I can't believe I haven't written anything since last November! I spent a few minutes today looking over past blogs, and I'm so thankful that I wrote about the things that I did! There is definitely value in reflecting and recording important thoughts and experiences. This year has been going "too" well. I expected my students to be the same as those in Ankeny, but they are not. They aren't all perfect angels, but there is a different level of respect from nearly all of my students. I don't think this has anything to do with me. I think it has to do with clear expectations and clear consequences that are consistently and routinely enforced by teachers and administrators. I've been trying to try new things this year, especially with technology. Every single student here has their own laptop that is theirs for the entire year. I remember trying to come up with lessons using the laptops last year and then hating the laptop cart even more after half of