picking up from what i said about making this week of school memorable, at least to a larger extent than all the other generic school weeks, i think this line in John King Fairbank's The United States and China aptly sums up what it is that i'm looking for: 

"Consider how, in our own lives, every day is brand new to us, yet we live it as creatures of habit"

that is truly the last thing i want out of this week. 

as i was thinking about PE this morning, it occurred to me that, just as with everything this week, it was the last PE lesson we'd ever be having. 

and what, at least in retrospect, was memorable to me was the fact that my whole class was there, doing the same thing, exchanging courts, partners, opponents with a fluidity that only comes with cohesive familiarity. 

i don't think any other class can boast of anything like that =)