I love the point in your paper where you say the way we’re taught and the way we use information do not coincide with each other. This is something I consistently struggle with because for the most part the way that I teach my kids how to do math problems is not the way they’ll actually approach them in real life. However, how they approach mathematical situations in real life depends on whether or not they have a strong foundation of number sense and mathematical ideas and generally speaking, the kids I work with don’t have this. I agree that in order to solve complex problems we need humans who are able to communicate effectively and see the perspectives of others, but they also need to have a firm understanding of what they know, that should be grounded in research and fact like you mentioned. I think getting this information to people is more along the lines of a simple problem, however it’s getting people to open their minds to that information and accept and retain it that makes all the difference.
The scientific randomness of picking a name out of a hat means that Sarah is the winner of the e-book, The Promise of Provence!
Read my review of the book here, and click here or here to learn more about Words and Peace France Book Tours, which continue!
Posted in About Book Blogging, General Book Talk	| Tagged amazon, Author, book review, book tour, E-book, e-book winner, good stuff, Promise of Provence, Provence, Twitter, winner	
How have I never heard this poem before? My brother and my aunt have their birthday on the Fifth of November, so it’s a day that has been celebrated in my household as long as I have been around. So how have I never heard this poem until this year? One of the benefits of the internet? Is it because I’m not English that I’ve never heard it before? Is it because I now follow a lot of British folk on Twitter that I heard it finally this year?
Anyway, its in reference to Guy Fawkes, a traitor who was publicly and horrifically executed for his treason in 1605. Yearly they burn effigies of him to remember the biggest traitor in their history. I’ve heard of Guy Fawkes day and now I will forever put the two together.
Ah. A great break from work has almost come to an end, but I really like the shift that I am working this week (2:30pm – 11:00pm) so I still get to stay up a little later and sleep in a little bit, so it fits my natural cycle. I have a suitcase out and started filling it with a few things, and have a list going of other things I need to think about and plan before next weekend!
and now… muffin baking and blogging before heading to Rushford for choir and the How I Met Your Mother season premiere!
I just re-watched the double season finale of How I Met Your Mother this morning so I’m ready for this season – is it 8? The final musical selection got me searching the internet to see what it was and I’m delighted to say that I have it in my iTunes! It ends with “The Wind” by Cat Stevens. Such good music in that great show – and several Spotify playlists to prove it!
Back to work tomorrow, but I’m armed with a list of things to do and think about and plan for. Maybe I’ll have time to blog my itinerary for the fun that begins on Saturday! It’s all so self-indulgent! I love it!
I also have a birthday coming up next week (hence the fun schedule to come!) and it’s kind of a cool number, I think. I’m kicking around some inspiration for lists – nothing as grand as the 40 things to do before turning 40. But maybe 4 lists of 11 things? I will see. I also read somewhere someone was putting together a list for 10/10 – like 10 things to say YES to and 10 things to say NO to. That’s do-able, too.
I subscribe to a Timehop email and daily I get a re-cap of my Twitter and Facebook posts from one year ago. It’s been fun to look back at that time and see what goodness was going on.
I read a few old blog posts of mine. I have blogged 225 posts since February 2010. Crazy, eh? 225 isn’t a lot when you think that I’ve been blogging for almost 3 years (yikes!) but I guess that’s more than a blog a week. I blogged a lot and was kind of clever when I was unemployed! For example, I did 40 days of blogs with another blogger who was celebrating her 40th birthday. I also blogged daily using the Satellite Sisters Uncommon Senses as a theme. I liked that. Maybe I’ll reprise it monthly or something.
I don’t get any (or many) comments on my blog. I don’t know why that is. Probably because the people who really read it get it via email and it’s not as easy as commenting when you’re on the website. If you do read it via email, I hope that you clicked that dance video that I posted after I saw The Intouchables. What fun it is!!!
Well, enough for today! Must get ready and get myself to Rushford! It’s a beautiful sunshiney Monday! Enjoy!
Posted in Mondays, Writing for Fun	| Tagged Birthday, Cat Stevens, fall fun, Homecoming, How I Met Your Mother, movies, Twitter, weekend off	
That nagging feeling that I should be chained to the computer searching indeed.com or any of the many job search sites I checked
That nagging feeling that I should be sending another email or making another phone call to check on a job status
That nagging feeling that while I was home, unemployed, I should be exercising and getting into shape
That nagging feeling that I shouldn’t be eating out/seeing a movie/doing anything fun because I should keep all my pennies
Going to bed and waking up whenever I want to – I had some months of pretty good sleep, after the anxious sleeplessness went away
Having the time to help out – making meals, babysitting, painting a nursery, grocery shopping, library-going…
Long leisurely showers in the afternoon and air-drying my hair (maybe only understood by curly-haired folk?)
Although the list of things that I will miss could go on and on, the overwhelming feeling of relief about being employed really overshadows them all. I value being self-reliant and I know that most of the things on the second list will continue in some way. I will still be helpful when I can, stay up late and sleep in when I can, tweet and blog when I can, and say YES to fun things when I can.
Posted in Stuff About Me	| Tagged lists, Nagging, things, Things I will miss, things I won't miss, Twitter, unemployment, working girl