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Saturday, August 2, 2008

HAS YOUR PHYSICIAN CHECKED FOR TRIGLYCERIDES LEVEL?

I went back for my regular annual physical a week after my trip to campus. On campus I noticed two things: tastier foods and loss of power in my legs. I decided to fight it by choosing from the ESSENTIALS bar instead of the salad bar. Lasagna, mashed potoes, rice, pork loin etc. Ha! I went back to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

IF BATMAN IS BETTER THAN THIS, WELL THEN I HAVE TO GO SEE IT!

TONIGHT'S shopping trip for school clothes, and the calamarie at the Cheesecake Factory, were merely preludes to the first movie I've seen since 'Butterfield Eight". Hancock, starring Will Smith and Charleze Theron, is a perfect metaphor for my marriage. I'll let you be the judge and I won't spoil... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 28, 2008

SHOCKING FAILURE OF AMERICAN TEACHER EDUCATION, PT. 4

I was so happy to have my school mate with me when these comments were made: "...some teachers feel sorry for Newcomers and just give them an 'A'. But then later when they have mastered a few phrases, they think, well, they should be able to do academic study so I'll give them a 'B'. Then the next... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 27, 2008

SHOCKING FAILURE OF AMERICAN TEACHER EDUCATION, PT. 3

During my wonderful trip to campus this last week, it was announced that among us were the Chinese students spending their last week, of four, before going back to China. Exchange students. I wondered if I had seen them, or if I would get an opportunity for a cultural exchange of my own. I never... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 26, 2008

SHOCKING FAILURE OF AMERICAN TEACHER EDUCATION pt. 2

Yesterday I wrote about my wonderful week on the UNI campus. I told TC, my teacher mate for the week, that when she was around -- nearly the entire week -- that I was positively euphoric. I was. And that when she splintered off to classes I could not bear to sit through again, that I was merely... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 25, 2008

THE SHOCKING FAILURE OF AMERICAN TEACHER EDUCATION IN 2008

I started last night to write about my week and collapsed in a heap on the bed. I was just too tired. My school mate and I follwed the mid-summer advice of our superiors and went to the weeklong conference at the University of Northern Iowa. It focused on English as a Second Language. True, much of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 19, 2008

The Last Barack Obama Joke

Maureen Dowd of the New York Times wrote this week's weekly about how Obama hasn't been satyrized, or isn't being. Her research has produced a few opinions. Namely, he isn't bumbling or stupid. People in audiences like him and therefore do not want to see him tripped up. So, she published a joke put... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Most of it Is True, What They Say, But Don't Shoot the Messenger! I do need a lot of attention. I went through a decade or two in my thirties and forties when I would not say a word unless called upon, at AA meetings, staff meetings at school, etc. I used to be a parttime loudmouth, parttime... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

JUST AN OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG

THIS IS MY FIRST OFFICIAL POST -- NO SECOND -- NO THIRD -- ON THE WIRELESS LAPTOP. dO YOU HAVE THIS PROBLEM? iT'S hard to know where the keys are...caps lock goes on at will, hit the shift key and you skip a line.? Also, when you're wireless, you want to type in the dark living room in front of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Geek Squad Alert

Thanks to those of you who helped with your clicks, to buy the new laptop. We have gone wireless. But I will say "leave it to the Geek Squad". We attempted to set up a wireless router purchased from TARGET. It was a no-go. But TARGET will give you your money back. I had to dig a little to come up... Sign in to see full entry.

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Traditonal life in American mainstream education. Area of concentration -- English as a Second Language. My take on the issues and "what really works" (when my kids let me log on).

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