A fellow teacher hung a large sign in the hall informing the students they still have three weeks left of school. Why hang the sign? The sign signifies the students apathy towards school work at this time of the year. This is a normal occurrence as the weather improves students work tends to do the opposite. Today I had two students sent to my room for a "time out" by another teacher. Miraculously I was able to get both students to read and do assignments for my class. It was amazing. Lately both of these boys have done little in my class. Another female student has also been reading and doing work in my class. Her current grade is an F (43% with 60% being a passing grade). Today I made "a deal" with her. She works in class every day for the remainder of the year, and I give her a passing grade. Maybe I'm optimistic without any reason, but I think all three of these students will have a good year end.
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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