Lions and Lambs

March came in like a lion, with tornados, thunder, lightning, and three inches of rain in one day.  We are headed off to Texas for our Spring break and Scott is still worried about whether or not to cover the plants.  This hardy Hibiscus should be OK, but there's the poor little bougainvillea that bravely put out new leaves.  It will not be happy with an overnight temperature of 31.  It'll be good to put statistics out of my mind for six days.

The first picture was supposed to be the lower one.  It refers to my new project--a weekly observation at Duval and 5 teacher interviews.  At least I don't have to transcribe the interviews.  Thomasenia is part of a team studying how fifth grade African-American girls position themselves as learners of math and science.  We will be following them throughout their middle school years.  The classes I watched Thursday were so exciting--science experiments with the girls enthusiastic and ready to modify their vocabulary to use the language of science.  Would that every American school child had a teacher that believed they could learn anything and taught them that way.

Hope the Spring transition is good to all of you.  Love, Joanne