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Creep by Radiohead



I'll be honest.  Even if no one else joins this challenge, I think I'm "all in".  Although my posts may not be super interesting to others, I'm having fun looking at my music.  As I was thinking about 'C', I couldn't help but think COUNTING CROWS.  The Counting Crows are one of my favorites.  Many people don't agree with me, but I love them.  My intent was to decide which Counting Crows song I would use, but first, I started looking at songs that started with 'C'.  Some good songs popped up, but I was still set on Counting Crows until I came to Creep by Radiohead.  This is an awesome song, and I felt as though I had already blogged about Creep.  Yep, I talked about my love for the song and Prince in 2008.  I also mentioned it in 2011 for another alphabet challenge.

The first week of school is officially done, and no kids creep me out although a former student showed up during the Open House that does give me (and most others) the creeps.  I'm still not happy that many of my students are being taken out of my class for reading intervention, but I've done all I can for the moment.  While I was standing in line at Caribou this morning, I checked my Twitter account and did, however, forward two Kelly Gallagher tweets to my principal this morning.

1) As you plan this school year, start w/ writing instruction and work your way out from there.

 2) Teachers who cut writing instruction short simply to ensure every standard is addressed is doing their students a terrible disservice.

I'm not sure that he appreciated my Tweets, but I'm going to keep explaining the importance of writing.  It would be rude,unprofessional, and probably not true to say he was a creep, but I wish we did less interventions and more teaching!

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LH said…
First off, I love the counting crows.
second, there's a bug flying around me right now and it's creeping me out big time.
C. Do you know about the badass teachers on Facebook. You may want to check that group out.
In summary, I admire your passion and your chutzpah.
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