Some days as a reporter you listen to educators paint a bleak picture of the future for Alaska schools when asked about vetoes.

Other days you listen to a story about a retiring teacher who literally wrote her own Yup’ik curriculum in a rural Alaska school district.

Some days.. those are the same day.

I’d implore everyone who sits through our A-block of stories about budget vetoes on Alaska News Nightly tonight to stay tuned in to the end of the show for this story from KDLG 670am/89.9fm’s Christina McDermott.