Out of Context

What’s everybody doing for Father’s Day, I asked the second graders today. Is anyone planning something special for dad? “I’m taking him t...

With the last day of school looming, the first-graders turned introspective. Their two-part assignment called for an honest self-appraisal ...

Subbing for the Spanish teacher at the elementary school, I played “Stuart Little 2,” as instructed. There was some initial complaining fro...

Second-grader Sean told me this morning, “If I knew you were going to be here today, I would have worn my ‘Dude’ T-shirt.” Too bad for me...

Today’s Major League Baseball draft brought back memories for me of the only MLB draft that had any personal significance. Forty years ago m...