Standards

CR and I are just catching up on some DVRed shows we enjoy.  Last Man Standing is about the only thing I will watch with him anymore.  I really enjoy it.  Every episode something is said that really speaks to me.  This recorded episode was no different.  The teacher of the main character's daughter said, "Everyday I drive over (some name) bridge.  Back and forth, back and forth.  And everyday I pray that the bridge was built and engineered by people whose teachers taught them math the way I do."  You see, the mom had gone in to complain to the teacher about how hard she was on the kids.  Basically asking to help her daughter go from the C she was earning to the A she wanted.  This is one of the reasons I so easily walked away from teaching.  Unfortunately, I felt like we were constantly being asked to lower our standards in our classroom to meet what was coming in.  Instead, I feel like our teaching should meet them where they are, but then take them up to where they should be.  I know, I am old fashioned and should have been born in the 50s.

Plop … plop … plop …

That was me getting off of my soap box.

 Say hello to my little friends ….

 This morning the kids and I participated in a 5K walk/run that was at Calallen Middle School.  They had a blast, and I sure enjoyed getting to run and walk again.  Gosh I miss it.  We ran into many sweet friends, including precious Kealynn Grace.  Kirby wanted to hold her hand as we walked.

 I must say this was the longest 5k ever for me as far as time goes, but when you are pushing about 60 lbs and have not run a mile in over 6 months, you take what you can get.  And it was fun.  And my kids made memories.  And I cherished every second of it.

 Then my mini had to get her run on.  When I woke her up this morning she immediately asked for her fastest running shoes.  She knew exactly what she wanted, too.  I brought her what I thought she was talking about, but she had to exchange them for a pair that Anna Kate had handed down to her.

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."  Hebrews 12:1