Classroom III

With gas prices around $3.00 per gallon, and trying to budget around all the inflated living expenses, and add to that the treat of snow, I decided not to attend this year’s event in the Triangle. After reading David Warlick’s blog post , I could have kicked myself for not having made the journey.  I have attended the past two years, and blogged about it. I was not happy about the conference moving from Chapel Hill because it gave me a reason to visit my Alma Mater. Parking in Chapel Hill has always sucked and the wireless network was horrible both years. Moving off campus was probably a good thing. Not to whine, while reading David’s great post, I almost threw my computer on the floor.

SHOULD’A– WOULD’A– COULD’A!!!! 

Looks like I missed a good one.  

 Martha what is that coming down the roadOriginally uploaded by mnesterpicsWhile reading my RSS feeds on the new and improved, still beta version of Bloglines, I came across this humorous image from mnesterpics on Flickr. I showed it to my wife and we initially thought the animals were seals. However, we laughed when we read the tags and realized they are river otters.The caption: “Martha what is that coming down the road”, got me to thinking. I know, it could be the sugar rush from Sunday morning pancakes, but do we know what is coming down the road?I plan to use this for the first day of classes next week. Using our digital projector, I plan to post this humorous image on the screen. As my students straggle into my classroom for the first day of classes of the second semester, ask them:What is Coming Down the Road?Then hand them a syllabus. BAM!!!!

Teaching is a challenge. Students today are engaged in a plethora of hardcore criminal behaviors. Violent behavior is just beneath the surface of every conversation.  Drugs plague our communities and spill over into the school yard. My point is that teaching is a hazardous endeavor. NEA has an interesting article online at the link below. Now in my last decade of teaching, I look at the number in the NEA article and want to throw up. Teachers are blamed for everything. Poor test scores, drop-outs, poor eating habits of fat kids, and more.Oh well, what do we know, we are just teachers.Check out this interesting article: Be prepared to self-medicate.NEA: Professional Pay - Myths & Facts About Teacher Pay

MYTH: Teachers make just as much as other, comparable professions. 

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This looks interesting. Got to check this out. GuitarsNotGuns