Greetings Citizens. Well, my attempts to lose weight and eat a little better are starting to become habit. I've been having to write down what I eat & how much. It seems to be getting easier. In fact, I think I've lost some weight! My pants seem to be fitting a little bit looser.

Some of my advanced kids are worried about their grades. Absences & a lack of trying are the culprits though they try to blame me. Students with eight recorded absences feel it is me who is being unrealistic. Well, they got their chance to voice their opinion yesterday because we filled out evaluations after our critic of the platinum/palladium work. They did some very nice stuff. One thing that makes me happier than all get-out is that I have somehow succeeded in getting the kids to realize the importance of making work that drives them to excel and to find their own vision. Of course not every student has jumped on the bandwagon but the ones who have appear to be pretty happy with what they are making and are happy to be putting in the time to make it look good.