It was supposed to rain all this week, but it hasn't yet. Right now the sun is shining. :confused:
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It was supposed to rain all this week, but it hasn't yet. Right now the sun is shining. :confused:
did i mention i registered for fall classes last week? if not, i did :D, and would you guys help me if i don't understand what the heck plato and aristotle meant when the time comes? (intellectual heritage is a required, non-transferable course. but it sounds like fun. :))
amuse, armed with my knowledge of the ancient Greeks, you'd flunk for sure.
Mmmm, peaches are good here this year!
i haven't update my CV for the scholarship application requirement.
stampede is over now....boo hoo
what a hoot that was. i have never seen anything quite like it in my life. i have a picture of lineups of people hoarding around outside the gates, with the city skyline right behind them. beautiful. and i never saw so many belt buckles, cowboy hats, drunks, lights and tiny doughnuts in one place in my life.
for ten days the whole city changes focus. over 1.2 million people attended this outdoor event. holy smoley!
oh, and guys and girls, i really need some sort of clever thingy to go beneath my name. i think i've finally posted enough to put up some sort of description. its just that after 130 posts i should be slightly more than "registered user", but good grief, is my mind ever blank.....any suggestions?
(i could just put "not really" under there...for a giggle)
How about "Army Wife"? :p Then you could gifworks your original pic and crop off the words, and you wouldn't have to shrink the actual pic as much. Or you could just crop it to 100 pixels long the way it is, and just cut off the bottom of her legs.
oh! i guess i didnt mention, i dont care if the text at the bottom is cut off (we arent actually married anyway!) so that's a great plan. so now i have to figure out gifworks :confused:
Oh! :D Hehe. It's really easy. And two other great sites:
http://www.photobucket.com/ and http://www.tinypic.com/
Online image storage, so you can post pics instead of attachments. Tinypic is great for things like the puffin heads and your avatar, cause you don't have to save them in an online album; you can save the address if you want, or never see it again. Only it's not good for personal pics, because if it happens to be posted on a page that gets a lot of hits, they put the pic on a list of "top viewed pics" on their site. I forgot to tell you about them; I just found them recently.
Yeah I need a name besides registered user also. I'm toying with "Ambivalent" but I dunno.
oooh. thanks Em. good call. here is one that i just uploaded on the tiny pic one. just because i can!
http://tinypic.com/x4s3
EDIT: holy! thats HUGE!!! sorry
LOL! :D Awwww.
You better hope he doesn't mind having his picture posted on the internet. Like what you've done with your avatar VBM, the whole view is much better.
Oh, me too, VB! You've joined me at the altar of gifworks, then? :D
(err...I opened the page and had to say 'whats that????'...then i realised it was a pic... ;) nice to see ya :))
My random thought: while watching the news I keep wondering what the journalist who's reading the news is thinking... I'd die to know what they're actually thinking when they announce things in such a neutral, 'imposed' (???random word) tone... when they tell that a woman has been "horribly killed and made into pieces by her son" with almost the same voice they use to announce the adverts... They have something in mind, and they dont show it... Or when they mess a word and have to repeat it twice before getting it, or when they cough and apologise, or when there are technical problems and they'd probably like to scream but they have to smile and be sorry... I want to read their minds!!!!!! Should we open a thread about this? :D
I always wonder that too! :D
Like the lyrics from that Jack Johnson song, "Why don't the newspeople cry when they read about people who died? At least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their eye."
The scent of freshly squeezed lemons mingling with the aroma of baking brownies...DIVINITY!
Anyone have any creative ideas of what to do with a major in English Language and Literature?
teach. that's what im gonna do. is there anything else?
Well, I can't think of anything else right now, but since I'm just going into college I want to actually study something I'm interested in, not just "Secondary School Education". Know what I mean? I'd rather study the subjects I would teach than the subject of how to teach. Is it possible to go on to graduate studies in education without having an undergraduate degree in education?
