Last night we watched the first three hours of "The Private Lives of Plants" with Sir David Attenborough on TBS. It is an incredible series, and especially timely since Lajean just finished a plants series. Now if we were betting people, we'd guess that most of the class didn't see the show, but they will, because they'll get to see it on tape. So the point is:

there really is some television content that is entertaining and educational, and it might help you in class as well. So force yourself to dust off that instruction manual for the VCR and learn to program the thing. We know you can, because you're a teacher! (By the way, the program is scheduled for rebroadcast twice in October for our area; check your listings for showtimes.)