Lesson 901: Ongoing

 Hello, Readers!

Eloise has returned home from

the first of a long list of grad parties

we've been invited to.

They are so fun

and top the list of my favorite

celebrations to attend.

The parties will be ongoing throughout the summer.

The word ongoing

was popping up all week at school

as I was drafting goals for next year.

The state of PA wants to know 

what exactly,

and how exactly,

and when exactly,

the content will be taught and assessed.

"...ongoing throughout the school year..."

I had to look it up to see if it was hyphenated or not.

ongoing 

it just didn't look right.

It looked like the word gong.

Who likes a gong?

Nobody.

So I tried the on-going version

and that looked worse.

When I got past the look of the word,

I thought about the meaning.

We are all ongoing,

until we aren't.

Then maybe a gong is struck 

somewhere in the heavens,

and that's it--

time is up.

I hope my sound signal from the heavens 

calling me home

is a recess whistle,

because I've spent most of my life in education.

My education is always ongoing.

I continue to learn from Mr. Lamp Post,

my parents and sis,

my children,

from my pets and my plants.

I learn more from my students 

than I can ever teach them.

Learning is always ongoing.

I'm overjoyed that mine will continue

with my free Harvard classes!

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Sam and the Clark Schoolers

got to see their elementary school one last time.

They took their walk through the hallways,

loud with claps and cheers of congratulations,

and elementary-spelled words

wishing them well.

The baseball season has ended for the Huskies,

but the love of the game continues.

Sam and the Slammers will be playing Legion Ball this summer

for Wesleyville Post 571.

If you know baseball,

it is the most fun baseball to play

and so enjoyable to watch.

Two lessons for the week,

one kind of boring

and 

one not.

I found this neat visual--

two words I never thought about that deeply.

Good to know!

My ongoing love for candid photography is continuous--

but is it continually or continuously?

I spotted these two little boys

outside the cabin window last weekend.

Glad Miss Natalie had learned 

to navigate around them.

Enjoy the weekend!

Eloise