Rumors...

can't a person quit they're job without any problems??

so first there was the whole grade thing with the basketball player...that waa finally figured out but only with a help of a good friend/coworker!

now comes the backlash from the kids...now i realize that the kids didnt get to know me and therefore have no allegience to me but i've being told of a variety of things that they are saying...
unfortunately all of this could have been avoided if they had just paid attention and believed everything i said!
Rumor #1: She's going back to school.
Truth: I'm applying with the intent to go back to school in the fall to pursue my masters...in education? HELL NO!! I want to do nonprofit stuff so I'm looking into public administration.
Rumor #2: She got fired.
Truth: haha NO! If they were going to fire me for what I did at school, they would have to fire a whole lot of other people who've done a hell ove a lot worse! Hell sometimes I think that if kids were more well-behaved, a lot more teaching and stuff would be accomplished. Unfortunately high school freshmen dont appreciate a 'laissez-faire' style of teaching.

okay..well thats all for today...i'm just getting sick and tired of kids. seriously, teaching IS a good contraceptive tool! i wouldnt want to be a breeder if my future offspring could turn into one of the bad ones!!

Hamburg Song

it was a while back ago when Keane came to Houston at Verizon...it was such a good show! it was also the first time i heard this song....Hamburg Song...it's on Under the Iron Sea, track 6! i fell in love with the music and everything...

well i was listening to it in the car on my way to work and it made me think....i'm one of those people that actually pay attention to the lyrics....(example: i'm not a fan of the Akon song 'i wanna love you' for two reason: 1) its really called 'i wanna fuck you' and then 2) its him singing about a stripper! seriously, i thought one song about a stripper was good enough! (for those of you NOT in the know, that would be the song 'im in love with a stripper' with its catchy video game sounding intro!)

anyways...i've never been super duper sure what Tom says in the song...to me, i've always seen it as a long song...of unrequitted love...am i right? who knows! it's just a damn beautiful song....

the lyrics are below...check it out for yourself! =)

"Hamburg Song"

I don't wanna be adored
Don't wanna be first in line
Or make myself heard
I'd like to bring a little light
To shine a light on your life
To make you feel loved

No, don't wanna be the only one you know
I wanna be the place you call home

I lay myself down
To make it so, but you don't want to know
I give much more
Than I'd ever ask for

Will you see me in the end
Or is it just a waste of time
Trying to be your friend
Just shine, shine, shine
Shine a little light
Shine a light on my life
Warm me up again

Fool, I wonder if you know yourself at all
You know that it could be so simple

I lay myself down
To make it so, but you don't want to know
You take much more
Than I'd ever ask for

Say a word or two to brighten my day
Do you think that you could see your way

To lay yourself down
And make it so, but you don't want to know
You take much more
Than I'd ever ask for

Accents...

(i'm back with my random musings! YES!! =D)

i was watching sex and the city...'one'...it's the first one with the Russian...

ahhhh...ACCENTS! it's sooo cliche but damn, they're HOT! lol i was sitting there listening to the Russian accent and it was pretty amazing...i think all accents are. i'm quite a fan of the British accent but a lot of people already knew that! haha i remember one day when i was going to work, they played a short snippet of Prince William talking...DAMN!! i would have NEVER expected that to be his voice!

i'm an audio person....or is it aural? i'm not sure...i like hearing things...well not like HEARING things..but you know what i mean! i think a person's voice can make or break a person for me! i remember thats how it was when i first talked to DA...OMG..he definitely doesnt have a voice to go with him...i remember when one of my friends talked to him about the Dell infrastructure..when she got off the phone with him, she automatically asked me about his voice...hahah i nearly died! i explained to her that voice and face, NO MATCHY!

*sigh*

not to sit there and hate but i do like a good Southern accent! i once met a friend of a friend and she had the best Texas drawl. i was amazed at the slow talking...she was from Dallas! haha that just goes back to the one Texas Cowboy....damn....boots and chaps...lol! i wish i had a picture to explain it!

okay...no more talk about this...it's just random musings...

*****
i'm still sick though...stuffy...yucky....i hope i get better, slowly but surely! =)

V-day........is slowly approaching....

gotta make plans for a 'singles v-day dinner' i wonder how many people i'll have coming to that?? lol =)

look for it coming up soon!

why we need SOMETHING new in education

i just read this on the Houston Chronicle website...here's the link to the article but i've included the text below for your reading pleasure! i don't always believe in research but it's gotta mean something right??

Jan. 28, 2007, 11:27AM

One-third of students in Texas don't graduate

Associated Press

AUSTIN — One out of three Texas students don't graduate, and more students drop out than finish high school in the state's largest cities, according to education experts.

