50 book challenge: books 61-70 2008

(11/8)    Cubanita-195 pages (61/15720 pages)
(11/12)  City of Refuge-403 pages (62/16123 pages)
(11/27)  Ekaterina-373 pages (63/16496 pages)
(11/30)  Bohemian New Orleans-169 pages (64/16665 pages)
(12/13)  The Choiring of the Trees-388 pages (65/17053 pages)
(12/16)  Annie on My Mind-234 pages (66/17287 pages)
(12/18)  A Place Where the Sea Remembers-163 pages (67/17450 pages)
(12/25)  Our Grandmother's Drums-319 pages (68/17769 pages)
(12/29)  Heart Like Water-356 pages (69/18125 pages)

goal is 90 books for 2008
8 of 10 Caribbean books read (10/21)
25 of 100 Modern Library's Best 100 books read (6/30)  
2 of 10 New Orleans books read (12/29)

I teach at a school named "hope"

I'm impressed with how much the kids at school today knew about the election.  They were so excited to have a black man as President, finally, someone who looks like them or at least isn't white.  They have so much optimism and hope for the future.  It's inspiring just to be around them, and I hope they never lose that positive energy.

Teaching is tough but it's so totally worth it.  This is historic, both the election and what we're doing with public education in New Orleans.  We have the potential to change the world if we seize the moment.