Interesting day today. In a history class, chances are, something of historical importance is going to take place, of which you toss out the original lesson plan and throw in a new one. Today, I did that. I make it a point to tell the kids to watch some morning news before they come to school every day. Most do that, and so most knew of Sen. Edward Kennedy's death last night upon arriving at school this morning. A lot of kids wanted to talk about that today, so we did. I am aware that my students share different ideologies when it comes to politics, so we didn't bring that to the discussion. One of my kids started leaning that direction, but I drew her back. I pulled up a list of the legislation he's worked on since he took his seat in the Senate, and I'm even amazed at how much he's been a contributing factor to several areas of everyday life. Some of my kids even surprised me with their well-thought out comments. I think we had some good discussions today.