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23042. Ms. No - 11/30/2007 6:02:50 PM Jude,
It's a wonder they don't just kick you out of Texas for not worshipping at the alter of football like a proper native. (I never did either)
I'll tell you what I would watch on a regular basis if I had access, though: Gaelic Football. It's a fast-paced, interesting game and you've never seen such gorgeous legs in your life. ;-> 23043. Magoseph - 11/30/2007 8:53:29 PM Hi, Ms. No--how's school? 23044. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/30/2007 11:36:43 PM Merci Wiz!
Just a spoof I thought you might enjoy using with an occasional Email, David. I hope I didn't offend. 23045. arkymalarky - 12/1/2007 12:37:25 AM Hey Mags, just at work, as usual. 23046. David Ehrenstein - 12/1/2007 1:58:16 AM Not in the slightest. 23047. jexster - 12/1/2007 4:15:53 AM Yo David... U know a writer by the name of Charlie Kaiser? 23048. jexster - 12/1/2007 4:24:28 AM We dated when he was at Columbia
23049. Magoseph - 12/1/2007 2:49:28 PM How was he, Jex?
Arky, just kidding... 23050. Magoseph - 12/1/2007 2:50:48 PM ...but I sorely miss thoughtful!
Wonks, a big snowstorm is coming your way. 23051. jexster - 12/1/2007 6:04:52 PM I don't kiss and tell.
Obviously memorable 30 years later 23052. David Ehrenstein - 12/1/2007 7:05:22 PM Yeah I know Charlie Kaiser. FABULOUS guy. Always has a stunning boyfriend on his arm.
So TELL!
You're amopng friends. 23053. jexster - 12/1/2007 7:14:54 PM He was a HOTTIE back in the day....about 1975 we went out a couple times in DC..I went up to NyC...ain't gonna tell any more than that.
Kinda outta my league sociallly 23054. jexster - 12/1/2007 7:16:20 PM Great sense of humor as I recall. Always made me laugh. I got to thinking about him a few months ago when he had an OpEd in the LAT on of all things the Iraq War. 23055. wonkers2 - 12/1/2007 8:48:51 PM Mago, there you go again! Sending us bad weather.
Whatever happened to thoughtful? I miss her, too. Did the Wiz run her off? 23056. arkymalarky - 12/1/2007 9:52:33 PM Well, Judith, they've closed the middle bridge in the bottoms--the big metal and wood one. I don't know if they're going to replace it or not, but for now we can't get there from here. I hope they don't tear down the bridge. 23057. judithathome - 12/1/2007 9:59:54 PM Oh damn....why did they do that? All in the name of progress, I suppose?
That was about the coolest bridge I've ever been on...damn, damn, damn it. 23058. arkymalarky - 12/1/2007 10:21:47 PM We looked underneath and it was rusted. I know they won't pay to restore it, so either they'll leave it closed, which would be fine by me, or they'll tear it down and replace it, which will take a while. If they do that, I told Bob I want it. We could put over the creek by the trail. 23059. Ms. No - 12/2/2007 1:42:08 AM Mags,
School is going well. I'm in the crunch here with papers and projects before finals. I'm actually getting kind of sad that I won't be in school next semester. The last week or so I've been seriously thinking about a Masters degree. I won't do that until after I get my credential, but it wasn't anything I'd really much thought about before in concrete terms.
At this very moment I'm getting ready to go write my paper for my African American history class. The issue is one I've worked with before, but the challenge for this paper is that it is so short but has a ton of sources, all of which have to be quoted. I'm sitting here wondering where in the heck my actual paper is supposed to show up between all the quotations. ;-> 23060. arkymalarky - 12/2/2007 2:16:36 AM My advice is go for it now, No. Mose is glad she's doing it, even with her teaching load, and I waited too long and had to do it too fast, which I'm sure is much of the reason I'm dealing with heart problems now.
And my next advice would be that as soon as you know teaching is for you, go for your National Board Certification. I would like to have that accomplishment before I retire (not to mention the money), but it's looking like that's not likely.
You all know I try not to say much about myself professionally, but I think I've been a good teacher. Unfortunately that's measured as much by the credentials in the eyes of many people--more, really--than the actual work you do in the classroom. And the more creds you can get early, the more money, the less stress later, the more options for you during your career, and the better your retirement or career change options down the line.
By the time I started my MSE I had to finish it in a year and a half, and not getting it would have meant retirement would be very difficult and my options if my school consolidates, which is very likely to happen after next year, were significantly limited. Now I could fully retire, work part time, or continue as I am right now if the stress is not too bad. The stress can't come back. That's the one factor that's got to be a part of whatever I do after next year. And teaching is ZERO stress for me. It's all the other crap, and/or changing schools. I'm just not willing to do it any more, even the fun crap, which there's a lot of in teaching.
If my school stays open I may never retire. I'll go to part time when and if I get ready, and keep on trucking until they wheel me out the door. 23061. arkymalarky - 12/2/2007 2:17:47 AM What's your paper, btw. I did at least two on A-A education issues.
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