We had an assembly today at school. It was spilt up so the seventh and eighth graders went at different times. It was called Charting Your Course, and as you can imagine it was about making the right choices and looking towards the future. It had pretty good music though and the kids seemed to be paying attention.

There was the story of the 13 year old male arrested for fighting who turns his life around in time for high school. The girl who dropped out of high school, then at 21 her mom takes off so she has to raise here younger (12 year old) sister. She goes back to school and graduates. And lastly the guy who gets paralysed playing high school football but does not give up. Rah Rah!

Personally, I thought it was hokey. I do wonder though why it is cool to fail. I didn't get that when I was in high school and I still don't get it.

Anyway, my students were laughing, "it made me think about my life", it was alright, thought it was nice, better than sitting in class, that sort of thing. At least one kid got something out of it.