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Since many of the folks on my flist are people I've never been in face to face contact with, but what the hell, I'll be a sheep and moo with the oddest of them:
01. Reply with your name and I will write something about you.
02. I will then tell what song/movie reminds me of you.
03. If I were to apply an o'clock to you, it would be...
04. I will try to name a single word that best describes you.
05. I'll tell you the most memorable moment I've had with you.
06. I will tell you what animal you remind me of.
07. I'll then tell you something that I've always wondered about you.
08. Put this in your journal.
I haven't responded to this one in the journals of those I haven't actually met, but don't let that stop you if you feel the urge, I'll just take a page out of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dilickjm's book and make stuff up.
01. Reply with your name and I will write something about you.
02. I will then tell what song/movie reminds me of you.
03. If I were to apply an o'clock to you, it would be...
04. I will try to name a single word that best describes you.
05. I'll tell you the most memorable moment I've had with you.
06. I will tell you what animal you remind me of.
07. I'll then tell you something that I've always wondered about you.
08. Put this in your journal.
I haven't responded to this one in the journals of those I haven't actually met, but don't let that stop you if you feel the urge, I'll just take a page out of
dilickjm's book and make stuff up.
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6) Dude, you have to come SEE the cows. The one my SIL put on the wall is incredibly cool.
7) I'm actually degree-less. I left school with a semester to go after mono, otherwise poor health, a tuition jump and getting laid off conspired against me. (I'm pretty sure this was discussed on RASFWRJ some years back). I had always intended to finish that off and teach German to high schoolers. In the meantime, all of my friends in the profession were jumping ship like rats from the Titanic, and the complaints were all the same - "They won't let us TEACH! It's all this rote memory shit for tests and the kids don't get to really LEARN anything!" I thought, well, OK, but I'm going to teach German, so they will actually learn the language. Hm.
Then Alex entered school and I saw that they weren't kidding. Everything is all about the tests from the second they enter school, and I'm watching teacher enthusiasm just wither up and die from this. Teaching isn't something you do for money, it's something you do for love. It's something you're called to, and it's a shocking and painful thing when you're not permitted to practice your craft after being fed the line ("You can make a difference!") for your entire course of study and hard work.
In the ensuing years, the requirements for getting your teaching credentials in the state of Ohio have changed dramatically, and I just don't want to do it anymore. I teach, but not within the confines of state requirements, which lets me actually do the job the way I know it will get through to the kids. I think I'm doing more good working in the school as a parent volunteer and assisting the district with technology education and implementation than I would be in a classroom of my own. I get all of the rewards of watching the lights come on for a kid, and none of the administrative headaches.