> We are suffering from a considerable case of Spring Fever in my Civics class today. I teach
> twenty-eight students, of whom perhaps three are diligently working. Here in Canada, we are
> celebrating Victoria Day on Monday, so it's our first long week-end since Easter. In the specific
> part of Canada in which I live, it's referred to colloquially as the "May 2 - 4 Weekend" - a
> reference, in part, to the grand tradition of opening the cottage for the summer and enjoying a
> case of beer while doing so.
>
> The weather is lousy outside - cold, rainy, and about 8 degrees C, but we're all without focus,
> anticipating week-end plans, and praying the weather will improve. The teachers are just as bad as the students. Heck, we're probably worse. One guy sang "Echo Beach" all through lunch, and now it's running through my head.
>
> *Sigh* It's only Thursday.
>
> Is anyone else in the world suffering from the same ailment? Most folks I talk to have already
> been through this, and are well on their way to summer. How about Rinkies in the Southern
> Hemisphere? Is there an autumn equivalent?
>
> te "exhibiting off-task behaviour, and needs to focus on her work more" ach

When I was teaching, summer started when the final report card went out and the kids spilled out the door for the last time.

But now, it begins when the garden goes out. So summer is old stuff now. The potatos have little spuds under them. We are eating spinish salad. The birds completely cleaned the cherry trees. (I didn't get a single cherry, but the birds are happy.) The beans and corn are tall enough for that first tilling and except for a few tomato plants, everything is planted.

Spring begins with the Southeastern Cushman Club spring meet and fall begins with the fall meet. Winter begins in August when the Christmas stuff goes on display. Yep. I think I have the seasons all figured out.
Howard