6th grade, not so bad

Meade is well into his teaching. He particularly enjoys the 6th graders, who he says are “excited by everything” and often burst into spontaneous applause. The kids are overall quite motivated and several are very smart- one kid has memorized the entire phylogenetic tree (just because). He has a lot of prep time during the day compared to at Garfield, which allows him to get a lot done and come home sooner. There is a great group of mainly new teachers with whom we are spending a fair amount of time. They are pretty much all single and in their early 30s to early 40s and like to party and see the country. They are always doing something, and generally we are able to bring Aaron and Linnea in tow.