Posts Tagged ‘expectations’
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Posted by: dateacher on: October 24, 2009
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I feel like I may have written a blog post about this, but it bears repeating especially since it’s a big issue for me this calendar year (will explain). Also, it’s been a while since I blogged and I’ve missed sharing my thoughts on teaching and learning.
So – RESPECT – I am not certain when [...]
Survivor
Posted by: dateacher on: August 28, 2009
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Week 1 is in the books for the 2009-2010 academic year, and I survived! This year is going to be very interesting. I am starting my 3rd semester. I don’t have my safety net this year – who the group I call “my girls.” The first group of students who entered during my first semester [...]
Can you go home? Should you?
Posted by: dateacher on: May 20, 2009
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For those of you who think this may be a post about moving back to where you grew up or going home to visit….sorry, it’s a post about work, returning to a previous place of employment.
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that I currently teach dental assisting courses at the [...]
Giving Up
Posted by: dateacher on: April 5, 2009
The title may confuse you. Recently I’ve been taking stock of my life. Kind of like doing an inventory of what is important. I also recently have had two confrontations that have made this action come under fire from other people. Why might you ask? Well, part of the inventory [...]
“A” for the effort
Posted by: dateacher on: February 20, 2009
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What a timely report on Fox and Friends…self-entitled college student survey. As an instructor on the college level, I see shades of this daily. Are all college students self-entitled? Well, no, but those who are seem to shout louder, complain harder, or just whine more about their situation.
Don’t try to tell me that [...]
Experience
Posted by: dateacher on: February 13, 2009
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So – it’s a month into my second semester teaching dental assisting students. I’m amazed everyday how much I learn from this experience and hope the students are learning too. Some days I wonder about the students….
I have probably blogged about this before, and I will probably blog about this again….but I’m amazed by their [...]
When did it become okay…
Posted by: dateacher on: January 25, 2009
Caution Readers: I am not sure I will be able to get through this post without completely going off on the entire population today – okay, maybe “the entire population” is going a bit too far because I am certain that there are people out there who are cognizant of not doing what I have [...]
On this momentous occasion
Posted by: dateacher on: January 20, 2009
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Seems EVERYONE in this great country in which I live is enjoying the lovefest of Inauguration Day. Being unpatriotic, as I know some have called me today, I avoided every bit of the media coverage of Inauguration Day 2009. Well, okay, for a minute I flipped it to FOX News Channel and saw Dick and [...]
Rethinking the Resolution
Posted by: dateacher on: December 30, 2008
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Third in a series…
In a previous post in this series, I talked about preparing for the new year and how I do not make resolutions because I eventually end up breaking them. Instead, I focus on what went right and try to continue on that path…while trying to change what went wrong. Sometimes this means [...]
All those diet ads…
Posted by: dateacher on: December 29, 2008
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Second in the series….
UGH! It’s only December 29 and I am already SICK & TIRED of all the diet ads that hound us on TV the few days before New Year’s. Slim Fast, Jenny Craig, and Nutrisystem…oh my!
I understand the inability to resist certain foods. Really I do…at one point in my life I tipped [...]
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