Summary: Shawn and Troy go through the process of using AI to create a chatbot for special education students. Dave gets the picture of storybooks.  Jokes: Time flies like an arrow, Fruit flies like a banana Them: Name as many animals as you can in one minute Me: (Pointing at the squirrels out the window) Gerald, Billie, Andrew, Jon— Them: No that’s not what I meant Me: Well maybe you should have said what you meant Ordered “How to Accept Rejection” online.  They never shipped it. I just bought a new television remote control with fifty buttons. I was quite surprised they allowed me to pay with buttons. I threw away a permanent marker the other day. Today it showed up on my desk again with the word “permanent” slightly bigger and underlined I give respect to everyone that I meet. It’s up to them to keep it. Middle School Science Minute   by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) K12Science Podcast:  Middle School Picture – Books I was recently reading the September-October 2025 issue of “Science Scope”, a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the section, “Interdisciplinary Ideas” written by Katie Coppens.  She wrote an article entitled, “Enhancing Understanding Through Science-Themed Picture Books.” Embedding a high-interest, science-themed picture book into a unit enh