In November, Malcom Gladwell's third book, "Outliers" will be released. He will be discussing success, and from the reviews of the book already out there, it sounds like it will be just as fascinating a read as his other books, "Tipping Point" and "Blink!" , both of which we have in our hallway bookshelves for our students to read.
Here is a link to another person's blog about the book: http://800ceoread.com/blog/archives/007918.html
Dear Menfolk,
Father's Day is the closest we come to celebrating not only fathers, but ourselves as men.
Biological father or not, on this Father's Day, we celebrate our role in the lives of our children.
I don't know who posted these, but here are some links to videos that someone in our school community recently made and posted onto YouTube. I am very proud of the artwork our students are producing under the expert guidance of our artist-in-residence, Mr. David Marini. Some anonymous person has taken a lot of their personal time to create these great little videos showcasing our student's artwork. These are tastefully done and do not contain "real" images or the full names of our students.
My grandparents grew up in a time in which there were stil Civil War veterans alive.
I grew up knowing WWI veterans. I had neighbors who were veterans of WWII and Korea. I had a science teacher, Mr. Jackal, who was a Vietnam vet. I had colleagues who were Gulf War vets and I have met soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, slowly, but surely time marches on and the earth takes those from earlier conflicts. Photos and memories remain, but it isn't the same as knowing a person or listening to a voice.
I just spoke on the phone with a Donor Services Assistant at The Gift of Life. This is an organization that created a bone marrow registry in the hopes of finding a cure for a young man dying of cancer in 1991.
I am constantly reminded how little I understand in this world. This fascinating animation discusses wave behavior in physics. You'll need access to YouTube to be able to watch it. Let me know what you think about it by leaving your comments below. Thanks for visiting my blog.
Our school is located inside another school, Rachel Carson IS237. When 237 was first built, it was designed to be accessible to students of all kinds of abilities. It was one of the first of its kind to have an elevator, a ramp, and it integrated students of all abilities into the regular classrooms. This morning I read David Pogue's blog on the New York Times website http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/gadgets-with-the-blind-in-mind... in which he challenges his readers to discuss how technology is accessible or inaccessible to people of all abilities.
One of my primary functions as the school principal is to ensure that all of my teachers have access to adequate classroom supplies. It kills me when I am unable to provide this support. As a new school we simply aren't given the resources we need. We don't have enough books, teaching supplies, computers, furniture, or teaching aids. I am always on the lookout for resource donations and for creative ways to recycle materials.
Today is Friday. It is the fourth morning here in Korea. I woke up at 4:30am feeling quite well. This is what happens when you have jet lag. You wake up in the middle of the night and wonder why no one else is up. Because we are leaving Daegu this morning at 9am, I spent some time packing my bag and then read through the itinerary. Then at 6am I left the hotel in search of an Internet cafe.
This morning we attended a lesson by a professor at Keimyung University about Korean language and linguistics. It was a fascinating lesson and we all came away feeling that we learned something.
In the afternoon, I took a lesson in Taekwondo at Keimyung University. It was really a lot of fun. At first, I thought, how much can we learn in only 90 minutes? We exercised for a few minutes, and then we began to learn some moves. I learned mainly how to block and how to get out of several difficult positions.
What do you do if someone twists one of your arms behind your back? Well, it's actually not hard to get out of. You step backwards and put one of your feet behind the attackers feet and then continue to push backwards so that the attacker is tripped by your foot while at the same time you also use your free arm to chop the person in the neck. The entire move takes only a fraction of a second. I learned this and several other moves and really enjoyed myself during the lesson.
