I was just contemplating the utter failure of the Bush administration and some of its colossal blunders. Because of the financial crisis, education reform isn't getting much coverage right now. But I guess today, reform is on my mind. I'm still mad about the past. The No Child Left Behind policies have demoralized our schoolteachers and gutted our ( Read more... )

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My grandparents are here from Texas along with my Aunt and a cousin (one of the flower girls from my wedding, who is now 17 and applying for colleges... I remember her birth...EEK! I am getting old ( Read more... )

So the update, now that I've been home a few days and have slept some ( Read more... )

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Still no baby :) I haven't been on the internet much- too hard with a toddler, and at night I am too tired ( Read more... )

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Now, it's not officially OVER over, but this was my last real week of class and I am so grateful that I survived it. All I have to do now is preside over a final exam, attend the all-day grading session, clean up the remnants of the semester's papers that are still floating around my office, and compile final grades ( Read more... )

I just got a call on my cell phone. It was Justin- he said "come home mama and eat with me." Despite this clearly being a coached line (Matt told him what to say) I must rate it as the most wonderful phone call I have ever received ( Read more... )