College and Quidditch

Really, I heard that there was a "sports" team at the local high school that plays this imaginary Harry Potter game, kids running with their (flying) broomsticks between their legs. The girls that made the announcements in the morning were scolded for giggling when announcing this sport and their practice times.

Now, I am reading the New York Times and this article from Lauren Edelson, from Portland, Oregon, mentions the disturbing phenomenon.

Middle School Bullying

Wow. I volunteered for a committee at a middle school, on an "anti-bullying" committee and it was not what I expected. For one thing, we watched a video called, "Let's Get Real" and it blew my mind. Anyone who watches this powerful documentary will remember a time and place that they were either picked on, or picked on someone else. I then missed a committee meeting, so they put me in charge of the art poster contest. Whew! Too many hours of my slow computer time, and what an amazing result. Here are a couple of close-ups of the students poster art.