Very busy! Both students and teachers were going full speed without a
break all day. Students had classes and field trips to presidential
memorials this morning. Teachers went to breakfast and lecture. Teachers
heard from former congressman and Agriculture secretary and present head
of the Motion Picture Association, Dan Glickman. He did a great job
explaining the similarity between being a congressman, cabinet member and
president of Motion Picture Association (That why they pay him the big
bucks). He made the point that only in the U.S. can a sitting president
have a a critical movie made about his life. Later, I
asked him, "The motion picture business has a reputation for being
controlled by the so called, "liberal elites". Do you thing that conservative and
traditionally minded film producers, directors, and writers get a fair
shake in Hollywood or is it really all about the money, sex, and dishing
dirt on Republican presidents?". He surprised me with quite a long answer.
He said that the top ten percent of Hollywood people may be left-leaning
but "this has been true in the entertainment business for the last
2,000 years since Jesus Christ."
Wow!
After that, the chaperons split up. I went to the Smithsonian museum of
American History. Terrific! Saw the original John Bull train, Abraham
Lincoln's top hat, and best of all, the ruby slippers worn in the Wizard
of Oz. Chaperons met and went to the concert, thinking we would meet the
students. Students spent the afternoon at the concert. Most arrived back at
the hotel around 7:00, exhausted but talking about how exciting it was to
see PE Obama and hear stars like Beoncee and Bruce perform live (Who is
this Beoncee?) Students went to their 9:00 class. (I’m sure they are
thinking, “Class on Sunday night? What’s up with that!)
Students and teachers are encouraged to post comments and pictures on the
following sites: bulldog close up blog at blogger site, Twitter.com
(whatever that is!), DecaturEDtv, and both the Decaturmetro and Indecatur blog sites.
Enjoy the pics.

Tomorrow is another big day- Students have classes and go to the war
memorials, teachers go to a choice of several sites. I will check in with
all students during breakfast.