UNC's affects on my students

It sounds bad for a teacher to say he/she got nothing out of their students today, but today was a day that tested that argument. Last night, UNC played Michigan State in the championship game of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Nearly all the boys in my 10th grade classes love college basketball. I'd say the majority of them are North Carolina fans; with Duke coming a close second. Some of the girls are also fans, but not as many as the boys. Coincidentally, in class participation today, girls outnumbered the boys probably 3:1. Most of the Duke kids watched the game just to see if Michigan State would upset North Carolina. The North Carolina fans, well, you can only imagine what times they went to bed this morning. It made for a long day today. But, North Carolina won, and being a fan myself, it was very entertaining to watch. I even woke Aaron up for the final four minutes, with an agreement that he would go right back to sleep after the game if I took him to the parade.