Some Thoughts During Work
There are 23 days of school left, which means we have about 5 days of effective teaching and 18 days of assemblies, games, parties, field trips, and state testing. None of those things counts as effective teaching. And that will be the end of my rant on public education. Because of state testing requirements, I've found myself in a room with a few kids sitting at a computer trying to take the #$%@ state tests. I'm not allowed to help or intervene, so I've got quite a bit of free time on my hands. Hence the blogging. Rather than trying to catch up on a whirlwind year, I'm just going to share a few pics. Because pictures make everyone happy. Jacob and Hannah tackle a few stray eyebrow hairs. It's like surgery. On brows. On our way to school one day. I hate the house we live in--it's really old and THERE'S NO DISHWASHER, but the neighborhood and yard are great. We took a Spring Break jaunt to Capitol Reef. I LOVE the national parks...