Horse Therapy 1
This weekend I went with a group of our National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) students to volunteer at a horse […]
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Stories of “events” or aha moments when I think I’m teaching the students, but life is using them to show me something.
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If you forward this…..
By the middle of seventh grade, the kids are as tall as, if not taller, than me and look like
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It Depends on the Perspective
Occasionally at our school we have sub coverage. Meaning if a colleague is absent we cover there class for a
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Who You Listen to Makes All the Difference
Over the past week I had the privelige of seeing a phenomenon that still has me thinking. Who am I
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Love of a game
So, I stood up to see 18 students staring at me with their mouths agape. What could I say to save this moment. The teacher that wants to make everybody feels like all is good in the world came out…
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Things Change
I still remember reading a Dick and Jane text book over and over as a 6 year old. That was the only book we had in the house for a long time. Then somebody, I can not remember who, gave my parents a mini library. It was an encyclopedia set of short stories that were Christian based. They were Uncle Arthur’s Stories. There were enough to keep me entertained for easily a year. This person’s kindness changed my reading habits.
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Arizona Adventure June 10
This has to be what those people feel like when they reach the top of Mount Kilamannjaro. So I’m counting it as an adventure.
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Summer Adventure June 3
They thought they were being “too cool” to outwardly appreciate the joke. To the observers eye it looked like they had a synchronized gas passing experience.
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Multiple Choice in a Right/Wrong Situation
the stealing for the most part stopped. Then one of them tried stealing my ipod. It was one of those moments in life where I saw the multiple choice options. I could
A. Slap it out of his hand and claim temporary insanity
B. Break out into open prayer (that’s a chapter in my book)
C. Send him to my tall friend
D. Warn him