I've learned:
The achievement gap is really achievement GAPS. There is one here within our country, and a global achievement gap. And they are both growing.
There is no easy answer to this problem. If there was an easy answer, it would have been fixed a long time ago. But I'm going to do my best to make the problem smaller in any way I can. And you should too.
Without my friends, I wouldn't have survived these two years. They have been my rock and my constant entertainment. I don't want any of them to leave. Ever. I want to pack them in my pocket and take them to Oregon with me and teach them to like the rain and the gray.
A lot can change in a year. Wow.
Cue constant nostalgia........ NOW