in short

The Week (in short): fights, craziness, miracles, exhaustion, breakthroughs, and algebra.

Teachers don't have a reputation for being cool. But seriously, folks, my job is the coolest. I still love/hate it, but this has limited impact on the cool factor. The main contributor to my job's cool factor this week has been teaching my kids some basic algebra skills. Algebra, I should tell you, is my favorite branch of mathematics. So what makes this all so cool (besides the fact that I love me a good linear equation)?

The kids are loving it.