"Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death (From BOREdom)"

 So said one of my students today, as we studied Patrick Henry's famous "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me DEATH!" speech for historical content and rhetorical speech techniques.

"Yeah, I'd rather skip school too than die from boredom from this stuff..." said another.  Many of my classes rolled their eyes or looked so bored as I read aloud Henry's speech, even with the dramatic way I do it.  I powered through the lecture notes, and I obtained compliance, but not understanding.

I tried so very hard to reach the kiddos today, and feel that I failed to connect.  I worked SO HARD!  and no one cared.

Pollyanna Peeps

 At least the library levy passed.  

Both branches of our library get to stay open, and they get to keep all of their staff.  Maybe, they can restore the money they used to pay them before they took pay cuts.  Maybe, they can extend the library hours to include Sundays again, and be open more than a couple of hours after school lets out.