John Valadez on October 21st, 2009

I doubt any adult would look back on their youth and say, “I loved doing homework.” I never did. In fact, I would rush to get my homework completed before I even left class. If we were given a reading assignment, I would skip it; if we were assigned anything that didn’t require handing something [...]

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John Valadez on September 28th, 2009

Fall is upon us. The summer came very gently and left without notice. As the weather begins to change, leaves start to fall and Halloween costume outlets litter vacant store fronts for the next month; the amount of free time with the children is quickly nil. I’m spending the majority of time working, schooling, working [...]

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