I did not realize I haven’t posted in a week. Where have I been?? Oh, that’s right, working. I’m a teacher. It’s been a good week and hopefully it will keep up that way. I find myself in an interesting position. In companies I’ve worked in I’ve been one of the most technologically talented people. [...]

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Next Tuesday I embark on my new career.  It’s so very exciting and scary at the same time.  It’s something that I’ve thought of doing for years and now to be facing the moment is so incredibly exciting.  I’m on the verge of a big change and I really can’t wait to see what the [...]

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since I posted??   How exactly did that happen?? I’ve been updating my other blogs and really thought I had posted here a couple of times.  That’s how tired I’ve been.  I was busy helping rescue some dogs and cats from a hoarder.  I wrote all about it over at Feather, Fur, and Fins you can [...]

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I kind of was a bum today.  This morning I played around on the computer for awhile…. then I took the dogs to the dog park…..then I worked out….. then I showered and got dressed…..then I sat and read a magazine……then I ate lunch……It was one of those days that just kind of drifted away.  [...]

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Writing lesson plans are harder then you think.  Or harder then I thought they would be.  I thought you decide what you want to teach them, lay it all out, teach them and that’s that.  Ummmm…..not quite.  You have to make it interesting and exciting, you have to make sure they understand it, you have [...]

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Well, that’s not technically true but I’m going with it for now.  I’ve explained before that to be a teacher you have to take a series of tests that start with math, reading, and writing; next is content knowledge so they know you are master of your subject; then there’s pedagogy which shows you know [...]

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Evolution: a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage. I think that’s happening to me.  When I first started blogging it was all for me.  I didn’t care if I had any readers or got any comments.  That went on for almost a year.  Then slowly I started visiting other blogs [...]

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I’ve just been super, super busy. Teaching summer school during the day, going to a class 4 nights a week, papers to grade and write, yikes!! Not much time for fun stuff at all. But there is only 3 more days of summer school left, so that should ease up just a bit. I then [...]

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Well, that’s what it’s been like on Craigslist here.  This started back on Tuesday and it just gets better and better everyday.  Here is the first posting in it’s entirety: MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY BARK IN THE PARK (All of Hawaii) Date: 2009-06-30, 12:49PM HST According to MHS CEO Jocelyn Bouchard on her radio show today, [...]

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