I'm still here!!!

Okay, so it's been a while since I've updated this thing. It's been a busy time for me and my family and I haven't spent all that much time on the computer. Things at my school have been a little crazy for the last week or so. On April 5th, a 16-year old student at the high school I teach at was shot and killed at a party in Hesperia, California. This guy was very popular and a good athlete, so the school was, therefore, stunned. I had the unenviable job of helping my students navigate their way through the quagmire of emotions and get them back on track. Unfortunately, we had state testing this week and that is a HUGE deal at our schools. This meant that the students had a week to get their stuff together and get their heads into the testing mode. This is not an easy thing to do, so it was a hard road.

On a slightly better note, our students raised almost $20,000 dollars, on their own, for the murdered student's family. His parents are very poor and were not sure how they were going to pay to bury their son. Now, they don't have to worry about it. I was extremely proud and touched by the students at Sultana High School and their work ethic and generosity. Now I wish they would transfer that work ethic into the classroom.

Anyway, I'll be posting a new playlist and podcast in the next couple of days. I've got some stuff to talk about, so it should be kind of fired up. We'll see. Until then, laters.