Plus, I don't know if I would be any good as a teacher. Any other ideas, just to keep my options open?
oh definitely. you should look into it where you are, but here, i can complete my BA (major in English) and then do my grad studies in education, and come out of it fully qualified to teach high school. i would prefer to teach college, myself, and i would be qualified, but it seems that (in BC, Canada anyways) the colleges are hiring more and more phd's to teach, even where a master's would be sufficient.
the thing about teaching is that you can sort of pick your students (to a certain degree). see, I would totally suck teaching small children, or even kids my son's age (he's 12) but high school? not so much. ya know? so needless to say, i will NOT be doing my education degree in elementary ed.....
Did you always want to teach? I would have to really want to in order to do it--I know it's a horrible job in every other aspect except the teaching part.
I think if I did teach, I might end up teaching middle school. Everyone I know says that would be their least favorite age group because so many kids are immature and unhygienic at that age, and I know I hated middle school--it's like a bad dream--but that's why it might be worth it, to make the transitional years more endurable. There's something kind of special about the first few teen years; I still love reading books that are written for middle school kids. Maybe in ten years I might not feel the same way.
How did you people come by such practical ideas for what you want to do with your life? I've always known that when I grow up I want to be a goat herder in the alps, but there are no majors in that so I doubt my current education will induce that along. But then it is hardly probable that I will endeavor to grow up.
you know, not really. i have always been so indecisive that i didnt really know what i wanted to do. i have wavered though, and thought that i should teach but for some reason i always equated teaching with little kids, and knew that wasnt for me. then i realized that adults and young adults require education and a light sort of went on for me. i just sort of instinctively thought: "that's it!" thats what i should do, at least for now. i am such a gypsy that i have a hard time committing to an apartment, let alone a career, but i think i definitely want to try it out. i think it'll fit, and of course i can travel and teach english too, if that's what i want to do. so....
i know that the job sucks, and the politics are terrible, especially in high schools. there is little to know pay and lots of work to take home. the thing is, im not in it to get rich. i have no aspiration to be wealthy. i just want to be able to do something where i feel that im making a bit of a difference, to someone, and i would like to put my passion for education to use. gut says: teach.
Your brave to teach those who often doubt they need teaching.
simon, lucky you there is no major for what you want to do, you can just go do it! and save your education for back-up. I actually have no practical ideas for what I want to be, like verybaddmom I am indecisive. (I actually used to consider being an architect...now I don't think so)
strangely enough, verybaddmom, from what I can tell from your posts you remind me of my senior year Comp. 110 teacher. Don't worry, that's a compliment; almost everyone loved her.
And you're right about the politics in high schools. I'm so glad I just escaped the atmosphere; I don't relish returning to that anytime soon. Do you think a doctorate in Agricultural Studies qualifies someone to be a principal?
lol! im not so sure, nome.
and thank you for that compliment. i helped supervise a busload of kids yesterday on a day camp (19 of the little buggers to be exact) and towards the end of the trip was chatting with this little girl, about 12 years old, very smart and articulate. i actually quite liked her (really cute, tiny and tons of freckles) and we were talking about school and stuff, and she said very seriously (when i told her my tentative plan for a career) that she thought i would be a good teacher, cause her teachers were all quote "pretentious know it alls who act like they were never kids" i fell in love with her immediately of course. but i hope that she's right. all i want is to spark a passion for learning in even some of the kids i contact. that would make it all good. and frankly, i have no problem admitting when i dont know something, or when im wrong. i think that'll work in my favor.
simon, i have heard you talk about goat herding before, and wondered if you were serious. now that ive gotten to read a bunch more of your posts and feel like i know you a bit better, i actually believe that you WILL end up in the alps with your flock.
you're welcome! :)
I had terrible sickness because of I ate something wrong. So it's second day I'm starving. Apple, gatig and tea are what I can have, no any meals and bread. I miss my previos ordinary days. Why we can't take care ourselves as properly?
NISE TO SEE YOU, V.B.MOM!
oh dear ravana, what on earth did you eat that caused you to contract food poisoning? are you feeling better yet?
when my son has upset tummy, sometimes foods that are acidic make him feel better a bit, like stewed tomatoes, flat pop, and yogurt. i dont know if you eat stuff like that, but he got food poisoning once from a pizza that he had at his dad's and that was about all he could eat for about two days. feel better soon!
and btw, nice to see you too.
