100 Day Project — Finished Well, I do have to admit defeat – at least in terms of being able to blog for 100 days in a row. I made it to 66 days spread over about 90 days (including weekends). I learned a lot. I learned I do have something to write about – [...]
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100 Day Project – Day 62 – 11:30 am One of the workshops I went to at the NEFDC Conference recently was a workshop on creating syllabi of interest. While there are several sections I must put in, I have a good deal of leeway about the rest. Although I learned that at some institutions, [...]
100 Days Project Day 11 – Take Two Not that anyone is reading my posts, but I realized that I miscounted already! As I recommend to my Student Success class students, organization is the key to everything; so take away is that I need to pre-number a calendar and that way I’ll keep track of [...]
Tags: file cabinets·learning·office·organization·teaching·working from home
“All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant’s revolving door.” — Â Albert Camus Another school year begins for me today — and for so many more over the next few days. I hope, as a teacher, that I support [...]
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As the media is covering from every angle, we have reason to be mourning a very important man today.  There is much much coverage, and many many articles. I would like to steer you to just one that will remind us of the champion this man was to the children of America: the children, the [...]
Tags: Children·Mr. Rogers·No Child Left Behind·Senator Edward Kennedy
“If a teacher is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.” Kahil Gibran I’m not going to go run and hide because I’m catching some heat. I’m not going to stay at home and pout.  Andy Roddick These [...]
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Isn’t that what everyone is talking about these days? Although, if you’re not talking money, you’re talking Presidential campaign (I would hope so anyways!). But, I’m certainly talking about money. But to tell you the truth, since the late 90s when my husband and I had some really rough economic times, we’ve been living on [...]
What a great day! Sitting and listening at conferences is always somehow wearying and exhilarating at the same time! Today’s lectures started with two that were really a pair as they were presented by the authors of a great new book about a particular Shaker collector couple: Book: Gather up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker [...]
Tags: Hancock Shaker Village·Shaker
Just a brief note between hamburgers to say Happy Birthday to the country we live in! On our travels we met some really interesting people who were always interested in the US, the people, and our opinions of world events. On several occasions, people asked if we would like to talk about our country’s politics, [...]
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It’s at moments such as this that I begin to understand those who believe in being blessed by a Higher Power. Hubby and I just returned from a meeting with our lawyer and accountant. We have assets that need protecting, and other people whose careers it is to know how to do that for us. [...]
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