Took a drive today with the wife, we went to walk in downtown Knoxville around Market Square. I can't remember when the weather was that perfect. Yesterday we went up to the Cumberland Gap and drove up to the lookout. The view was fantastic. For both days I got to thinking about what I do for a living, teach math in high school. 25 years so far, but I didn't start right out of school, I worked in private industry for about ten years after I got out of the Navy, then went back to get my degrees. All this time I thought I would teach past retirement, and told myself when it wasn't fun anymore, I would find something else. Well, it isn't fun anymore. Parents don't hold their kids accountable. Administration caters to them. Kids are hyper-sensitive, and most don't seem to care. I have noticed that teachers don't care anymore either. That cracking sound you hear is my heart breaking. It's such a shame. You work the majority of your whole life and realize you haven't made the difference you thought you would. I often think of Johann Sebastian Bach, one of my heroes. On his deathbed he is purported to have said: "Forgive me, my God, my only hope was to educate them."