I’ve been grumpy lately. I’ve been sick. I have an advanced Chemistry class of 8 and six of them have D’s or F’s. It’s ridiculous. They have had plenty of opportunities to improve their grade. One student said he just didn’t care and told his counselor he was taking the F, not even going to try. It’s kept me awake at night and actually I’m pretty sure that’s why I’m sick. Sigh…

I did however get a sweet note from a student today in an Honors class. He said Thank You. It was nice to read, so I’ll focus on that. I could go on a tirade about student entitlement, apathy, phone addiction, the list goes on but instead I think I’ll end my grumpy streak with gratitude for my students that do care and do want to do better. They are few and far between these days but I am thankful for them and I learn from them. In fact, just the other day I learned that if I say “Deuces,” while holding my hand sideways with a peace symbol , that means I am leaving wherever it is that I am…

Hoping that in exchange they learned that Keq can give us a lot of info on an Equilibrium Reaction, which is really just a reaction that has reached its “chill” in their language.

Today for sweet notes and feeling just the tiniest bit better…I Give Thanks!

KOR