Sorry about your kid, Darth Lefty. I'm gearing up to call parents for the first time to talk about behavior.

Speaking of shorts, one of my colleagues -- a man -- is wearing shorts today. I want to wear shorts, too, but my own tendencies or beliefs or whatever won't let me show up to work in them. I do need to change my values or whatever they are because I'm the only one in the school who wears a tie. I wonder what. message people are getting from that. What is a good way for a male teacher to dress in a public school?

And yes, I wear a tie while riding a bike in the city. Sometimes the people I pass on the street laugh, and I'm cool with that