Squid Hat
Anytime that anyoen is that upclose and personal with a squid...its a bad situation.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
I vote for art
coolest website. You vote for your favorite pieces and they end up on the front page to get more exposure. I have browsed and commented on pieces from there before...still cool though.
I Vote For Art
I Vote For Art
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
cereal on the floor.
Its definatly one of those days that things aren't going right.
I am hungry and my cereal I was planning to eat is on my floor.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Starting the seminar
Right now I am sitting in my office hours...and I really need to be working on my seminar, there is just one problem I am scared. That's right..I said it...I am scared of my stinkin seminar. I will get over it. I just need to solidify a game plan.
My boyfriend and I got in an argument about an hour ago on how underpaid teachers are. Currently there is a contract dispute in my school district regarding the wages of district school teachers, and I am going to side with the teachers on this. My Mom taught high school chemistry for over twenty years...for years of my childhood I would go with her to her classroom and play with my toys as she worked on entering grades or setting up labs in the evenings or on weekends. As I got older I helped her with chemicals and organizing the room. My Mom is a smart woman. She has a masters degree in chemistry from Berkley. I still run into people today that had her YEARS ago and said how she had a way of making even chemistry enjoyable. Before she retired she was what it means to be a good teacher. Now she gets to spend her days with her grandchildren and spend time gardening and knitting...all the things that in her thirty years of working never allowed her to do. She didn't have "summers off", she went to conferences, took classes and worked on lesson plans for the year to come. I know not every teacher out there puts the kind of heart that my Mom did into teaching. For someone to talk about how easy teachers have it and to not pay them with an increase that would cover the increase in the cost of living is a huge slap in the face. In a lot of cases these teachers spend more time with the kids than their own parents do. I am not okay with sending my future children to schools with second rate educators because people aren't willing to pay qualified people decent/competitive wages. Its really sad when paying TEACHERS the ones responsible for educating our youth, a 4% raise becomes something the community becomes divided over.
That is my rant for the day.
Now its time to focus on my seminar...I leave you with this.
Seltzer Goods
My boyfriend and I got in an argument about an hour ago on how underpaid teachers are. Currently there is a contract dispute in my school district regarding the wages of district school teachers, and I am going to side with the teachers on this. My Mom taught high school chemistry for over twenty years...for years of my childhood I would go with her to her classroom and play with my toys as she worked on entering grades or setting up labs in the evenings or on weekends. As I got older I helped her with chemicals and organizing the room. My Mom is a smart woman. She has a masters degree in chemistry from Berkley. I still run into people today that had her YEARS ago and said how she had a way of making even chemistry enjoyable. Before she retired she was what it means to be a good teacher. Now she gets to spend her days with her grandchildren and spend time gardening and knitting...all the things that in her thirty years of working never allowed her to do. She didn't have "summers off", she went to conferences, took classes and worked on lesson plans for the year to come. I know not every teacher out there puts the kind of heart that my Mom did into teaching. For someone to talk about how easy teachers have it and to not pay them with an increase that would cover the increase in the cost of living is a huge slap in the face. In a lot of cases these teachers spend more time with the kids than their own parents do. I am not okay with sending my future children to schools with second rate educators because people aren't willing to pay qualified people decent/competitive wages. Its really sad when paying TEACHERS the ones responsible for educating our youth, a 4% raise becomes something the community becomes divided over.
That is my rant for the day.
Now its time to focus on my seminar...I leave you with this.
Seltzer Goods
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