Statewide, more than 2.5 million students have dropped out of Texas high schools in the last 20 years, and each graduating class loses about 120,000 students from freshman year to senior year, according to the San Antonio-based Intercultural Development Research Association.

The research group says more than half of students in Texas' largest cities drop out. The dropout rate among blacks, Hispanics and low-income students is about 60 percent, according to the Center for Education at Rice University.

The statewide dropout rate is about 33 percent — or 20 points higher than what the Texas Education Agency reports.

Experts warn that the high dropout rate will lead to economic and social problems.

"If you live in a city like Dallas or Houston and half of your kids are not finishing high school, it's a social crisis," said Eileen Coppola, a researcher at Rice.

Dropouts are more likely to live in poverty, have health problems and end up in jail, Coppola said.

Dropouts on average earn about $9,200 per year less than high school graduates, said Frances Deviney, director for Texas Kids Count. That means dropouts give up about $900 million per year in wages.

The 2.5 million dropouts over the last 20 years represent $730 billion in lost revenue and costs for the state, Deviney said, citing a report from the research association.

"We have a huge problem," Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said.

Last year, with the prodding of Dewhurst and state Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, the state spent $275 per high school student for dropout prevention and college preparation programs.

But critics say the program is "not targeted for communities with the greatest need," said Albert Cortez, a director at the research association.

Dewhurst said he agrees that a more targeted effort is needed and plans to make it a priority during the legislative session.

"I want to focus on programs at your high-risk schools," Dewhurst said. "How do we keep those at-risk kids in school?"

where did the GOOD boys go?

i was talking to one of my good guy friends last night and it made me wonder...when did he become such a 'bad' boy?

i love my guy friends but sometimes i just dont understand the other side!! it makes me wonder sometimes. they're all GREAT guys but during their single days, i just dont understand it!

maybe its just me but when did SEX become such a big voting issue??

it's funny because when i talk to them, it seems like booty calls and their NEED for sex overrules any rationale that they possess. sometimes, i KNOW its just a joke and they're just teasing me because it's me! why not? but when i give myself a moment to think, it really makes me reflect and wonder....are they just kidding or is this what guys are essentially about? or maybe...is this just how humans are??

i don't like taking it to such a philosophical, biological, biblical level because i'm not looking for all that. yes, one of the reasons why humans are put on earth is for procreation but having sex isn't always for the purpose of procreation. for most people, it's purely for pleasure! (seems like us and some of our ape brethren believe the same thing...if i remember correctly, bonobos (i think i spelled that right!) also have sex for pleasure!)

maybe i'm not meant to understand...once it, it is me! i just hate feeling that sex is such an issue. granted i know that it wouldn't be an issue if i just went with the flow of it but then again, it would then become IGNORING the issue! haha!

ahh...just something that my mind ponders about...

EMPLOYED!

soooo i've secured a part-time job...VERY part-time...only 8 hours a week! doh! but at least i'll have some income coming in which is good! i hate the idea of being broke ass poor! i have a feeling tomorrow i'll have to sit there and take all of my bills and pay them at one time soo that i dont have to worry about anything!

YEAH! i will have to celebrate...it is a start! =)

Reflect. . .

sometimes it's good to read some lyrics and think about it...i looked up some things and this song showed up ...i wanted to share!

Auf Ache
~Franz Ferdinand

You see her, you can't touch her.

You hear her, you can't hold her.

You want her, you can't have her.

You want to, but she won't let you.

I'm sure everyone's had that feeling...have you?

a different time, a different place...

it's funny because i think that's the story of my life...

if it happened at a different place and time, things would be different

i talked to DG friday night...we talked for quite a while...i'm not sure exactly when it started but i can tell you that we hung up at 4:30 am. i was tired, he was tired but we had a LOT to talk about that night.

DG is a good guy. i can honestly say that we talk about EVERYTHING and i've never had the need to lie to him. i'm always very honest and forward with him, telling him what i think, what i feel, what's going on, etc and usually i can believe/trust that he's doing the same thing.

• do i know if he's telling me the truth?
• not really.
  
• do i hope he's telling me the truth?
  
• yes
• do i trust him?
• amazingly yes...but then again, i trust most people that hvent screwed me over yet!

it's weird....i've met plenty of people. i mean, it's bound to happen in a quarter century of life, right? what sucks is the people i make connections with are always unavailable to me. boo!

i hate when people say that things could be different under different circumstances...well DUH! of course they would be!

