One of the units was on home decoration (!) and a colour wheel was given with what colours were good for what purpose that the kids were supposed to memorize. I forget what they all were, but I remember that blue was supposed to be calming.
So, there was a test and one of the questions was: your friend is very upset about what's happening in his life and can't sleep. What colour would you suggest he paint his room?
Lukas answered "yellow." His reason was that yellow was such a cheerful colour, his friend would feel better. The teacher said no, the answer was blue because it was restful.
Lukas was furious and so was I, but he was of an age when he was starting to fight his own battles so I don't think I intervened. In the end he got
part credit because his reasoning was good, as I remember, but I think his point is very well taken: yellow is cheerful.
Given the long string of sad and troubling news this week--the Nice craziness, attempted coup in Turkey, Trump and Hillary neck and neck in the polls, and the list goes on--we're all in need of some cheerfulness. So here are yellow day lilies which conveniently are in bloom in my back yard right now in hopes that they will make you feel better enough to continue the fight.
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