I was able to read through chapter 15 of Basara last night before I went to bed (and I was in bed before 11pm!). Here are some of my thoughts concerning what I've read so far.

I appreciate the fact that this manga does not glorify war or try to make it seem easy to throw a revolution. War is gruesome, ugly, horrible, *insert other descriptive ( Read more... )

My elementary school students are getting anxious for the end of school, and it starting to wreak havoc in my classes. However, I randomly found a new game that my 5th and 6th graders really enjoy. Lately, my 6th graders have been raiding the props for the Cradle Roll class that are stored in my classroom, and some of these props include fake fruit ( Read more... )