ABCTE test date looms on horizon

The big day is August 11, though you wouldn't know it to look at me. I'm doing everything but studying: sorting used books for my bookseller husband, experimenting with my new laptop, hopping in the wading pool with the kiddies. . .It's 90 degrees out there!

I'm procrastinating other project deadlines as well. One is a presentation on Great Expectations, a character education curriculum based in Oklahoma. The training was wonderful and I'm excited to put what I learned into practice. What's special about Great Expectations is that it's common sense and it's a myriad of ideas all in one place. If you're considering it for your school, send everyone to the training. It will be worth the money just to get every teacher on the same page.

I have other deadlines looming, too, but it's hard to feel too guilty about procrastinating when your two-year-old son just mastered his tricycle. There's still a lot of summer to enjoy.