The first graders will do "Rose and Thorn." This is in reference to the song "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." Rose: a pleasant recent memory. Thorn: A memory you can live without. Reflecting on their week, the first graders actually cannot produce a thorn. Everything is amazing all of the time! "My rose," says one child, "is everything. And my ultra-rose is designing a mansion for rich dogs. " (A trend in education is MakerSpace, where all the kids use tin foil and cardboard tubes and dental floss to erect models of world-saving devices. Recently, the first graders have been asking: How can we design spaces for animals in need ? It's unclear why my students have chosen to focus on *rich* dogs, but I suppose rich dogs have needs, just as any other dogs have needs. The design question came from my colleague, whose pug is dying. I find it touching that he has channeled his feelings into a MakerSpace project. He arrives at work stricken, making re...