Coming Down the Home Stretch

As the fourth quarter of yet another successful school year is beginning, it is time to pull up those education boot straps, dig in, and knock it out of the park! What? "home stretch", "boot straps", "knock it out"... What does all that really mean. Well, with 3 quarters of the year gone, it's almost time to take all of that learning that we've accomplished and "show 'em what you know". With State Testing around the corner, millions of hard working students will be grinding out a bunch of multiple choice questions in the never ending quest to assess our successes or failures. Whether you think our education system is broken or just fine, it is important to take a moment to recognize that our young people do work hard and considering the challenges many of them face, it is important to see that there is a lot of positive learning  and success on a daily basis throughout our public and private schools. Too often we focus on the negative... So with about two months to go my message to our students is; good job and keep up the good work!!! Hopefully you realize that what you are doing now is as much for your future as it is the future of the society you live in.