Good luck West Jacksonville!

My students at West Jacksonville have been taking the FCAT this week. Some of my students from Dowal wanted to help me in wishing my students at WJ good luck. 

As you may notice, I only have five students today. This is because of some riots that are going on today out in Tegucigalpa. Teachers in the public schools have decided that they are no longer going to work. As I type this, they are out in the streets blocking roads with burning tires. It has not become violent yet, but once the police show-up, it will be. In the past, they have burned down buildings and at one point they were throwing home-made bombs at cars. It is hard to understand why they are doing this. But as it has been explained, it is because they are not happy with how the government has managed their pension funds. Is that an excuse to cause violence? NO! This is another incident that makes me very thankful for the U.S.A. Please keep the people of Tegucigalpa in your thoughts today and lets hope that no one is injured. I am very thankful to be an educator in the states. I think that we (educators in the states) forget how good we have it. I know times are hard, but we should be thankful for the jobs we have, the supplies that we are given, and the administration that keeps us together! I may not get a job teaching because of the budget crisis, but I will still be grateful to be a future educator in the states.