Monday, May 26, 2008

The Long Weekend

Memorial Day always makes me sad because I stop and think about all the beautiful young men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country; what a shame to always lose the best and the brightest.

On a brighter note, I think I've managed to get about as far as I can go with my pre-thesis template. I'm waiting now for my software order for Captivate to be delivered. It seems best price doesn't usually equally best service and I'll only allow a few more days before I cancel and try again elsewhere. Things are winding down for this class, and 692, and 603. I've also spent a year earning some graduate credits through another program and that's ending June 6th. Thirty four units in a year is... challenging. Anyway, my work year ends June 19th. We're currently exploring roller coaster physics, next is bottle rocketry, after that I wrote a forensic science mystery for them to solve complete with glow in the dark blood traces and vomit, and we'll try to fit in Newton scooter vehicles and final exams have to go somewhere. I love teaching science!

For the first time this year I was able to read a book just for fun and work in the garden. I planted tons of new flowers, bushels of basil, and I staked the grape vines in the vineyard. I loved every minute of it. My updated pre-thesis can be found on the web link below and here: http://www.geocities.com/pitmandarlene/papers.html Happy Memorial Day and a big thank you to our active service members and veterans. Thank you for all you've done for us.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Darlene,

“...Thirty four units in a year is... challenging.” I would regard that as noteworthy and remarkable!!
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“...sad ... men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country” -- I’ve always been a believer in the right and responsibility to defend ones self and country, although based on a foundation of honesty, full disclosure and dissemination of the circumstances to all who seek truth, and never to personally gain from the spilling of another’s blood.

War seems to equal a symposium of death and money. The following article, titled “151 Congressmen Derive Financial Profit from War” can be found here: http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/151_congressmen_derive_financi.html

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