Why does death always make you think about living?
I lost a friend this week. We grew up together and we are the same age. Scary to think that life was taken with so little time on this planet.
I wonder if I will ever find what it is I am looking for.
Death makes you want to make changes in the way you look at life.
Suddenly I want to exercise, stop smoking, and keep in touch with friends that I think will be there forever.
I wonder what people will say about me, when it is time. I wonder what memory will pop into their heads when they hear that I am gone??
How long will it take people to completely forget about me?
What impact will I have had on people?
Will anyone ever name there kid after me?? I have a really cool name!
Interesting the things you think about at a time like this.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Careful what you say...
I try to understand why people say the things they say.
Why can't people say what they really mean, and not hide behind "gossip"?
The saying is true, if they gossip with you... they will gossip about you!!
Gossip and rumors can be very hurtful. When you try to get in the middle of it, you end up regretting ever getting involved!
I am the type of person that will tell it just like it is. I can't understand why other people don't do the same! Life would be so much easier if people would just say what they really want to say.
I wish everyone would learn to appreciate everyone for their differences! If you don't like what that person says... tell them. If you don't like what a person is doing... tell them!! How can we learn to be better friends, lovers, and neighbors... if we don't say anything!!
Everyone wants honesty, but few can handle it without getting their feelings hurt.
Life would be so much better if we just learned to be open and listen without getting upset!
Why can't people say what they really mean, and not hide behind "gossip"?
The saying is true, if they gossip with you... they will gossip about you!!
Gossip and rumors can be very hurtful. When you try to get in the middle of it, you end up regretting ever getting involved!
I am the type of person that will tell it just like it is. I can't understand why other people don't do the same! Life would be so much easier if people would just say what they really want to say.
I wish everyone would learn to appreciate everyone for their differences! If you don't like what that person says... tell them. If you don't like what a person is doing... tell them!! How can we learn to be better friends, lovers, and neighbors... if we don't say anything!!
Everyone wants honesty, but few can handle it without getting their feelings hurt.
Life would be so much better if we just learned to be open and listen without getting upset!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Summer thoughts
Summer is here and I find myself still thinking about you.
I try to go about my life without you in it, but find that I still can't get you out of my mind. I want to go back and start again. I want to feel your arms around me again. I want to see the look of love in your eyes again for me.
Finding another is not a problem, finding one that is you... impossible.
I try to go about my life without you in it, but find that I still can't get you out of my mind. I want to go back and start again. I want to feel your arms around me again. I want to see the look of love in your eyes again for me.
Finding another is not a problem, finding one that is you... impossible.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Can't wait....
I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Summer is almost here! Kiddo's are testing this week.
I really don't understand how a student can sit in a classroom for 9 months and not learn a damn thing! Teachers use all kinds of methods to get kids to understand concepts, but for some reason you still here, "but I don't know anything".
How can states and bureaucrats even consider attaching a teacher's paycheck to how a student performs on a test?
Anywhoooo, I am excited that this year is almost over! This year has been interesting. I actually had a real mix of students, from the really smart to the really ??? challenged (is that politically correct enough).
Can't wait to see what the summer will bring.
Next year will be extremely hard. My son will be a senior and off to start his life. Not sure I will be able to handle it.
I'm sure that there will be more than enough drama to go around during the summer, but hope that it won't!
I really don't understand how a student can sit in a classroom for 9 months and not learn a damn thing! Teachers use all kinds of methods to get kids to understand concepts, but for some reason you still here, "but I don't know anything".
How can states and bureaucrats even consider attaching a teacher's paycheck to how a student performs on a test?
Anywhoooo, I am excited that this year is almost over! This year has been interesting. I actually had a real mix of students, from the really smart to the really ??? challenged (is that politically correct enough).
Can't wait to see what the summer will bring.
Next year will be extremely hard. My son will be a senior and off to start his life. Not sure I will be able to handle it.
I'm sure that there will be more than enough drama to go around during the summer, but hope that it won't!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Can't breath...