UNFORTUNATELY i can't live on 'what if?' scenario. but HONESTLZY though, i think it's kinda nice to know that under different circumstances.....

leftovers from teaching...

forgive me as i vent and bitch....i've already semi-released it on two people but that was very unfair to them so let me now vent it here for the world wide web to see...(to be honest, i don't think anyone really reads anymore...boo!)

one of my former coworkers called me today asking me about some school related stuff...apparently one of my former students has his coach contesting the last grades he received in my class....he's a basketball player on the A team. one of my friends from work had actually told me that this coach is basically one of those people that only care about having his team together for wins...therefore will bug teachers about his players grades.

well apparently he feels that there is something wrong with the student's grades and that he should have been passing at the 2nd 9 weeks (the grade that counts towards UIL eligibility) unfortunately since he failed the 9 weeks with a 67 (according to what my coworker told me that the coach relayed to him) he is unable to play. the coach recollects that i signed off on a grade check (at some unnoted time) that the student had an 81 in my class....unfortunately i doubt that the grade was during the 2nd 9 weeks, the one where the grade is being contested.

i remember before i left, the student came to my class to see what he made on the final...i recall telling him that 1) he passed his final (with like a 73 or 74) thus passing the class for the 1st semester and receiving 1/2 credit for the class but he 2) still failed the 9 weeks and thus would not be playing basketball in the spring.

it really angers me a LOT that there is soo much debate, questioning and so forth about the grade! i remember receiving an email from the coach asking about his progress in my class since he had apparently not been receiving any of the student's grade checks. i asked the student to come up to my desk and questioned him about the grade checks and he claimed that he hadn't showed them to the coach since he wasn't passing my class...i strongly believe that i had done my work by filling out the progress report and that it was the student's fault for never relaying his grades to his coach. even if the coach argues that the student (CLAIMS!!!) to have done a bunch of makeup work, i cant control his grade POST-DCA! if anything, i shouldn't allow make-up work because my students had MULTIPLE extra credit opportunities that ONLY a HANDFUL of kids took advantage of...

one of the problems with education and students today...they DON'T take school seriously!! this student, which i whole-heartedly believe is quite intelligent, never cared about my class! he chose to sleep in class and other things. i can't help and refuse to help a kid who doesn't care about his academics.

one of the things i wanna emphasize is that these kids are STUDENT ATHLETES...the first word, STUDENT, is the MORE important word out of the two. unfortunately, coaches, parents and sometimes teachers and administrators allow them to be an athlete first. because of this, we have kids who don't care about academics and never going anywhere pass high school sports!

it's frustrating because i do have the handful of students who work their tails off academically and are great on the field, court, etc. they, essentially, are the kids we need to applaud and given credit for all their hard work.

when will they (students, parents, coaches, teachers, administrators, society, etc) realize the possible detrimental precedence we are setting for the future?

hopefully sooner than later...

a new me...

so every year i make the same new year's resolution of making a 'new me.' ya know, the typical 'lose weight, better yourself' resolutions...so here i go again!

i went to get my hair done today...just colored and highlighted. the girl that works at my optometrist told me i don't look asian anymore...LOL..i thought that was really funny! i wonder how i'll look when i put in my new colored contacts! i have grey and amethyst! we'll see how that'll look!

so...it's now a day (or two) late but here are my new year's resolutions:
1. lose weight...i can do it..i just need to keep it off! UGH!
2. get into shape...this goes hand in hand with number 1. the plan? DDR and biking! =)
3. better myself...that's open to interpretation...if anything, i'm planning to do more volunteering and so forth
4. be happier...once again, another 'open to interpretation' resolution...i think if i'm more true to myself, i'll be happier....

for some reason i think i have more but i can't think of them...we'll see! if i have more, i'll add more! =)

WHAT A GAME!!

WOW....fiesta bowl! AMAZING! Boise State 43, Oklahoma 42 in OVERTIME!!!

I've never watched such an amazing NON-UT game in my life! i mean first 4th and 18 for Boise State with less than 30 seconds...and they score tie it back up after a last minute interception! that takes them into overtime....and then the 2pt converstion with a fake, what they're calling a 'statue of liberty' play! OMG...amazing!

The cutest thing was one of the players something Johnson then proposes to his girlfriend who's the head cheerleader....way tooo cute!

Makes me want to watch more football! FOOTBALL!! =)

another update....

i went to postsecret this morning and of course, there's another update to the classroom postcard from yesterday....here it is!

You aren't the magician, you're the magic.

sometimes i wish someone had told us that....


well HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! let the new year's resolution-making begin!! =)