is not everything, but it's reality). Going to bed.

Yep, spring.

Diversity Week activities all week long. Student pregnant. Progress reports due Friday. Grading stacks all around me. High school exit exam next Tuesday. So...tired.

Diversity Week

Don't our students kick ass?! We're celebrating our annual Diversity Week (*not its real name), and we always start the week with a daylong diversity-themed chalk art festival. I never fail to be impressed. Here's a sampling.









We really do enjoy a broader sense of diversity than most campuses can conceive of. We truly are a majority of none. We are so fortunate.

Another Coy Kitty Day

All the shoelace-attack action shots were blurry, so you get stuck with bath scenes. Oh, well. She was really cute yesterday.

They may be...

...weeds...but I love 'em. Votes for the best shot? (Or to dump 'em all?)

Month Two...

...down -- with only a modicum of (justified) cheating.