Oh, thanks, mom, i think it was because of sour-cream. It's not reasonable to eat it in summer. I just forgot that I had same sickness because of having salad with sour-cream last summer. It would be good lesson for me.
Now I feel better. But afraid of eating.
Gatig is like yogurt.You can't picture how my eyes were shining reading stewed tomatoes. I like tomatoes. Thanks for it!
Poor Ravana! :( I'm glad you feel better. Food poisoning is so awful -- I once got it from fish and chips at a restaurant. I was out to lunch with my dad, and afterwards he wanted to go poke around in the antique store. While we were there I started feeling sick so I went outside to sit on the car and wait for him, and while I sat there I stared at a sign on the building, and realized that I had forgotten how to read. I was that delirious. For the rest of the day I lay on the couch and couldn't even form words to speak, I was just like, "Aauuooggahheerr..." :eek2: Then the next day I was perfectly fine. Weird.
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Two of our orphan kitties went to new homes last night, too. :( They were the two rambunctious ones, so it's really quiet here now. I miss them. But the people who adopted them are young women who work with my mom, and their male counterparts, and they live across the street from one another. :) So the kitties can visit each other whenever, which is great.
Ooooh *imagines the cats going to the other house like they were kids*
Back on careers, I study languages & lit. too, and I have no clue of what to do... I don't like the idea of teaching at all - that's why I chose a specialisation that should be useful for the publishing industry but infact I doubt it will and if I go on with my studies I'll do something totally related to literature and language even if at first I avoided it exactly for fear of ending up having no possibilities but teaching... Now I realised that teaching doesnt necessarily mean teaching to a bunch of hateful kids who dont give the slightest damn about what you're saying, cos there are courses for adults or anyway people who chose to follow that particular course... But still, I'm not sure I like the idea of teaching much, if it's language it's too scientific while I'm not really fond of rules and grammar etc, cos I'm mostly instinctive and often when I help my brother with English for example I can't really explain things cos I learnt them very naturally (uhm maybe for other languages I'm more aware of grammar and difficulties, but if I teach I see it more normal to teach English cos I'm more fluent). Oops I'm going too random...
You're on the right thread for it. ;)Quote:
Oops I'm going too random...
WHEEEEEEE!!! The UPS man just came -- and he bore with him a functional keyboard! :D :D :D I'm back in business, baby!! :banana:
There are some bacchanal squirrels in the trees out front that are totally trashing our front walk with the leftover chewings of their nut feast. Anyone else find squirrels creepy and gross? (I apologize if you are one)
Speaking of walks, one of my biggest pet peeves: there are hardly any sidewalks around here, narrow streets, crazy drivers, and construction EVERYwhere! AAaah!!
Just reading your posts about teaching..and inspiring little kids to learn. Do you realise what a great gift enabling someone to read is? Especially kids that are dyslexic and have great problems learning? Let me tell you..its one of the greatest gifts you could give to someone. I know lots of adults that can't read and it affects every sphere of their lives, not only because they can't read, but because of the prejudices they come up against..because if you can't read you are thought to be naturally stupid - and it isn't the case. Even Einstein was dyslexic. Lots of men are violent because they learned to use their fists to earn respect because they can't read and have been 'done down' and insulted at school. Underneath they are lacking in confidence and are hurting - their 'toughness' is a front to hide it.
That is usually the case. Unfortunately, I know a guy who is actually proud of his illiteracy!!! Can you imagine that? I nearly fell to the floor when I heard that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Miranda
But then, this guy seems to value the exact opposite thing I value in every aspect of his life, such as bullying, hazing, etc. He scares me...
That's my random thought of the day! He scares me! :cool: :cool: :cool:
There are currently 2 members online and 10 guests...I feel like hidden people are spying on me, or I'm inside a glass box that I can't see out of...hello out there!!!
Oh, only two now? I must have scared off everyone else, just like your illiterate bullying friend, Max. At least you know he can't read what you say about him!
ha ha ha....you think you are being spied upon, and you are right. i am over at my sister in law's place (is that what she is? hmmm...) and i wasnt logged in while i was previewing posts....so i was watching you...