Good Music, Bad Excuses, Good Article, Bad Networking, Good Ideas

Posted on | April 10, 2009 | 4 Comments

I’m listening to Darshannon, from the Celtic Cross CD Hicksville. It’s incredible psytrance with a mixture of bluegrass and eastern sounds, if you can believe it. It works, which is brilliant.

I had dinner with my old principal last night. I was explaining to her why I’m not going into the doctorate program right now. The thing is, I like my house and life in general right now, and if I get my doctorate, there won’t be any more work in this town than there was before. And I can’t see moving for a university job that doesn’t pay all that much. As far as high school administration goes, well, yuk. And having a doctorate degree and remaining in my classroom would make me feel like a loser, which wouldn’t be true, but there you have it.

This morning, I read an article in the Independent called The Dark Side of Dubai. It’s worth a (somewhat lengthy) read. It says so much, and reading between the lines, the message isn’t only about Dubai.

I have an artist in my classroom who hates bookwork. I may get some really awesome drawings depicting the Industrial Revolution from different perspectives. I’m trying to be creative.

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4 Responses to “Good Music, Bad Excuses, Good Article, Bad Networking, Good Ideas”

Paris Parfait
April 10th, 2009 @ 7:24 pm

I do like that music! And you’re right about the Dubai article – it could be talking about a few places around the world, alas.
Kelvin Kao
April 10th, 2009 @ 7:42 pm

That article was a very interesting read. Thanks for sharing. =)

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Margaret
April 11th, 2009 @ 2:32 am

I’m going to read the article because it sounds very interesting. I am ambivalent on FB; I enjoy reconnecting with former students and colleagues–but there are also some creepers on there. I hope to not encounter them!

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Pacian
April 15th, 2009 @ 9:05 pm

Too many people on Facebook that I really don’t want to have anything to do with. And it’s disturbing to see how few degrees of separation there are between me and them.

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