I have avoided blogging for the school year of 2009 mostly because it has been the school year that hasn’t. What do I mean by that? Well the hustle bustle of finding a full-time ELA position quickly downgraded to becoming any position when Joel Klein (the commissioner of NYC public schools) reiterated that the NYC hiring freeze was not going to be lifted anytime soon. So, despite any position that I “had” there was now way around the freeze.
Making things far worse, the excess of excessed teachers creates a situation where some schools have on hand 2 or 3 teachers that can be used as substitutes for coverages and such. Thus eliminating the need for Subcentral to call me in the morning. As of now (late October,) I have only worked 2 days this school year. Thus, the changes I make towards the theme and outlook of this blog are definitely going to be along the lines of “Living on a Prayer.” Yes, the song by Bon Jovi. You’ll see what I mean.
We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.
Ben Sweetland
According to the critical lenses, “We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own,” teaching is a journey of self-discovery. Ben Sweetland’s remark really fits into what I’ve done today; nothing but research other educational blogs to hear and see how this school year is going.
Honestly it just put me in an even more foul mood. I think I shall go play Farmville on Facebook.
This is how you live your life
and why we will have to separate ours.
This is thought to be
caustic/ not because of
its cost/ but because a hole remains/
like a cigarette burn through thin
material.
And such is immaterial to you./
Even though you own every word
said to you/ of you/ the sound is not
merely enough unless it is your voice.
(Though often I find you gurgling words
surely Narcissus did into the lake.)
Yet, no one has come up with a way
to quote you/ against yourself/which
you don’t find flattering/Thus,
in every debate you enter/ you find
yourself with the last word and “Victory.”
This is how you live your life and
how we separate our ways.
Things That Make Me Hate American Culture (Sept 2008 Ed.)
This is basically a transcript of what I lived blogged during the MTV VMA’s. It’s actually a lot less confusing to collect them and write an introduction to them when I think abou it.
2 Lady Gaga just killed herself in front of everyone. Maybe they should get her a doctor.
3I’m ignoring Taylor Swift’s pre-recorded Tomfuckery.)
4 Some modern rock group just won. However, I’m still wondering who the hell gave Kanye West a microphone or his haircut.
5 Actually, I think Green Day just performed. Why does the lead singer still have hair like he is a 15 yr old white boy from Cheektowaga, NY who is rebelling against his parents.
Some modern rock group just won. However, I’m still wondering who the hell gave Kanye West a microphone or his haircut.
Actually, I think Green Day just performed. Why does the lead singer still have hair like he is a 15 yr old white boy from Cheektowaga, NY who is rebelling against his parents.
Chester Arthur Kent is both a Work in Progress, and a finished sculpture. Much like Pinocohio he is still ascertaining what it means to be a real person in today's world.
