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Sunday, August 14, 2005

When Teachers Won't Teach and Schools Won't Make Them

David Broder is on the watch this day, even when the rest of us are taking the last weekend of summer to reflect on our lives. He commented to the Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, of the response by administrators and teachers to a report on "No Child Left Behind"....a survey for the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 13, 2005

It should not be that old age is a frightening and savage experience.......

I slept this morning as if I were hybernating. These two days of shopping for back to school clothes, having family night and then keeping up with my regular life, such as it is, had worn me out. So, today I have called in sick. I'm staying home. I had to take the girls to work, and I have to pick... Sign in to see full entry.

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I will say this. I have a new favorite actress. Kate Hudson!

And now a word about Kate Hudson. First this week, I saw Kate Hudson on David Letterman. This was my first exposure to her. I passed over several of her movies because they were not in my genre, and now I think I'll go back and see a few of them. She is a great actress and a great looker. After a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 12, 2005

What am I saying? These are the best years of my life.

Spent the day getting school clothes for my darling Caity. We walked ourselves into a tizzy at the mall, re-aquainted ourselves with old friends we never knew, and spent an inordinate time in the lost and found section -- backtracking until we found her purse and cell phone. Whew! But I truly... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

nothing more than a mild case of obsessive / compulsive disorder

Well, I spent the afternoon watching "Aviator". It is the story of Howard Hughes. Very long, more than three hours, but very well done. I think it was the best film I've seen so far. The history was interesting; the personality quirks of the man -- nothing more than a mild case of obsessive /... Sign in to see full entry.

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Team Teaching Combines the Ideas, Ideals, Energies & Resources of Two

I had my third meeting yesterday with my new teaching partner. She is a very high-energy gal from the New York area. Like me she has some fatal flaw that attracts her to working for the underpriviledged poverty children, large numbers of non-native English speaking minorities. Her first job was in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2005

Why do our lives have to be filled with more trauma and suffering as we age

I was shocked to hear about Ca88andra's mother passing. We had a mother die in our little circle this summer. My daughter's best friend was nearly alone in this world, excepting for her mother. They were very close, as they were included in a his/hers mixed family. I feel particularly protective of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 8, 2005

Consigliori's own mother shouting, "hit him again, the piece of shit!"

Over the weekend, in between taking kids to work and picking them up, I watched four movies. One on HBO and three on Directv. The HBO movie I watched was "The Day After Tomorrow". I had heard about this movie from watching the Weather Channel. They made a big deal out of how the weather can affect... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 3, 2005

Metaphorical slavery in modern times......................................

Well, tonight was the "family night" I had promised youngest daughter. She had told me "Dad, you're the only family I have and you stay in the basement all the time, sleeping or blogging". So I responded that we could make a plan to do something together. We went to the movies tonight. We saw The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Yesterday was school supplies day. I was picked up by my elder daughter who now has found happiness living with her mom. The three of us went shopping for school supplies. Calculators for a hundred dollars? "I have to have it Dad, if I'm going to take Algebra 2." Ok, no complaints! It was great... 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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