I can't breath without you!
you still are on my mind night and day
you still make me nervous when I talk to you
you still take me to that special place in my heart
I can't breath without you!
The touch of your lips on mine
makes me tremble,
the feel of your hands on me
makes me want you even more,
the sound of your voice
sends chills down my spine
I can't breath without you!
I want you to hold me, always
I want you to kiss me, softly
I want you to make love to me, deeply
I want you to want me...
I can't breath without you...
you still are on my mind night and day
you still make me nervous when I talk to you
you still take me to that special place in my heart
I can't breath without you!
The touch of your lips on mine
makes me tremble,
the feel of your hands on me
makes me want you even more,
the sound of your voice
sends chills down my spine
I can't breath without you!
I want you to hold me, always
I want you to kiss me, softly
I want you to make love to me, deeply
I want you to want me...
I can't breath without you...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
What are they thinking?
When mandated testing got started they said that it would only be a measure of student performance. The test would help us to know how our students are doing compared to other districts and states.
Now this "animal" is responsible for the firing of teachers, and people thinking that teachers are the problem.
Has anyone been in a school lately, start at the elementary and work your way up. Have you ever just walked in and looked around. Listen to the conversations that the students are having with each other, notice all the girls that are pregnant, all the students with no supplies, all the gang bangers, thugs, and listen to the language that comes out of kids mouths???? Are these the faults of the teachers???
Schools got started with the teacher, not the administration, policy makers, and people who supposedly know what is good for schools!
No one listens to us! No one really cares! Politicians only use education as a platform to get elected. They don't really care what happens. When something needs real attention, the politicians seem to fix it with a band-aide or a grenade!
No Child Left Behind is a joke!!! Special Education is a joke!! Why are kids dropping out of school???? BECAUSE THEY CAN'T READ!!! It is next to impossible to fail a student in Special Education. These kids have been put into "regular" classrooms so their Psyche won't be hurt, never mind they read on a 1st-5th grade level in an 8th grade class!! Why do we have so many problems in math, same reason! Kids don't have to memorize anything anymore.
Whatever happened to the basics??? Oh yeah, we want our kids to think on a higher level, yeah... tell me how that is supposed to happen when they can't even think on a basic level!!!!
Teachers today spend so much time doing paperwork to cover their asses, that they don't have time to do anything else! Why do we have to put up with kids assaulting us? Administrators threatening us, and Politicians telling us we all suck!!!
I challenge them to go to any inner city school and teach for a year and then tell me who's fault all this is! Maybe then, they will come up with some solutions to "fix" education! Or the parents! Or the numerous programs put into place!
What was so wrong with vocational training? Why can't we get some of these kids out of school and put them in job training. If a student hates school and does nothing but ruin it for everyone else, get them out and give them some practical training!!!
Why is the teacher always the blame for failing scores?? Why is it that teachers can get fired for something a student does wrong or for the failure of the system?
It's funny but when we are going through our "state mandated" training for testing, I always ask, after being told that I could lose my license for this and for that... what happens to the student if they do something wrong during testing... the answer is always, NOTHING!!!!
What would happen if all the teachers across the nation were to go on strike??? What would the parents do?? No babysitter?? How am I going to go to work?? What would the government do?? Finally listen to us???
Last question... why don't you ever hear of them cleaning house with the administration of a district??? Why isn't the entire school board, principals, vice-principals, secretaries, administrative secretaries, specialists for each area, assistance to the assistant, and everyone else who gets paid way more money than I do, fired??!!
Just had to ask...
Now this "animal" is responsible for the firing of teachers, and people thinking that teachers are the problem.
Has anyone been in a school lately, start at the elementary and work your way up. Have you ever just walked in and looked around. Listen to the conversations that the students are having with each other, notice all the girls that are pregnant, all the students with no supplies, all the gang bangers, thugs, and listen to the language that comes out of kids mouths???? Are these the faults of the teachers???
Schools got started with the teacher, not the administration, policy makers, and people who supposedly know what is good for schools!
