“Moments in time when the world is changing bring out the best and the worst in people.” ― Tan Twan Eng Forgive me if I am a little groggy today. We are in the midst of our first varsity… Read More ›
Education
Observations from the Edge of the Thunderdome
“Their relationship had become like the river – smooth and constant, but sluggish, opaque. They were standing on opposite banks, watching it go by. He dared not interrupt it – smash its calm, swim across – for fear of forcing… Read More ›
Upon Further Assessment
“It’s an odd thing but when you tell someone the true facts of a mythical tale they are indignant not with the teller but with you. They don’t want to have their ideas upset. It rouses some vague uneasiness in… Read More ›
The Case of the Disappearing Deputy Education Secretary
“I penetrated the outer cell membrane with a nanosyringe.” “You poked it with a stick?” “No!” I said. “Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.” ― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary Sometimes, the… Read More ›
Counter Intuitive, or Something Like That
“I don’t consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.” ― Leonard Cohen When my kids reached about nine years of age,… Read More ›
Jelly Roll in the House.
“Random acts of kindness were certainly scarce in this place and sometimes came from the most unexpected source.” ― Kathryn Hughes, The Key I continually watch the aftermath of the shooting incident at Antioch High School with a sense… Read More ›
You Kids Get Off My Damn Lawn
“Why do we have to make such terrible decisions for our whole lives when we are too young to know what we are doing? The big mistakes are hung around your neck and you have to wear them forever.” ―… Read More ›
The Way You Do Anything, Is The Way You Do Everything
“Lift up the hem of verbiage, peek below its frillies – what’s exposed? the hairy truth?” ― Joshua Cohen, Book of Numbers According to WordPress, I’ve produced a thousand pieces since starting this blog nearly a decade ago. I’m not saying… Read More ›
Talking Rhinos, Noteworthy State Bills, and School Security
“The horse is brown or chestnut or one of those other technical terms horsepeople use to make it clear that they know stuff other people don’t; the freemasonry of the hoof.” ― Nick Harkaway, The Gone-Away World Last night,… Read More ›
Adults Say the Darndest Things
“Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply and more permanently. You learn nothing very profound about yourself simply by being bullied; but by bullying someone… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 