Oh. Just two more things*:

1. I guess I should be glad that the vast majority of the papers are literate. The students, even if their critical-thinking skills aren't perfect, CAN at least write coherent sentences. And some of the papers are pretty well organized. And some of them did find decent research - even if I don't necessarily accept that something tried in Sweden will work as well here, or that eliminating a few cupcakes at school will undo the harm of a large many meals from a drive-through window, still, they did go looking for stuff.

2. I decided to order an electric kettle from Amazon. Found one that was cheaper and yet nicer (in terms of features) than the one I rejected at the Mart of Wal. It should arrive Tuesday.

Amazon "Prime" is one of the best investments in my own happiness that I ever made.

Probably I should also consider getting a second water-filtration pitcher to filter the tap water; it seems very hard in this building.

(* I may wear a rumpled trench coat but I will never carry around an unlit cigar. And yeah, I've been known to dig around in my pockets looking for notes I wrote to myself.)