The other day as I stepped out of my classroom I was ambushed by a group of students. They were all seniors. They wanted me to become coach of the Academic Challenge Bowl team. We sat in my room and talked about it. There are five of them. I made a deal with them. If they each recruit one or two underclassmen I will be the coach.

So there I am, a coach. We will have an organizational meeting next week. We will begin fund raising for the trip to the nationals in Orlando next June. They only had one request for fund raising. No car washes.

I know we will gel pretty well. One of them noticed a Dalek I have on a shelf in the corner of the room. She too is a Dr. Who fan. Then one of them asked about Talk-Like-A-Pirate day and I was able to tell them the date. They were very pleased.