What a day.

I hate in-services that only take half a day. I have to find a way to get to them and get back to school from them. I have to teach five minutes after arriving at school because the supply goes to cover a different class, or is simply done for the day. I missed both my prep and my lunch, so I had to get someone to cover my duty for this afternoon so that I would get half an hour without the kids. These things are just not worth the effort they take to get to.

On the plus side, the in-service itself was okay. I wish they'd had fewer photocopies and more time actually working with our kits that we were supposed to be learning about. But I got some good ideas and I'm going to try at least two of them next week.

I need to work out this afternoon, but I'm not sure I'll have the energy. I have the desperate desire to sit in front of my computer for two baby-free hours and do as little as possible. Fancy that.

Okay, time to teach music. Good: the music portable is air conditioned. Bad: I'm starting them on recorders today, and I have no clue how much they learned last year, where I'm headed with them on Friday, or much of anything at all. I don't even know if everyone who needs one will have one today. Argh.

PoAC - The Education System in Ontario: Boom or Bust?

It seems to be common wisdom on the street that the education system is not doing as good a job as it was thirty, forty, fifty years ago. Kids can't read. They can't write. They speak sloppily. They don't know basic facts of history and geography that their parents or grandparents believe to be essential knowledge.

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Lace extravaganza!

I have crocheted eighteen feet and three inches of lace. You may all bow before my superior lace-making skill and endurance at this great feat of craftswomanship.

About twelve more inches to go. I'm going to do a few extra just in case it doesn't stretch in quite the way I expect when I sew it.