Rested and Ready to Mold Young Minds.

Sometimes you need a break. Sometimes you don't need a break, but you take one anyway.

Then you come back and everything is fresh and exciting again. The students are curious and well behaved, the chili in the cafeteria is rich and hearty, and the school day breezes by.

I should be able to bill my 10 days on the American interstate highway system as professional development days. The experience greatly increased my personal expertise in the geography of Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

I can't wait until the phone rings some dark, cold morning and the computerized voice on the other end tells me I'm subbing for a Eastern United States Geography Specialist. I'll change those kids lives forever.