Mess with Math

It is an absolutely gorgeous day outside. I spent much of it indoors grading papers, working on averages, and playing with blogs and RSS’s. Yet, I am not upset. True, I can now check many items from my “To Do” list. An added bonus, though, was the reading of two blogs:

http://students2oh.org/2008/06/05/nothings-important/

http://students2oh.org/2008/06/24/never-stop-doing/

The contents of these blogs first put me in touch with what the current generation of soon to be adults is thinking: to do or not to do??? As I work with adolescents, I often try to understand what rocks their boats. Their reality is so very different from mine. But my reading convinced me that I actually share with them more than I could possibly imagine. Though contrasting in their seemingly opposite positioning, their arguments reinforced my feeling that one’s entire actions can result in nothingness and that one’s lack of action may result in a world to someone. And then I try to be optimistic about the Federal government’s actions and the current economic crisis.