A Soldier and His Family In Need

I know I've been neglecting this blog, but since mid-terms I've been behind on my class work. I was taking a mental break from some papers tonight when I ran across this article on Michelle Malikn's blog.

As if things aren't tough enough for our soldiers, his wife is dying of cancer and will leave him with young children to care for. As if that isn't enough, his insurance doesn't cover hospice care. His wife wants to stay at home where she can be with her children and husband until the end, but they have to pay for it out of pocket.

Anyone out there who can help, please either donate here. As a fundraiser they are also auctioning on eBay a Buzz Patterson 3 book set with a personal message from Mr. Patterson to the winning bidder. Great books going for a good cause, so please bid early and bid often.

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Vacation!

Wow, can you tell last week was mid-terms? What a long week that was. I went to visit my parents and watch my younger brother play football over the weekend. Now I have two whole days off. I get to put in extra hours at work. This is nice cause I need the hours. What I really want to do though, is sleep.

As is my usual custom, I read news while waiting for the kids to get ready for school (no vacation for them!). I also wandered through some blogs and I saw this story on the forgiveness shown by the Amish. Now I have mixed feelings on this one. I do feel that there are times when forgiveness is the best path, however, I do not believe 9/11 is one of those. Telling the extremists "We forgive you." is not going to make them decide that we're not so bad after all and they shouldn't hate us. Not gonna happen. If only the answer to that dilemma was so simple.

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I did it!

Well I made it through my first teaching experience. I'd like to thank Polski3 for the words of wisdom and encouragement. I feel that it went pretty well. We were supposed to have a 20 minute lesson and mine was 15 at a stretch, so I need to work on accurately timing lessons when I plan them. I needed to better engage my fellow students in the lesson. I basically did a lecture with power point, which I'm sure would be appropriate from time to time, but I need to give the students a reason to participate in the lesson so they better understand and retain the knowledge. During these lessons we critique each other, and I got lots of positive comments on poise and clarity. I had statements that I had good presence, control, and authority in the room. Once I started my lesson, I wasn't really nervous except when I realized that it was going to be short. One person stated that I needed to have more enthusiasm during the lesson, so that is something I need to work on for next time. Like I said I think it went well considering it was my first time, and I got lots of good comments on what I did well and what I need to work on. Thanks again Polski3 for your encouragement.

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Now teach

Today I teach. It's just in front of my peers, and it's only for about 20 minutes, but I'm extremely nervous. This is where I really figure out if this is a profession I can do. I woke up at 3:15 this morning after I had a dream that I missed class. I'm a wreck and I really hope I get it all pulled together in time. Wish me luck.

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I never claimed to be a genius

I'm not a genius like Darrin but I did pretty darn good if I do say so myslef...
7/9 Intellect
You are 65% knowledgable and 84% intellectual.
My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 59% on knowledge

You scored higher than 72% on intellect

*The first time I posted this I spelled genius wrong...lol

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This may not be professional but....wtf?!?

Has the world gone completely mad? In the last week there have been three major school shootings. First the psycho in Colorado who took teenage girls hostage and killed one before shooting himself. Then there was the whiny baby freshman in Wisconsin who didn't like being teased in school so he shot and killed his principal. And last but certainly not least the evil bastard who took over an Amish school, held the girls (some as young as 6)hostage, and opened fire on them, killing at least three, before he offed himself.

What is with the grown men shooting school girls. Wait, I guess I can't really call these wastes of flesh men. No man would ever traumatize or murder girls. The real men are the police and SWAT teams trying to save those poor girls.

And as for the kid in Wisconsin...where were this kid's parents?? Why didn't they teach him right from wrong?

I am both sickened and saddened.

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