School Lesson: My Can Is To Tag The...

My oldest son's teacher gave me this picture to show me what he was learning in school. She took a great picture. Here Raed is posing in his classroom next to a bulletin board. He was being taught a spelling or reading lesson in school. As is typical in grade school in second grade the children were being taught high frequency words. Notice that the words on the board say, "my can is to tag the." I am glad he recognizes these words. These words are used quite often in books. Obviously, this sentence is incomplete. How would you finish this sentence? I would say, "My can is to tag the wall with my spraypaint creating beautiful graffiti." CHETA

Chicago Police Department's Mexican Grito on Northside

This morning I attended a breakfast celebration for Mexico’s Independence. Just last Tuesday September 15, 2009 a crowd of Mexican celebrants gathered down Lawrence Avenue starting at Kimball Avenue and ending at Pulaski Road. Later that evening CPD squad cars and paddy wagons blocked off Lawrence Avenue between Kimball Avenue and Central Park. CPD police officers threatened to arrest any reveler who walked across the street. At 9:45 p.m. the cops finally made everyone leave saying it was curfew. Curfew means that children under the age of 17 have to be off the Chicago streets by 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. on weekends. There were many adults out that night and the crowd was gathered on the sidewalk not the streets. This is how we hold honor in Chicago, I guess.