Random ramblings

Well, I went to a wedding in Chicago last weekend. It was pretty much a reunion of people that used to live in Appleton and work for KC. About 75% of those people have left and now work at different places or are in school. Anyway, there wasn't much sleep and I still haven't recovered. Man, getting old stinks. Maybe the hardest thing about teaching is that you can't really show up to work and say that I'm just going to lay low and not do much today. There's always 15-20 little faces expecting something. On the bright side, I spent the afternoon today organizing and helping out with the middle school homecoming activities such as duck taping a student to the wall to see who would be suspended the longest, magic carpet rides (relay race were you carry a student on a sleeping bag), and other various competitions amongst the different grade levels.

I thought I'd share a couple of links. Great stuff from my brother on the future of football at FSU. And in case you didn't get the email on the website my brother-in-law and friends created. Keeping Mike Shula would be the best thing for Auburn.

On a more serious note, I also mentioned that I went to see a speaker yesterday on the impact of poverty on education. Here is the website of the lady that spoke. She told stories that two years ago would have said were entirely fiction, but realize based on what I see, they are very, very real. When I think back to Grissom, I just don't remember poverty. I rerember thinking others had more. What are weird life view to have. Now I recognize that life isn't only about having financial resources, but other resources such as spiritual, mental, emotional, social, etc.

Hope everyone is well. Winter is fast approaching here.