As my sabbatical winds down it is time to reflect and collect thoughts from my time spent the fellowship in Estonia. As refreshihg as it was to be away from our pathetic material culture, I am soomewhat releived to return to my cottage, clean the cobwebs, and prepare my mind for a new round of activism. While I was gone I did not miss much among my fellow educators. They continue to bicker about their pet theories and refuse to try on a world view. They are locked into the walls of their self selected prison, that wretched 19th century factory called "school". It's going to take a few days to transcribe my notes and to translate some of the philosophy transcripts I unccovered in Tartu. We don't need more theories, we need effetive research, assessment, and academic rigor. And damn this infernal technology, buy my university is requring online documentation. The things I sell my soul to to.