Sunday mornings are meant for Writer’s Group and football. I decided to skip group in order to go to an awards banquet for the boys. All three are AYF Scholar Ballers, achieving a 3.79 or higher GPA. I don’t know how much of a role I played in that other than constantly demanding they do homework. I don’t know that I’ve engaged in a home life that is built around study as many Tiger parents do. No, We are about having fun and playing sports. Moving forward I want to get back into guerrilla teaching and get the boys and myself engaged in applying academics and athleticism outside of the classroom and outside of the stripes.
I leave the balance of my time to some thoughts…
Some Thoughts:
- I’m bothered by the stupidity of political ads. The ‘Hillary Failed’ ad is among the worst. It lays at her feet the blame for ISIS, Russian aggression in Crimea, and a host of other things that were, honestly, beyond her scope in any role she has been in. It is as if they’re blaming her for her husband’s history and Obama’s history–which by the way were not bad at all. We ought to review the facts and speak towards actions. I don’t like Hillary–never have–but I recognize her ability and potency as a presidential candidate and would like to honestly consider her history as first lady, senator, and Secretary of State.
- Still smarting over the loss to the Bandits. It sucks to see the kids work so hard to get somewhere and then not make it. Not to mention that as a coach and a dad I wanted it pretty bad myself. If I am going to talk about honesty then I need to own my own ego in this position.
- As I type the Cleveland Browns are battling the Jets. Browns are thumping them pretty good. Still, faith leads me to say I don’t know who is going to win. That bugs me, because it should be a no-brainer. The Jets should be dominating. I guess the Jets just aren’t that good on either side of the ball.
- I find that I work better sitting at a table. It has to be a table that requires chairs–not sitting on the floor with a computer on the table or sitting on my couch or leaning back in my desk chair.