The Busy Life of a Single Mom

Today while visiting with some of my seniors, I thought about how different we are from many parts of the country. We are a long way from deer season, but my boys were already talking about the next season and the process they were already following to make sure the “big one” would be by their stands this year. We had down time today as the younger students were completing state standardized tests so I looked with them on the Internet for the “right supplies,” and we compared products and prices. It acutally ended being a worthwhile assignment as we made charts and really compared prices and products in depth and thus studied a wise decision making process. This is what I love about teaching (and what I wish I could do more of) - building on students interests and experiences to teach them real life skills.

I was fascinated to find that the kids decided on a “local” place as their best option for a Game Feeder - local meaning in Texas. I was impressed at their prices (remember I know little about hunting), and the students were impressed at the product. Texas Hunter apparently sells high quality products that impressed my hunters.

I love days like today - not that I really needed to know much about what you do in April to prepare for deer season or even the best place to buy hunting supplies, but because I really do think my students learned a little about about wise shopping (maybe a lesson that young males do not usually learn in high school from their English teacher).