December 5, 2008
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The Daily News
1 I received a coupla e-mails from the Love's, Beth and Jeff that is, about yesterday's DN. Very positive and fun, and I appreciate those cards and letters.
2 Jeff had this to say, which I thought was sheer poetry:
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Thanks for this one. Bubbles vs. Greatness. And they wonder why empires fall.
Jeff Love
3 So succinct.
4 Beth came through also, and gave a special tribute to the venerable Kathleen Jackson, who was the true mastermind behind Greek Days as well as head of the WASC committee. Through hard work, intelligence, grace and calm, Kathleen got us our six-year WASC accreditation. Beth said that Greek Days were in her first few years teaching and thought it rocked.
5 It was late when I wrote yesterday's DN, and my memory simply collapsed. My memory has been slipping a lot this year, and how I wrote yesterday's DN leaving out Kathleen is beyond me.
6 And Beth, I sentcha a reply but it came back as one of those MAILER/DAEMONS, whatever that means. So I'd rather publicly recognize your comments and support. Often in the madness of all this stuff I write about, Beth or Jeff will drop a line and make me chuckle.
7 Beth also loves the grand memory of Greek Days, brought again to all of us through the quiet genius of Kathleen Jackson. Beth's last words to me yesterday were these, which meant a lot:
...I like to think a PE person was important in making such a massive collaboration of subjects work together to better our students.
Keep teaching the Greeks- I love it, it’s in my blood
Beth
8 Felt good.
9 I did write Beth back. As I mentioned, it never arrived for whatever reason. I did speak of the senility streak that seems to have seized me of late. I said this:
Senility doesn't come wrapped in gift wrap you know. It just sorta
tumbles and mumbles and churns and chews, then comes out like
it went through a meat machine.~H~
10 If you're even remotely going through it you will know what I mean.
11 It begins at a much younger age than you would imagine.
12 Ever walk into a room, stop, look around, and discover that you have absolutely NO idea why you walked in there?
13 Uh yup.
14 I once opened a cupboard and found a half-gallon of milk.
15 I had cleaned the kitchen the night before, but wanted to move swiftly.
16 And there it was! Right next to the Cheerios!
17 : / <-------little sideways worried guy
18 Which reminds me: at the English meeting the other day, a we discussed some of the challenges of trying to teach a society that is slowly going illiterate. One of our best teachers said that not only didn't the students know that a semi-colon can separate two independent clauses, one student didn't even know what a semi-colon LOOKED like!
19 When she drew it on the board, the kid replied, "OH! A WINK!"
20 I second that emoticon. ; )
21 Yeesh.
22 It's tough in the classroom because I now have to plan twice as much, especially on lessons involving history. I also need notes right in front of me, and I need to stay amped and animated and to circle the class.
23 I live in constant fear that the forgets will hit me right smack in the middle of a lesson. I have to rehearse my lines on the way to school in the morning.
24 And I absolutely HAVE to remember to put on my pants before I head out the door lol.
25 lol.
26 omg.
27 wtf?
28 I continually refer to the new Big Cheese as President Oback.
29 Nah, it's not THAT bad.
30 I just walk around a lot of the time like I just smoked a doobie.
31 Then I feel a twitch, think it's my phone, and answer my Altoids.
32 It ain't pretteh, but it's me.
33 I feel I'm still pretteh.
34 Anyway, I'll see ya Monday.
35 ; )
36 Thanks Loves.
37 Peace.
~H~
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