For the folks who haven’t seen it yet, here’s Brooke’s story.
Brooke’s Story
For the folks who haven’t seen it yet, here’s Brooke’s story.
A View From the Schoolhouse
For the folks who haven’t seen it yet, here’s Brooke’s story.
So Tuesday night and tonight were the nights when Beacon does Open House — where we invite all the 8th graders who want to come to Beacon to visit with their parents. It’s a ton of work to put it all together, and I’ve been right in the middle of that work for the last two weeks.
Tuesday night was good… the turnout was lower than we’d hoped due to the weather and other open houses throughout the city. We probably had about 750 people there. So we thought tonight might be a lot bigger. Personally, I was thinking 900-1000. I think we were closer to 1200 tonight. Wow.
But what makes these evenings so amazing is not the size of the crowd, but rather the ability to do three things: 1) To be able to step back and think and talk about what it is we do everyday. It’s so easy to get caught up in what we do that we don’t think about it enough — even with blogging. And whenever I’m able to step back and think and talk about what it is we do at Beacon, I am always reinvigorated and amazed at how much we all accomplish. 2) I love getting to listen to my colleagues talk about what we do. Everyone’s energy and passion for Beacon just comes through, and I always am reminded of what amazing people I work with. 3) Our students just step up and remind us that the proof of what we do is in them. They can’t wait to talk about Beacon, help get the school ready, and just show their pride in what we do. And they are eloquent powerful spokepeople for the continuing experiment that is Beacon.
It’s easy to forget how proud we should be that we work at or go to Beacon. Days like tonight remind us.
Now onto the next task.
8:31: Johnny Damon really doesn’t look good with that hair and beard. And what was a really nice first batter by Brown turned into a seeing-eye single for Boston. I feel like they have had more success with two strikes than any team I can remember. I would love to hear a stat about how they have done with two strikes this series.
8:37: This is not the first inning I wanted. Couldn’t we have had a six pitch, three ground-out inning? I really think this could be one of those career-defining moments for Kevin Brown or Derek Lowe. Both are capable of brilliant games or total shellings.
8:39: YOU ARE OUT! YES! Matsui, Jeter and Posada make the first statement of the game!
8:40: David Ortiz makes the second statement of the game. It was very emphatic. Uh oh.
8:48: I really wanted Jeter to lead off with a homer. Or at least a single.
8:52: Wow… Yankees looked rather feeble in that first inning.
9:03: Brown does not look sharp. Vasquez is already warming up. This game really is going to be about who brings the magic.
9:07: Brown walks the bases loaded. Torre pulls the trigger. Brown is out. Vasquez is in. And the ooky feeling in the pit of my stomach just got worse.
9:09: My friend Eric’s bank account just grew again. He’s the bald guy that the customer climbs on in the new AOL commercial. It just showed for the first time tonight. Think he’s happy that this commercial has been on seemingly every inning of this series? He’s got more money to wager in poker, that’s for sure.
9:11: Johnny Damon hits a grand salami, and I’m taking a break from blogging. But before I go, I’ll just say that I think Torre may have outmanaged himself this series by not having enough faith in pitchers at various points in the series. (Tom Gordon being the best example.) This may have been another example of that.
10:42: My last comment — Jeter is the only Yankee who has come to play tonight. He is still hustling. No matter what, he is a fitting Yankee captain.