crest

I've finally made it to the crest after paddling in the trough for so long. The workday was energizing and encouraging. The big picture began to reemerge for me. I found some awesome technology that will work well in my class. The Discovery Channel's United Streaming and some primary sources and biographical info to integrate into the basic survey that is my Social Studies class. I decided that I want to teach them the alphabet of Hebrew, Ancient Greek and Arabic... or at least introduce them to it. That will maybe store into their heads the Talmud, New Testament and the Koran. And, as we tack on Eastern languages we can add on their languages and holy writings. It'll be fun to compare Christian art to Muslim. Greek Orthodox/Byzantium to the Western. Good times. I think we're going to read "Rikki Tikki Tavi" next week. I also need to incorporate longer writing exercises. They can do it. Let me reiterate: I'm very excited about United Streaming and my other sources! Woohoo.

And, my P-touch arrived today. Voila, here is all the evidence you need to legitimate your suspicions of how exactly anal I am.

I'll turn out some brief reviews of the books I'm reading next week. Twilight, Shattered Dreams (Larry Crabb) and Attentive Life (Leighton Ford). And, I'm planning to see Body of Lies tomorrow. Lots of reviews... get pumped.

I've been sitting on the idea of getting out of my writing group. The idea was very freeing. I think I'll definitely take a respit (sp?) the rest of October and November.