Cleaning out the desk drawer

Last night I decided to clean out the back drawer of my own brain. I found these dusty old thoughts stored way in the back corner:

- Ever wonder where all the stuff we erase off the boards goes?

- When my grandchildren arrive at the house, it takes all of 10 minutes for the place look like a hurricane swept through the building, but it takes us hours to clean it all up. I'm not complaining, but it does show how efficient they are and inefficient my wife and I are (I guess).

- It's almost here...Capital of Ohio Day!

- Have I decided who to vote for yet? Yes I have, but I still wish I could vote for Harry Truman.

- Public Education is in a lot of trouble in this era because of some misguided non-educators out there. We have good students and good teachers at Fontbonne Academy, but we are really not much different than those in public schools. Without all the political red tape involved with MCAS, NCLB, Frameworks, and all that, we still provide a solid education, still get students into college, and manage to provide all the extra-curriculars and instill some beautiful values and spiritual appreciation at the same time. If the non-educators had left public education alone, there would be fewer problems in those schools today. As a former public school teacher and adminstrator, I was always proud of what we did, still am, and encourage public school teachers to make the most out of MCAS, etc. but I still wish they had asked real educators to design an improvement plan and possible reforms.

- Have to go now. Have to get dinner ready. Tonight we're grilling salmon with an apple cider glaze. I'll save some for you.