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Comment on Veterans’ Day 2009 by worldwar1letters

worldwar1letters — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:53:06 +0000

Readers may also be interested in the writings home from the front of US Sgt. Sam Avery during the Great War (World War I). Fascinating eyewitness history from the hot sands along the Rio Grande to the cold mud along the Meuse.

This blog is an adventure long in the making for me in honor of my own family hero. Letters are posted on the same day they were written from the trenches 91 years ago. Today I found myself staring at my watch counting down the minutes to 1100 hrs.

Long before the Greatest Generation there was the Most Gallant Generation. Stop by and come march along…

http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com

Comment on Veterans’ Day 2009 by Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:04:46 +0000

Just wanted to say thank you to all the fallen soliders and the soliders that are still serving.Thank you for all that you’ve done.

Comment on Where the Wild Things AREN’T by Paul C

Paul C — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:10:02 +0000

I must say I love the graphic at the top of your post. Well crafted. I am looking forward to seeing the movie and probably concluding with you that the book was better.

Comment on Mighty Bumps from Little Acorns Grow! by Paul C

Paul C — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:46:42 +0000

Most entertaining. We have an oak tree which is popular with all the squirrels in the neighbourhood. They like to tease our two cats by flicking their tails as they dart up and down for another tasty morsel of acorn.

Comment on Football vs. Libraries by Thing 5: Libraries vs. Sports | White County Technology

Thing 5: Libraries vs. Sports | White County Technology — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:24:49 +0000

[...] and those that advocate libraires. In one of Blogboard’s posts, there is a response to G.S. Feet’s article supporting high school athletics questioning if “schools and communites have their priorities [...]

Comment on Football vs. Libraries by scgatorgirl

scgatorgirl — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:07:34 +0000

Btw- eeeeeeeeeew on the picture!!!!

Comment on Football vs. Libraries by Erica

Erica — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:42:18 +0000

I LOVE this posting. I totally agree that football (or any sports program for that matter) will always win the battle against the books. That’s why homework gets sent in in the form of a note- “We had football practice so we didn’t have time to do the work.” Um… since when is not having time the same thing as not MAKING time? Keep preachin’!

Comment on To A Young Person Turning 16 by Fran Bullington

Fran Bullington — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:56:57 +0000

Shannon,

Bull’s eye! I wish someone had given me this advice when I was 16 – and that I would have listened to it.

Comment on Football vs. Libraries by teacherninja

teacherninja — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:08:41 +0000

Seen this?

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/blogboard/archives/2009/09/sports_vs_libra.html

Comment on Football vs. Libraries by G. S. Feet

G. S. Feet — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:51:26 +0000

Jim,
When you talk about choosing between kill and drill and life-long readers, I totally agree. Unfortunately, in many places — including some districts around here — it’s not a choice. Tests have become so important, especially for schools in their third and sometimes fourth years as “unsatisfactory” on AYP, that just about everything gets sacrificed on that bubble grid shaped altar. Until testing is abandoned — not changed, abandoned — we won’t see any real progress on that front. What’s tested is what is given time. I don’t feel optimistic about that change coming anytime soon because the people who care in general aren’t high enough up the food chain in large enough numbers to make a difference.