Today I got to work in my local junior high school, subbing for Mrs. Mast in Science. It's my first time here, and I welcomed being able to walk the half mile to school and back home. Her plans were well done, most of the students were well behanved—better than many schools—and I had no issues at all in the classroom. The students had worksheets and used Chromebooks.

There was, however, a special assembly for the seventh graders, so I dind't have students for a couple of periods. I attended some of hte assembly, but could not tolerate the speaker and decided to try to enjoy my free time, although I spent most of it fuming that a public school would allow such a talk to take place. The speaker was from a Christian organization and was talking about Islam. For the most part, what he said was tolerable, but there were a few things he was saying which were either flat-out lies or misinformation or had that undertone of anti-Muslim bias. There was no Muslim present to provide an alternative view, either. I think that if they had a Muslim speaker along side this man, who I think claimed to be formerly Muslim (but obviously speaking with an agenda), it would have been better. That did not happen, though. I was livid, but kept my thoughts to myself until I got home to belabor my wife with my opinions.

Outside of that, though, it was a decent day.