Farewell Block Four

Brain cancer is...

 

...saying, "Farewell, Block Four!"

On August 22, 2017 (click here), Darrell helped me set up my classroom to teach Block 4 Math Methods at a school site in Yorba Linda.  Today, while he was setting up my computer for the last day of class, I took the shot, above.  It's our last playground view from Glenknoll School. 

In August, we knew that Darrell's efforts would be worth it.  Everyone works.  We knew that Block 4 would be awesome.  But I didn't know how they would be so great.  Now I know that block 4, too, is battling cancer in their lives. They, too, are dealing with death.  They are struggling to pay the bills. 

...And all the while they are living life out loud.  Together we learned that "if we aren't struggling, we aren't learning."  We learned that making mistakes is "failing forward."  We learned that, in the end, all we have is each other.

But MOSTLY we learned that Wednesday 1:30 p.m. = Islands.

Block Four ROCKS! 

Promising Practices in GBM Treatment

A recent study  (click here) found that the Zika virus, which is horribly cruel to unborn children, is equally cruel to GBM cells in mice.  Human trials are years away, but Big D can just hang tough until then, right Team D?