Posted in education, tagged accountability, education, high school, kids, public school, responsability, teachers on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I am a High School teacher and this week is Final Week… also involving graduating Seniors coming around to “check out,” which is to say get their grades, finalize any fines / fees / dues / books / equipement they might still owe, etc.
One particular aspect of this time of year that I’ve noticed has [...]
Posted in General, books, tagged books, booksense, independent book seller, independent stores, reading on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Booksense is a portal for independent book stores near you.
You follow the link to their main page, enter your zip code, and voilà! A list of independent book sellers in your neighborhood.
A great way to support those smaller stores, easily drowned out by the bigger online sellers today, or the “bigger and better” mega stores [...]
Posted in Success Habits, tagged moving, doing, learning, forward on May 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Isn’t there something to be said with just getting started?
I mean, one can only think and try to figure it out so long. At some point, that person will have to jump in and get off the dock, or nothing is ever going to happen.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I [...]
Posted in General, tagged perspective, taxes on May 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is the second half of the previous post, the one about a Billion. This one puts in perspective how far we’ve come…
This is too true to be very funny:
TAX
Tax his land, Tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor, Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his cow, Tax his [...]
Posted in General, tagged billion, perspective on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
I was cleaning out my computer files when I came up on the following text and thought it would be great to pass it on. Though the part about New Orleans might be a bit dated now, it is still a wonderful illustration of how we (or mostly government officials and corporate members) tend to throw [...]
