Morning of the fifth day of state testing in my school today. Everyone is exhausted, teachers and students and security and admins. I'm on hall duty, just observing the lovely humanity of teachers greeting the kids, fist bumps and hugs and quiet words of encouragement, taking on the task of loving other people's children through a rough week in the middle of a rough year in a rough world. The kind of kindness that test scores and data will never manage to capture, but I am so grateful for my career and colleagues today.