Dear Dedicated Students: Above is a pic of your committed teacher taking it to a man nearly half his age at a recent Cyclo-Cross race held on Saturday, October 6th. Actually, the sad truth is that I started well and even lead the race for the first half or so, but "fell apart" toward the end of the race and finshed in 7th place in a field of about 30 racers. Yet, I tried hard and did about as well as possible, considering this race in Milaca represents my 20th race of the season. My legs are starting to feel the weight of the fatigue that comes with the end of the long racing season and most probably only have one or two races left in them before they start an all out rebellion. I plan to rest in the second half of November and start training hard again in December. Can anyone ask anymore? Get fired up for the BIG TEST on Chapter 2...involving aspects of the Constitution, current political news, current political lexicon, and aspects of McLaughlin. The week shapes up as follows: Monday: McLaughlin; Tuesday & Wednesday: Computer lab working on the Text website; Thursday ? (I need to think about this); Friday: Review for test. Test will be on Tuesday the following week....Itz gonna be a great week!!!