November 1

Well, a quick little post before I head to bed early.  I have been writing down funny things my students write for their spelling sentence homework on Thursdays, but unfortunately, that list is at school... so someday soon I will post those.

But, a few things:
1) This weekend I spent the weekend in Dripping Springs, TX for section retreat.  I hate driving, and driving that far after a full week of work is just hard for me, so I asked my trusty co-leader who loves to drive and has driven my car before to drive. So, he did with great pleasure.  As we rode back, I was in the backseat again with some friends and decided to pull out this little booklet thing behind the driver's seat and see what it was.  It was the booklet from the 2nd Annual Science of Wondering Action Research Symposium in May.  I read a few from it and was really encouraged.  It reminded me of the great zeal I had for teaching just 11 months ago.  I realized that what I had written for "Future Implications" was a lot more lofty than I had anticipated.  But, I also realized that I could try harder to attain what I had planned to implement as a teacher this year. So, expect some changes people!
2) That's one thing I love about teaching: the opportunities every day to reevaluate and change what's happening in my career.  Getting in a rut is really a choice I think.
3) Some things I was thinking about today:  If parents only knew what their children really saw and understand and tell their teachers!  It breaks my heart a little bit.  A student talked to me today about seeing his/her father drunk this past weekend, how he yelled at his/her mother over the phone and how father flirted with someone. Not once in my childhood did I hear my dad yell at my mom, nor have I ever seen either of my parents drunk (even to this point in my life!), nor did I even KNOW the word "flirt" when I was in 2nd grade... I probably didn't know "drunk" either.  If there's anything I can say that a parent would hear and maybe even heed: Your little "babies" are not babies anymore--- they hear what you say,  they see what you do and they feel the implications of all of it. "Live your lives not as unwise, but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, for the days are evil.  Therefore, do not be foolish, but know what the Lord's will is."- Ephesians 5:15-17  Now, also, let me say that I do not expect all parents to live by these words. After all, the Lost will do Lost things-- I do not, and cannot, expect Lost parents to do Christian things.

That's all for tonight--- I hope nobody is offended. :-)