Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I'm in grad school ( Read more... )

Today as I was mowing our front yard, a little kid on a bike was riding by, and he stopped and asked, "Do you have any Pop Rocks or Cherry Coke?" I said, "No," and he thanked me and rode away ( Read more... )

Your Expression Number is 4Practical and down to earth - everything in your life is organized ( Read more... )

I thought I would share some words of wisdom from some turn of the century wise men ( Read more... )

Obviously I got dander up with my racism post. I am going to reply to all of your comments, but I felt the need to make this post to make some broad comments that apply to all the other replies. You know what I mean ( Read more... )

Okay, so, I know that after that last post, you were hoping I’d shut up for awhile, but no such luck. For those of you who are interested, I’m posting an abbreviated version of a test to find out which love style you are.

( What's Your Love Style? )

This quarter I have discussed multicultural education a great deal in all of my classes, and I also had one entire course devoted to the subject. I don’t know how much the average white American thinks about racism--I suppose it depends on your location, attitudes, awareness, etc. Anyway, due to these classes, I’ve thought about it more than I ( Read more... )

So, today in class we were talking about inclusion in the classroom. For those of you who are not up on education practices, I will tell you that this is when students with disabilities (ranging from behavioral disorders to physical handicaps) are taught in a regular classroom along with "normal" students ( Read more... )

So, last night I was watching tv, and this commercial came on. I don't remember which company it was for, but it was like a financial firm or insurance firm or something like that. The whole commercial is one camera shot. It's a shot of a sidewalk, and you can see people walking by from the knee down. A banana peel is laying on the sidewalk. ( Read more... )

Today I took part in a kiva.  The kind of kiva I took part in is, I think, derived from kivas such as these.

Here is how our kiva worked:  There were two circles of seats in a room, an outer circle and an inner circle.  Those in the inner circle were required to talk about a certain topic, while those in the outer circle were not allowed to speak ( Read more... )