Dear Shirley, Earth Angel:

Thank you for the lesson about snails and mating. When you wrote about “tough love” I immediately thought of the black spider female eating the male and before I knew it, you mentioned it yourself!

Andrew and you might work together one day. Glad you noticed Emma’s reaction that was less than confident. It helps to notice these kinds of things because then you have a realistic view of others AND of yourself, seeing that everyone struggles at times, no one is perfectly confident and most, really, are lacking confidence. It is a study in itself, studying people. As you learn, you realize that whatever weakness you experience at any time, whatever difficulty and challenge, you are not an exception.

Also good you remain flexible about which table you end up sitting at during lunch.

So much information, from languages to the first computer, the size of a room. Nothing developed more rapidly than technology in the last century and even more rapidly in the last few decades.

Friday tomorrow and the first week of school will conclude.

anita