There is no school today: it's Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Inauguration Day for President Obama's second term in office is also today, as well as significant 50-year and 100-year anniversaries for civil rights.
I'm glad that before standardized testing began at School B, I was able to have an "I Have a Dream" discussion with the group of struggling second graders (was 4, now 5) at School A about how our world became a better place as a result of this man's leadership and how there is still more for us as a society to dream and work towards. It was a meaningful discussion and so, was encouraging to the students in regards to their communicative competence. They were happy to receive my character value stickers instead of just stars and smiley faces on that occasion.
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