A large portion of our class went on a camping trip to the Fontainebleau State Park,
and were treated to a variety of regional foods collected by [Nick Hahn’s
friends] Clayton and prepared by Paul. It
was interesting to see the varied reactions in response to some cooler weather
from some of the locals/Californians versus those of us from the northern
states when we went camping (somebody brought a generator with heating blankets). Nick and Chad C. also invited the “out of
towners” to their respective family thanksgivings so that was very nice of
them. Several of us have been working on
“leveling” donated books at a KIPP school, so that the students can select
books of appropriate difficulties in order to further their literacy. While I completely understand the
progression-oriented reading programs, it is occasionally unfortunate when an
otherwise interesting book might fall by the wayside for one that has been
officially “classified.” One of my
neighbors works as a librarian for a different charter school group and it was
interesting to get a “boots on the ground” assessment of how different
libraries are utilized in different schools both within a charter group and relative
to each other. There was also a book
fair going on one of the days that we were working in the library, and it was
nice to see that today’s kids still get excited over books.
CS: 18.5
