One Week Down

The first week is done. It was a good week. My students were great, and I think that we're going to have a good year together. Diana said her students came into kindergarten acting for all the world as though they'd been raised by a troupe of howler monkeys. I'm afraid I just cannot improve on that description! It's classic! Bailee loved sixth grade. The Back-to-School nights are over, so (as one of my students put it) "Thank goodness we can really start school next week." I agree!

Tomorrow we're off to the Eastern Idaho State Fair. We're taking Bailee and her dance buddy, Aleks. When those to are together it's a hoot. Half the fun will be watching that pair. Pictures will follow.

Sad news on the news tonight. A former colleague's husband was arrested for conducting an improper relationship with one of his 14 year old students (while posing as a boy her age). She's a teacher in the same district, and they have 5 children attending school there. My heart goes out to his family, who were also his victims. Sad that his stupid choices have caused so much suffering for so many people. We've had so many male teachers arrested for this type of thing lately ... I'm really at a loss to understand what drives them.