Archive for November 2008
It’s beginning to look….
Posted by: dateacher on: November 30, 2008
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….a lot like Christmas everywhere I go….and yet, I’m so far out of being in a Christmas mood that I am even having trouble writing this blog post. I have many thoughts running around in my head about the “holiday season.”
Every year it seems like the Christmas season begins earlier and earlier. When did it [...]
Thanksgiving Thoughts
Posted by: dateacher on: November 29, 2008
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As another Turkey Day has come and gone, I reflect on:
1) Gratitude = (noun) the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful. I’m grateful for my health, my family, my friends, my home, my job (especially in the wake of so many layoffs) and my dog (people say their children bring joy to their [...]
My Small World
Posted by: dateacher on: November 24, 2008
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Most of us have heard the song It’s a Small World After All, but have you ever stopped to consider just how small the world really is. I’ve been doing this a lot over the last couple days. When friends from my past are friends with friends from my present, I get a little freaked out.
It happened 4 [...]
Losing my religion
Posted by: dateacher on: November 23, 2008
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No it’s not an REM reference….and well, not really – my religion…but I don’t really know how to explain this in a post title any better than that…
I watch a fair amount of TV, but I’ll be honest – it’s a lot of educational or informational programming. I’m a huge music nut, so if there’s something [...]
JFK
Posted by: dateacher on: November 22, 2008
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45 years ago today the 35th President of the United States was assassinated. I remember learning about this in high school history. Every year we’re reminded of the day Kennedy was shot. My parents remember where they were, what they were doing when this happened. Both were at Elon College (NC) – my dad was [...]
Forgetfulness
Posted by: dateacher on: November 21, 2008
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A few days ago I had this great idea for a blog post. Should have written it down then…the old fashioned way, on paper, because now I can’t remember what the idea was. I hate when that happens. I even had paper nearby and said to myself, “I should really write this down cause I’m [...]
A change is coming….
Posted by: dateacher on: November 20, 2008
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Change is inevitable – at least that’s what we’re told. We change clothes, we change the time twice a year, we change the sheets on our beds – I’m changing my teaching style. I’ve been on this job for 4 months now and I’m already making a change, what’s with that?? Well, the first semester [...]
We’re going to let you go.
Posted by: dateacher on: November 14, 2008
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This seems to be a phrase that is going around lately. The unemployment rate is rising and the economy is tossing and turning. Unfortunately it is a fact of life that from time-to-time a person loses a job for all sorts of reasons. I’m just disturbed when a person loses a job because of back-stabbing.
This happened [...]
New Schedules
Posted by: dateacher on: November 13, 2008
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Adapting to change isn’t an easy thing. My dog is still getting used to this whole time change thing. He’s not a big fan of that evening walk in the dark – when before it was light at 6pm. I’m not a big fan of the time change either. It slows me down, makes me [...]
Lost and Found
Posted by: dateacher on: November 12, 2008
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I’ve talked about Facebook on my blog before – about how it seems to suck the time away from me. Well, it may suck time away from me at times, but over the weekend I was singing praises to Facebook. I found a long lost friend!
When I was in second grade, way back in 1977, [...]
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