No one listens to us! No one really cares! Politicians only use education as a platform to get elected. They don't really care what happens. When something needs real attention, the politicians seem to fix it with a band-aide or a grenade!
No Child Left Behind is a joke!!! Special Education is a joke!! Why are kids dropping out of school???? BECAUSE THEY CAN'T READ!!! It is next to impossible to fail a student in Special Education. These kids have been put into "regular" classrooms so their Psyche won't be hurt, never mind they read on a 1st-5th grade level in an 8th grade class!! Why do we have so many problems in math, same reason! Kids don't have to memorize anything anymore.
Whatever happened to the basics??? Oh yeah, we want our kids to think on a higher level, yeah... tell me how that is supposed to happen when they can't even think on a basic level!!!!
Teachers today spend so much time doing paperwork to cover their asses, that they don't have time to do anything else! Why do we have to put up with kids assaulting us? Administrators threatening us, and Politicians telling us we all suck!!!
I challenge them to go to any inner city school and teach for a year and then tell me who's fault all this is! Maybe then, they will come up with some solutions to "fix" education! Or the parents! Or the numerous programs put into place!
What was so wrong with vocational training? Why can't we get some of these kids out of school and put them in job training. If a student hates school and does nothing but ruin it for everyone else, get them out and give them some practical training!!!
Why is the teacher always the blame for failing scores?? Why is it that teachers can get fired for something a student does wrong or for the failure of the system?
It's funny but when we are going through our "state mandated" training for testing, I always ask, after being told that I could lose my license for this and for that... what happens to the student if they do something wrong during testing... the answer is always, NOTHING!!!!
What would happen if all the teachers across the nation were to go on strike??? What would the parents do?? No babysitter?? How am I going to go to work?? What would the government do?? Finally listen to us???
Last question... why don't you ever hear of them cleaning house with the administration of a district??? Why isn't the entire school board, principals, vice-principals, secretaries, administrative secretaries, specialists for each area, assistance to the assistant, and everyone else who gets paid way more money than I do, fired??!!
Just had to ask...
What i wish you would say....
Spending all my nights and all my money going out on the town
Doing anything just to get you off of my mind
But when the morning comes I'm right back where I started again
And trying to forget you was just a waste of time
Baby come back, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
Baby come back, you can blame it all on me
I was wrong and I just can't live without you
All day long wearing a mask of false bravado
Trying to keep up a smile and hide the tears
But as the sun goes down I get that empty feeling again
How I wish to god that you were here
Baby come back, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
Baby come back, you can blame it all on me
I was wrong and I just can't live without you
Now that I put it all together
Give me the chance to make you see
Have you used up all the love in your heart
Nothing left for me, is there nothing left for me
Baby come back, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
Baby come back, listen baby, you can blame it all on me
I was wrong and I just can't live without you
I was wrong and I just can't live
Hall & Oats
Where is my knight in shining armor, where is the man that will make me feel special and wanted.
You will miss me, you will regret it, you will want to say more... but won't because you don't want to be vulnerable. I understand.
Doing anything just to get you off of my mind
But when the morning comes I'm right back where I started again
And trying to forget you was just a waste of time
Baby come back, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
Baby come back, you can blame it all on me
I was wrong and I just can't live without you
All day long wearing a mask of false bravado
Trying to keep up a smile and hide the tears
But as the sun goes down I get that empty feeling again
How I wish to god that you were here
Baby come back, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
Baby come back, you can blame it all on me
I was wrong and I just can't live without you
Now that I put it all together
Give me the chance to make you see
Have you used up all the love in your heart
Nothing left for me, is there nothing left for me
Baby come back, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
Baby come back, listen baby, you can blame it all on me
I was wrong and I just can't live without you
I was wrong and I just can't live
Hall & Oats
Where is my knight in shining armor, where is the man that will make me feel special and wanted.
You will miss me, you will regret it, you will want to say more... but won't because you don't want to be vulnerable. I understand.
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