posted by Sun T. on Sep 2
ALL ACROSS THE USA
I keep forgetting to tell you all!
Smithsonian sponsoring free museum day across the USA 9/30/06, Saturday
Here’s a great opportunity for a field trip:
The Smithsonian is sponsoring Museum Day on Saturday, Sept. 30. You and a
guest can visit a participating museum for FREE…anywhere in the U.S.!
Check out the website for more information on which museums in your state
are participating and print out your Museum Day Pass at:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday
***i have no ink in my printer GAH!!!***
posted by Sun T. on Sep 2
This is so moving. I cannot wait to watch this tomorrow night on Discovery. Anyone who is interested in another point of view for the victims of 9/11 should watch this. Even if you think you know the whole story, this will show you more. I have a link to two clips for the special: Discovery Channel’s "Inside the Twin Towers". I watched both clips this morning. I am on the edge of my seat. Being able to see from more than 15 other people’s point of view is awesome. They feature survivors, firemen, policemen, families of victims, and so many more.
The extravaganza begins at 9pm Eastern time on Discovery Channel.
That site also features a lot of other video clips that you may be interested in, so take a look around while you are waiting for tomorrow night to come ;).
posted by Sun T. on Apr 25
Dear Student,
Welcome to Stonecliffe College Online and the proud 40 year history of Colorado Technical University! You will soon realize that SCO is a special place. We want you to take advantage of every opportunity offered to help you expand your horizons and fulfill your dreams.
The mission of Stonecliffe College Online is to provide you with an opportunity to continue your education and advance your career, by offering an online program that complements your current lifestyle and schedule. We are dedicated to accomplishing this goal by partnering with you and providing you with a world-class online education. If you have a passion for learning, we can help make your aspirations come true.
Our aim at SCO is to provide you with a career-oriented education, by teaching applied, real-world, state-of-the-practice programs in selected business and criminal justice areas of study. At SCO, we believe that higher education must encompass a holistic approach to education, which views you as central to the learning process. Our goal is to remove barriers of time, space, and geo
graphy that may have limited your access to higher education.
Now is the time for you to “Point your career upward.” The faculty, staff, and administration are here to assist and guide you. Your success is our success!
Sincerely,
Wallace Pond, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Stonecliffe College Online an
Academic Division of CTU
posted by Sun T. on Apr 24
My friends are the best and they have allowed me to reach my $50 goal so I applied last night to the college. I have a mere day or two to wait for approval…
:::In other news:::
My mind has been writing stories without my approval. Reading Margaret George in her perfection has allowed the wellspring of my literary fountain to reopen. I hadn’t been able to write a flowing paragraph in such a long time, I forgot how to do so. I am happy that Brenna allowed me the privilege of sharing in this author’s history. With Margaret George flashing before my eyes and Fiona Apple seeping into my ears, I do believe that I will finally be able to finish my own biography, and maybe get some more art from the tomb of my mind.
Eloquent ecstasy is what I long to become. I have been struggling with writing for quite some time. I have not had the energy nor passion to devote to such a daunting duty. I refuse to write prose dribble. I cannot say that I am the most fluid writer, but I know that I can do better than the staccato thoughts and vanishing dreams that I have been used to sputtering from the end of my pen onto an overly wor
thy piece of paper. I can see that page now, cringing at the bulk of what was violating its face.
I pray that is now remedied and I will have some lucid thought with meaning being poured out onto a forgiving canvas.
xposted to my mindsay
posted by Sun T. on Apr 22
I am trying to go to school again. This time for an associates degree in business management.
Obstacle: I need the $50 application fee…
Solution: Prayer and working diligently online to see if I can make the dough by Monday which is the deadline. When did I find out that was the deadline so I can get into school for May 17th? Yesterday. How much do I have as of now? Around $20.
Obstacle: When I get accepted I have to deal with financial aid and see if they will give me enough money NOT in loans to cover the 30 month $21000 bill.
Solution: More prayer because I first have to come up with the application money and then I can worry about that…but the prayer for them covering the bill after I sacrifice my hard earned $50 is crucial.
So what is left for me to do? I want to do this for my family more than anything. I know that this education will put me in the position to elevate our living standards to far more than comfortable. All the classes are online so I can do them while I am at home. The baby is pretty self sufficient and homeschooling is going well. Im not planning on being pre
gnant again anytime, so this is the ideal moment for me to do this.
So if you could please pray with me that God’s will be done so I can move on I would appreciate it. Thank you.
posted by Sun T. on Apr 12
I am taking donations toward my son’s homeschool fund…all funds are going into my paypal account then to a high yield savings when I get enough to matter. I will be buying his $300+ Pre K package in February of next year.
posted by Sun T. on Jan 30
no child left behind act
I was pondering this phenomenon: No child left behind… I keep finding evidence that refutes the idea that this act was passed for the greater good of all children.
I just heard on the news a day or so ago about schools being closed down and children being bussed to other schools. Over 60 teachers will be out of work. The class sizes in the schools are going from 19:1 up to 29:1. Even the children of the schools are outraged. One girl said that there will be more disruptions in class. How does a child learn with disruptions in class?
How is there no child being left behind when the schools are closing for lack of funding? The schools the kids were being sent to had no extra curricular activities. Why? Because the $17m referendum was voted down. In southern Jersey a school I used to attend has lost their brand new library and all extra curricular activities due to lack of funding. There are children being graduated that don’t know how to read or do basic math. How are they getting ahead?
The curriculum is getting harder for the younger children. They can’t even learn
the basics before they are slapped with advanced concepts. With all these kids that are “not left behind” going out into the work force with no skills and no hope of getting a good job, they are left to fend for themselves or simp off the government…the same government who swore not to leave them behind. As these kids grow, they get more violent and less active in the throws of positive society. What is left for them to do? The jails are already full of those who have been left to the dredges. Why are we throwing our children there before they even get a chance to understand what it means to be successful?
The schools are getting larger and larger. The teachers are at their wit’s end with the kids. There are children in sixth grade that still have not grapsed the concepts that were introduced in third grade. The amount of time spent in each class is not sufficient enough for each child to gain understanding of the subject before they are thrown to another subject. The time they spend in school per day is only rivaled by the amount of time parents/caregivers are spending trying to help these kids gain the knowledge they were unable to attain while in school. YES I’m talking about homework.
Even when I was in high school I took brain busting classes, spent hours after school with teachers, broke my back with a backpack full every night, just to spend more hours trying to get through a load of ho
mework assignments…most nights staying up until one or two in the morning. I was considered somewhat smart. How much more effort would it take for what is considered an average or mediocre student to understand the things that are thrown at them five days a week in school? The housing developments are becoming more and more prevalent. Each time one gets cleaned out of the vagrants, our government cultivates more vagrants to take their place.
How can we blame the children? Is it their fault that the classes were too large or underfunded to provide them a satisfactory education so they could become productive citizens?
And then I am asked WHY I am such an advocate for homeschool?
I refuse to allow my child to go through not being left behind because he was never picked up in the first place.
READ THE THOUGHTS OF A TEACHER: NCLB
posted by Sun T. on Jan 29
read this
whats your opinion?
