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Last night was the first game four both our boys and girls basketball teams. I was not sure, initially, if I was going to attend as the band concert at the public school looked much more attractive. Nevertheless, a group was driving together and I found myself riding along.
Several of the students commented on not [...]

This morning, I cam across an article on abcnews.com. It seems a 6 year old was suspended from school for wearing a mohawk, in violation of the schools grooming policy. Some information worth noting, the child was at a “charter” school. While these schools are still part of the local public school system, they were [...]

So, this morning, I am in the same Jr. High as earlier this week. Today I have a math class. Many classes in CPS have “warm ups” at the beginning of class. These are short problems on the subject at hand that get the kids thinking and ready for class. It also occupied the early [...]

I am subbing in a local “Junior High School”. In Columbia, the schools are structured as:
Elementary: K – 5
Middle School: 6 & 7
Junior High School: 8 & 9
Senior High School: 10 – 12
Anyway, I was in the teachers’ lounge this morning and saw a sign reading, “Please change your social committee calendar to read ‘March [...]

I broke the headphones for my iPhone this week. You may recall that some stink was made at the fact that the headphone port is recessed a bit. It seems I was pulling on the cord as well as the plug and didn’t realize it.
In any case, I am disappointed, seeing as the iPhone has [...]

I was at Mass at the Newman Center last night and was both surprised and pleased by something that happened.
Two students have been coming to Mass for some time. The both use wheelchairs to get around. I don’t know if their disabilities are acquired or if they have had them since birth; that is just [...]

Yesterday marked the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing abortion in the United States. A great deal of discussion has been had in the last few days on both sides of the argument.
I will not drone on about a topic that is so clearly obvious to me and yet [...]

Last winter we saw a phenomenon known as “thundersnow”. I hadn’t even known “thundersnow” existed, or that there was, however straightforward, a name for such an event. But we did, and there is. Apparently, a “thundersnow”, “winter thunderstorm”, or “thunder snowstorm” is an exceptionally rare meteorological phenomenon with nearly identical causes as a thunderstorm, with [...]