…Because I am entirely too tired for a long one. My best moment so far on this trip has been at the White House. As you may know, there has been a long running continuous protest against nuclear weaponry going on outside the White House for well over 30 years. Upon being told what it was and what was going on, the vast majority of my students virtually ignored the White House to go over and speak with the protester for a while. Some of them even had pictures taken with him, and asked a number of good questions. He talked with my group for nearly 10 minutes while hundreds if not thousands of other people walked past him, scoffed, or otherwise ignored him. And he complimented me personally on how well engaged and polite they were after I had to shoo them away so that we could go to our next place.

I don’t say it enough, but I’m really really proud of my kids.