Already, you should understand that this will be a short post.
But, there are only 24 days left in school (five weeks after tomorrow), I have some great students who I wish only the best, and, at my age, I know who I am, the world and its machinations, and what is real v. what is illusion.
Last year, my wife had a Post-It on her computer. It read Be Grateful, Nod and Smile, and Let Me Check My Calendar. Be Grateful does not fit with the other two, but I’m sure some could argue differently. I am grateful that I got to work with someone of my wife’s caliber for 17 years. My students still speak of how much they miss her and how much they learned in her Speech class. She was really good at what she did, but I’m sure some would argue differently.
I do what I do at school for my students. Every day that is compromised. Oh, wait, I was focusing on the positive. Told you it would be a short one.