Toy soldiers make the best guards – they are completely loyal, don’t need to be fed and don’t require any monetary compensation.

Today’s Gratitude Item: Enthusiastic students. This year I have a group of 11th grade students who badly wanted to take my subject last year but couldn’t. Now that they finally get to take my class they are very excited. A large group of them turned up really early for their first class of the year and got straight into the work – it was incredible.