choosing “some of my best stories, and some of my favorite stories, and a few of my weirdest thrown in for good measure. It is the scope of me, and it’ll be a few years before we can do this again.”
Also, in our school in Viikki, our first and second graders they hardly know how to read, so they barely know how to open or use the computer for online learning. So when we knew the schools were going to close, that same day, I sent our secretaries to buy “good-enough” mobile p...
We’ve known for years that underage drinking has been dropping. Monitoring the Future data shows the % of 12th graders drinking has been dropping for years. So it’s no surprise that 16-22 year old Gen Zers would drink less than Millennials. By comparison, a nice bit of work in Pelli...
And then came Day Two. In our district that looks a little different because 7th and 8th graders actually start a day before everyone else in PreK-12. We do this to allow new-to-middle-school 6th graders the building to themselves on real Day One and the rest of us adults pop in to...
Yesterday’s opening was also a wonder. One of my favorite stories was of a young man (27 maybe?) who emailed back and forth with me for days over his obsession with a particular work. He asked if coming to stand in line by 12:30 would be too late? Ha! He was first in line (...
On the other hand I have been crushing my Bible reading plan. I’ve also spent a lot of time being with people. From teaching 5th graders to a mini-semester of Sunday school to lots of Bible study. I’ve grown closer to two new-ish friends who are both 86. I’ve shared meals and...