Day 17- "Hey Mom, I find it interesting that you refer to the Weekly World News as "The paper." The paper contains facts" So I Married An Ax Murderer

Today felt like a Monday, and I'm not sure why. My best guess is because we had a game last night, and we only have one game year (outside of tournaments) we play during the week that aren't on Tuesday or Thursday, and since we have two practices before our next game, it felt like a Monday. If you can at all follow that sideways logic, then you are messed up as I am.

Today was a red day, which meant the start of a new "cycle" with my classes. In my senior classes, we discussed reliable sources, both print and electronic. We had some interesting discussions on what could be trusted, on what couldn't, and I even told them of a few instances where legit news agencies had been duped by people (see Sarah Phillips at ESPN). I have to be really diligent with my students about making sure they know what they find online isn't always true. They have grown up with the internet, and where I took trips in school to a library to learn how to research, they just pull out their phones and head to Wikipedia. I actually had a student tell me she would always use Wikipedia because it takes too much time to go anywhere else. Its alleged that I said good luck getting a good grade in this class (My filter may have been malfunctioning during that period). They are growing up in an instant society, and they don't get that even getting the correct information takes work. I believe they were more than a little surprised at how search engines work and filter the information we are given. We had a good discussion on what makes a source credible, and they seemed to really understand that. Tomorrow we will assess it and find out for sure.

I should have graded tonight, but I'm too tired. I would not be able to effectively grade essays tonight, and since I'm feeling snarky, well, it wouldn't have been a good idea. I need sleep, and a day off. As any teacher knows, planning for a day off is twice as hard as actually missing a day of school, so that really isn't an option. Maybe I'll sleep tonight, and not feel like Tyler Durden tomorrow.