The Writing on the Wall

Today, I joined my daughter's mixed-age 4th & 5th grade class on a walking field trip to the Baltimore School for the Arts where they toured arts classrooms and studios and were greeted with a small gallery of student artwork as exposure and an opportunity to treat their community as a learning classroom. Pleased with the great weather spent out walking, I take leave of the class to begin 'storytelling' to pass their final 45 minutes of the school day. As I unlock my bike to begin my downhill trip home, I spy the following graffiti on the wall:

It's easy to feel good about my kids' educational environment when this is the writing on the wall.

Baltimore City Public Schools: Subvert reality!