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destination: December 2010

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The journey is the reward. Tuesday, December 28, 2010. This sweet poem, by William Henry Davies, reminded me the importance of slowing down. What is this life if, full of care,. We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs. And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass,. Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight,. Streams full of stars like skies at night. No time to turn at Beauty's glance,. Monday, December 20, 2010.

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destination: Don't manipulate. Do negotiate and demonstrate.

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The journey is the reward. Monday, February 01, 2010. Don't manipulate. Do negotiate and demonstrate. 4 Start making your case on the first day of class. It's not about what you will do but what you have done. There's no way to justify a grade change with promises of what you will do in the future. However you can make a case with what you have been doing all year. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Enter your email to subscribe. Keep on, keepin on. Dont manipulate. Do negotiate and demonstrate.

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destination: January 2010

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The journey is the reward. Saturday, January 02, 2010. Three is the Magic Number. Of course 2010 will be a lot of the same, but will also be a whole lot of different. I'm excited for the change and grateful for the consistencies. It will be another year filled with good health, family and happiness and I hope for you as well. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Enter your email to subscribe. Three is the Magic Number. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.

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destination: Create Your Own Job Title

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The journey is the reward. Monday, January 10, 2011. Create Your Own Job Title. If you could create your own job title and description, what would it be? Two inspirational people that I'd like to introduce. The first is Jacqueline Novogratz, author of The Blue Sweater. And founder of the Acumen Fund. The second is blogger Scott Schumann, the photographer and founder of The Sartorialist. Hi mrs. benton! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Enter your email to subscribe. Girls Need to Ask.

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destination: Girls Need to Ask

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The journey is the reward. Monday, January 31, 2011. Girls Need to Ask. It's time for grades. Those 89.492s are killing me. I have to brace myself and get ready for the wave of pleading, negotiating and whining. Let it be known that I am a softie, but I wear a straight face. Interestingly, the boys ask me to change their grades twice as often as the girls. Of all the things you learn in school, negotiating for your grades. Sometimes it isn't worth it. Maybe they've been told it's impolite? Simple templat...

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destination: Copy and then Make it Sexy

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The journey is the reward. Monday, December 20, 2010. Copy and then Make it Sexy. I've been obsessed with books about writing. First, I read Writing Tools. By Peter Roy Clark. Then, I reread Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird. Afterwards, I read Tobias Wolff's, Old School. Followed by Stephen King's, On Writing. I'm currently working through Pat Conroy's, My Reading Life. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Enter your email to subscribe. Copy and then Make it Sexy. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.

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destination: March 2010

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The journey is the reward. Friday, March 26, 2010. The Underappreciated, Much Missed, Quiet Classroom. Then the behavior problems start. Teachers get irritated and blow small things out of proportion. Students are sent to the office for talking or getting out of their seats. Phone calls go home because the child can not "control" themselves. Classroom management because the main focus of teaching. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Enter your email to subscribe. No 50 White-handed Gibbon.

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destination: July 2010

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The journey is the reward. Monday, July 26, 2010. Discipline, Talent, Luck and the Crap Job. You need three things to succeed in writing: discipline, luck, and talent. Discipline is the one element of those three things that you can control, and so that is the one that you have to focus on controlling, and you just have to hope and trust in the other two." -Michael Chabon. The discipline part is easy, but trust in luck and talent? About his latest work. The Book of Genesis. But was it just luck? I love c...

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destination: August 2010

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The journey is the reward. Monday, August 16, 2010. The New York Times. Featured an interview with the author of a new book titled, Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching off My Parents. Three ideas that I found especially important from this interview. 3 Families should avoid taking loans out as much as possible. This may mean attending the second choice school or going to community college first. Monday, August 09, 2010. Time alone can be s...