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You know its weird when you go to a concert and see teachers from your kid's school at the same concert.. Yep, that happened to us last night. We went to the Bon Jovi concert and saw two teachers from Zach's school as we were walking in. Weird.

The concert was really good. Daughtry opened for Bon Jovi and he was pretty good. Bon Jovi did a good mix of new and old stuff which was cool. Probably one of the best songs of the night was when Chris Daughtry came out and sang Blaze of Glory with Bon Jovi. They did a fantastic job. The set was pretty cool too. They had one big screen that was stationary and then four small screens that moved to different positions during the night. The result was even though we had nose bleed seats we could still see things pretty good on the screens.

By the way, I know this is a little late, but what the heck is up with Michael Johns going home on Idol last week?!? There are at least 2-3 people that should have gone home before he did. And speaking of going home, it is about time that Kristy Lee Cook went home! I mean, she is ok and everything, but again.. she stays and Michael Johns goes?!? Well, enough on that topic.

My last comment for the night is a vent session, so bear with me for a few minutes.

Standardized testing.. I realize that schools need some way to determine what level students are at compared to other students and other schools, however, is this really the best way? And how reliable are the results when teachers teach to the test? Don't get me wrong, I love Zach's school and the administration there. I know they are doing what they have to do to meet the no child left behind standards but Zach's classroom has pretty much done nothing but prepare and review for this test for the last 10 days. Does this really present an accurate view of what the students know?

I guess I shouldn't complain because I don't know what the solution is.. I just believe that it is time to take a serious look at this situation to see if we can do better.

I warned you guys that I had to vent for a few! Hope the week is treating everyone well. Talk to ya soon.