I am a new teacher at a school in california (fresno) where more than 85% of the kids come from low-income homes. 14 of the 16 kids on my water polo team don't have biological if any fathers living with them. It sucks. They know it. My goal is to get them to see there is a way out through encouragement, tough love (usually much "tougher" than what's on movies... I have no problem with telling a kid to his face he's making dumb decisions and needs to get his head out of his butt. Coupled of course with helping him ask the right questions and think the right directions until he realizes that failing PE because a girl doesn't want him to "dress out" probably isn't the best long-term idea), and consistency. I've only been here for a bit over a year but you couldn't pay me to leave. $35,000 a year gross pay.
Flatland, and the latest "Flatterland" is a great read. I'm almost done (just abstract algebra to go!) with a math major, and it's been a wonderful journey, cumlinating in my eyes with Number theory(exploration of Primes a LOT - Mersenne, etc.) and real analysis (all proofs, all the time!) last semester. I'm giving myself a mini-calculus course this christmas break just, sadly enough i guess, for fun! It's been a while since I had to use Chain rule and all that stuff...
as perl started out great for scripting stuff and has grown, java started out with the promise of write once, run anywhere, what is eiffel's main strength according to it's developers (any users out here?)
from the cnn article: "...and require that the company release some technical data so software developers can write programs for Windows that work as well as Microsoft products do."
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I am a new teacher at a school in california (fresno) where more than 85% of the kids come from low-income homes. 14 of the 16 kids on my water polo team don't have biological if any fathers living with them. It sucks. They know it. My goal is to get them to see there is a way out through encouragement, tough love (usually much "tougher" than what's on movies... I have no problem with telling a kid to his face he's making dumb decisions and needs to get his head out of his butt. Coupled of course with helping him ask the right questions and think the right directions until he realizes that failing PE because a girl doesn't want him to "dress out" probably isn't the best long-term idea), and consistency. I've only been here for a bit over a year but you couldn't pay me to leave. $35,000 a year gross pay.
most spas are 100+ degrees. i think you got mixed up between centigrade and fahrenheit... water boils at 212F
Flatland, and the latest "Flatterland" is a great read. I'm almost done (just abstract algebra to go!) with a math major, and it's been a wonderful journey, cumlinating in my eyes with Number theory(exploration of Primes a LOT - Mersenne, etc.) and real analysis (all proofs, all the time!) last semester. I'm giving myself a mini-calculus course this christmas break just, sadly enough i guess, for fun! It's been a while since I had to use Chain rule and all that stuff...
That's funny, I don't pay an ISP bill on my campus's T3 line... FFA!
as perl started out great for scripting stuff and has grown, java started out with the promise of write once, run anywhere, what is eiffel's main strength according to it's developers (any users out here?)
from the cnn article: "...and require that the company release some technical data so software developers can write programs for Windows that work as well as Microsoft products do."
and they kept a straight face?
after my first year... i SOO agree...