Typhoon Man-yi

     Today we survived typhoon Man-yi!  The rain started last night and the wind picked up as well, until this morning when the real event started.  The wind blew over a tall flowering plant on the far side of the driveway from the house and kinked over a few of the potatoes and eggplants, but that appears to be all the damage we incurred.  We were lucky to be on the eastern side of the center and so did not receive the full brunt of the storm.

     On another note, I have started jogging!  On one of my early morning excursions, I was running past the nearby middle school and witnessed the baseball team greeting the coach.  The team was on the field practicing and the first player to see the coach called out.  All the players stopped what they were doing, faced the coach, and when one of them called out, they bowed.  The coach bowed back and then instructed the boys to continue.  I was impressed and happy to see a fellow teacher receive that much respect.  I can only assume that the same situation applies to classroom teachers.  No wonder the Japanese students we see in America do so well, they have such a profound respect for themselves, their teachers, and the institution of education.
     For my next post I plan on interviewing my son to see how cleaning the school on a daily basis affects his educational outlook. . .