Well tomorrow the truck is being loaded and Friday Dad and I are headed on a long road trip to Spring, TX. I am not officially moving until next month, but I decided while I have the time to unpack and get things in order I should do it. So we are getting a Penske truck and doing to trip this weekend.
It will be the first year (and hopefully the last) that I won't be with my family and friends for Christmas. I'm not real happy about that part, but we are celebrating when my sister gets here in January. I guess I will survive, but it is definitely going to be tough going.
J found a house for us to rent last week. It is a brand new and a little bigger than we really need - I hear that is how they do things in Texas. I'm a little scared and somewhat excited to move. I'm ready to have my own home again and get this craziness over with. It's been very difficult to be in a state of flux for so long, so I'm ready to get settled and move on.
I'm going to be staying at AL until the end of the semester and in IA maybe until the end of January. I haven't really set a final move date just yet.
Other than that not much to tell. I will miss you all during the holidays very, very much and hope to celebrate the New Year and my birthday when I return.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
I may take the challenge...on a smaller scale
10 friends live secondhand for a yearTen friends in San Francisco vowed last year not to purchase a single new thing in 2006 -- except food, the bare necessities for health and safety (toilet paper, brake fluid) and, thankfully, underwear, and maybe socks. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16259064/from/ET/
I read this article today and thought it was a pretty interesting idea. As a person who really likes to spend money, I don't' think it would hurt for me to take a pledge of buying nothing new for a month or two. I guess my thoughts on it are less environmental and more about budgeting. I think doing something like this would be a good way to get spending in check. It would really make a person think about the unnecessary things that they buy each month. I don't know maybe I'll try it some time this year...hey it can't hurt to try right?
I read this article today and thought it was a pretty interesting idea. As a person who really likes to spend money, I don't' think it would hurt for me to take a pledge of buying nothing new for a month or two. I guess my thoughts on it are less environmental and more about budgeting. I think doing something like this would be a good way to get spending in check. It would really make a person think about the unnecessary things that they buy each month. I don't know maybe I'll try it some time this year...hey it can't hurt to try right?
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Nothing to do in OK
I am going to piggy-back off my friends blog for a few comments about this...I still don't support the idea of doing away with public schools, probably never will. I do however, think that if public schools are put in a position to compete with some charter schools they may meet the challenge.
As far as textbook used as shields??? It reminds me of students hiding under their desks in case of a nuclear hit, or putting textbooks on their heads during a tornado. These aren't the best plans we have ever come up with to keep our kids safe.
I think the misconception that kid's "have" to be in schools is also outdated. Students don't "have" to do anything - they will be the first to tell you that until they make a bad choice. Each day they make a choice to get out of bed and go to school, hopefully this is something that their parents support and enforce. Overall though it is a choice. There is also open enrollment in most states, so if kids are miserable at their current school they can typically enroll in a different school in their area. Again, parents have to support this decision. It's so weird how parents keep coming up in a discussion about students, huh, I wonder why? I don't think that their is an easy answer, but not requiring kids to go to school is definitely not going to change anything!!
Here is my question??? Why don't schools have a swipe system like most jobs. Students being required to use a badge to get into the school may cut down on the traffic that seems to go through. Honestly, I don't know how expensive these sort of systems may be, but I think it is a move in the right direction. Certainly not a fix all, but recording when kids are coming and going will definitely help with students skipping. Their chances of getting caught definitely goes up.
As far as textbook used as shields??? It reminds me of students hiding under their desks in case of a nuclear hit, or putting textbooks on their heads during a tornado. These aren't the best plans we have ever come up with to keep our kids safe.
I think the misconception that kid's "have" to be in schools is also outdated. Students don't "have" to do anything - they will be the first to tell you that until they make a bad choice. Each day they make a choice to get out of bed and go to school, hopefully this is something that their parents support and enforce. Overall though it is a choice. There is also open enrollment in most states, so if kids are miserable at their current school they can typically enroll in a different school in their area. Again, parents have to support this decision. It's so weird how parents keep coming up in a discussion about students, huh, I wonder why? I don't think that their is an easy answer, but not requiring kids to go to school is definitely not going to change anything!!
Here is my question??? Why don't schools have a swipe system like most jobs. Students being required to use a badge to get into the school may cut down on the traffic that seems to go through. Honestly, I don't know how expensive these sort of systems may be, but I think it is a move in the right direction. Certainly not a fix all, but recording when kids are coming and going will definitely help with students skipping. Their chances of getting caught definitely goes up.
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