I know I have probably explained how close we live to the middle school, high school, and district offices... but for all of you who have never been by the house before... this story will give you a little perspective.

Our backyard is only fenced on two sides. We actually have an alley that runs behind our house and is the entrance to our driveway which is in the backyard. It's nice because the alley is not paved after our backyard... so no other cars drive behind our house. No cars is great... but foot traffic is another issue. The middle school and high school kids can shave a little time off their walk by cutting through the alley and our backyard. That means that at about 7:30am and 3:30pm we have anywhere from 15 to 30 kids walking in our yard. It's not a huge deal (especially since a couple of the guys that live here now used to do the same thing)... but can be a little annoying at times. Now to the story... Yesterday, Dan was upstairs getting ready for school. He started down the stairs to get his stuff and noticed one of his students in our side yard throwing a stick at our neighbor's dog. From the kitchen I could hear Dan pounding on the window for the kid to stop. His next stop was the front porch where he stopped the kid to ask what in the world he was doing. I've never taught... but I can imagine that teachers probably don't like having to have "talks" with their students (in their front yard) first thing in the morning.