Tuesday, everything was peaceful. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe everything will work out even though we have finished the high stakes testing.

We were offered recess if our classes did well in line coming into the school, going to lunch, etc.

Our line wasn't behaving on the way into school. No recess.

Yet there were no problems the entire day.

Perhaps it was because two of my students published their first poems in a literary magazine, ILLOGICAL MUSE. Perhaps it was because two of my students won third place in the city science fair and came home with a dozen awards each--including money. Perhaps it was the giant research project we will begin today.

I go to my first union meeting tonight. I'll keep you posted.