These five lovely ladies are my Columbia College, Missouri English Composition class. Our last class meeting was last night, so Maria, the gal on the right side of the picture, brought homemade tamales, hot chocolate, and a dessert that I can't remember the name of, but was deeeelicious! They've been so much fun to have in class--five ladies, once a week for five hours at a time, and they were teeerific. Lucky for me, some of them will be in my next eight week session, Comp. 2, that starts on the 22nd. Though I'll be glad to have a break for a couple of weeks from the five hours each Wednesday night.

More to come soon!
The POWERS!!!

TOUGH TEACHER

That's me! One of my adult students is a police officer, and she brought her vest and belt to class the other night for me to try on. Although the gear was heavy to hold, it all felt oddly comfortable once I put it on. A few weeks ago she'd come to class straight from work with her sidearm, and she let me look into the gun's magazine and hold the bullets. It's all very strange. And hopefully it will be my only taste of law enforcement that close to home (and to classs)!