Once upon a time there were minions. These minions didn't realize the power that they had within their collective. They had the power to vote but they'd been misled by their leaders to think that what they wanted or needed was irrelevant. One day a rumour was heard and it talked about an election. When they asked their leader he told them that they should be satisfied with the status quo and not try to change the way things were run. For some reason their leader's respons

This afternoon a Northern Flicker (a type of woodpecker) flew into my classroom from my open door. It flew in, did a turn and hit the window. It then did another turn and flew to the opposite side of the class and hit the other window. First I had to get the class to be quiet and remain seated as I tried to catch our visitor. Once I caught her, I stepped out and released her. She flew off. I was thankful that she hadn't been injured. Coincidentally, the principal was ou