Today was a workshop day and although I didn't want to attend, I found two of the three sessions worthwhile.
I was humored by the story Testing with Miss Malarkey read by the reading specialist. One line that was memorable said, "Fish is good brain food. Some of you should eat a whale."
I also liked our principal's message, "A good citizen is part of something. A good citizen gives back."
I did have problems with the following:
1) The ESL teacher from another building was talking about how when they did their unit on citizenship some kids didn't know about the twin towers. HOW could one mention the twin towers in a citizenship unit? This is what is wrong with our country or at least one thing wrong.
2) A teacher who said the information on poverty was BS... I guess that's true unless you live it. In my opinion the number of people living in poverty is BS.
3) When a person from the district didn't turn off his cell phone before entering one of our sessions, and the phone rang.
Today I went back to the interweb to find out what I could post about that would relate to sankalpa . "...Sankalpa has the potential to release tremendous power by clearly defining and focusing on a chosen goal." My chosen goal since May has truly been on being physically active. Since it's cold and miserable out, I've been being active inside instead of outside. December 6th (or something like that) was the last time I ventured outside for physical activity. I, however, have still been going to they gym and focusing on being physically fit (or at least burning enough calories to eat more food). Yesterday I received an early morning text from a friend in God's Country . President Obama was talking about "The President's Challenge" . Today (I tried yesterday and decided to put it off until today... forget out it... let it happen... put it aside... clear my mind of it... all probably sankalpa) I formed a group. The...
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