Saturday

It's been another very busy week. School is going well. I think this will be a very good year. The finest bunch of students we have had in a long time. Although I needed another full time job like a hole in the head, I am enjoying teaching high school again. I always did like teaching and it's much more fun than administrating things.

Poor kids don't know what has hit them. I have them studying Call of the Wild with me, going through "The Singer" as a Bible study each morning and reading the a chapter of the Book of John each day. There will be much more literature and composition this year, since this is my thing and I feel it is very important.

Public schools have senior projects that are requirements for graduating. Private schools don't, but I'm thinking of implementing it, just to assure good writing skills. Our students do a lot of essays and smaller writing projects, but they need more 'official' term papers under their belts. (keeps those pants up.)

Also had a student's dad offer to coach basketball for us. That's a blessing. I said, "yes" right away.

Prophetic Powers

Sometimes I scare myself. Tonight was no exception. Connie and I decided to watch the Emmy Awards, even though we don't watch many of the programs they celebrate. But I like Lost and Raymond and wanted to see them win.

So they announce that they are going to have a contest to vote on the CBS website. They are going to vote for the greatest 4 TV theme songs in TV history. So, I say to Connie, "Well that would have to be Green Acres!"

Seconds later, none other than the great D, Donald Trump and some gal are singing the theme song. I never laughed so hard. I guessed the second one as well, before they announced it, but then the ruined my chances by announcing the others ahead of time.

I loved Green Acres. Certainly one of the funniest shows ever. But only Jim Eagon will probably get this. :-)

Baby Sitting

Here I sit in the playground after work. We lost our after care lady and the teachers and I are rotating staying until 6:00 p.m. BUT, the weird, but good thing, is that for some reason, our playground has a very strong wireless signal that I can get on my laptop! Ha ha, takes a lot of the boredom out of the job. There's a Christian coffee shop/bookstore that has a wireless connection, so my guess is that's where it's coming from. I wish it made it into the classrooms or my office. That would be nice. So now, when I have to do research, I have to go sit at a picnic table in the playground. So, I'm sitting here, writing my blog, listening to Hugh Hewitt on the internet. Pretty cool!