Holidays

Well, Here I am another year older and with Christmas right around the corner. I now have a 7 month old son and, when I think about the future, it is less and less about me and more about how what Carrie and I do will affect him. How do I give him the best opportunities I can? How do I show him a good way to live his life, what is right and what is wrong? Fatherhood is making me think, while at the same time it bums me out that I don't have the freedom I once had. There are trade offs in life, though and this has been a good one.
So at this holiday season, I am thankful for my family, for my wife and son as well as the aunts and uncles and grandparents of my boy. I look forward to the new year and all that it may bring. I hope for professional improvement, growth as a husband and father, and for the health, safety, and prosperity of my friends and family. May the Lord watch over us and bless us all in the coming year.

Thunderdome!

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An interesting argument...

Christmas break starts today and I've never been more ready for a break before in my life. I still have two satchels filled with grading, but 14 days without classes is like cool water in a dry desert. Here's wishing you all a wonderful Christmas season and a happy new year.

More Time?

I'm finding it difficult to balance work and family as an English teacher. The requirements of the job seem to take over everything. I look at how I have allowed my friendships to languish and it is inexcusable. I don't have time to even exercise or do anything for myself. It's sad. Everything I do is for school and Charlie. Even Carrie gets the short shrift. Totally unfair. I have to figure out a better way to do this. There has to be a better, more efficient way for me to teach and grade AP that will give me time for a well-rounded life. I just hope it doesn't take me too long to figure it out.

School Fine

School 'Fine,' U.S. Teens Report

WASHINGTON, DC-In a finding that parents and educators call heartening, a majority of teens say that school is "fine."

Charlie's first snow

Well, Charlie's first snow was a bit anticlimactic. We went outside as it was coming down like crazy to let him see what it was like. It stopped a few minutes later and what little stuck to the grass has since melted. I suppose that's good news as I don't want to be teaching high school kids through the end of June again this year. As you can see, though, Charlie did enjoy his ephemeral snow.