i've been hanging out over here tonight and getting a better education than the four years i spent at college. no, i learned a lot there too. but i'm learning lots more than i have since.
if you're reading this, you probably already know about there because not too many other people read this here blog because i haven't branched out very much yet. but i will.
in the meantime, if you haven't read or posted anything over there, give it a try. it's bring your own, open mike, kinda like a let's sing about our favorite thing to get activist about karaoke night blog - only the voices may as well be professionals.
and that's kinda a bad analogy because it's way more educational than entertaining and i am grateful for the links to articles i could never find by myself and engaging in dialogue that gets my juices flowing in all the right directions, you know?
anyhow, i've spent all my internet time over there and can't take too much more time here but i have to say the following about the goings ons in my life:
i had two job interviews today and i was very loved and liked by all. if this translates into more money and better opportunity for me, then i will be very hyped that i won't have to worry soooooo much about the bills. that we may be able to pay back all the debt we owe before the kids go off to college. that we may be able to buy a house around here before the real estate prices go up to an even higher insane and ridiculous amount and get a dog. french bulldog we've decided, i think. and we may be able to send our kids to a school where the teachers don't have to strike.
no, drop the last one.
i love it that my soon to be eight-year old comes home hot and excited about the fact that his teachers are carrying their picket signs around town and protesting the injustice of their school district's treatment of them, even if and when times are lean.
this is the education i want him to have.
Mayor Jerry brown was blogging about oakland sideshows earlier this month and someone left this comment:
"Jerry's tough guy rhetoric about side-shows and parolees is a distraction from his all around failure to improve Oakland.
50% of Oakland schools finished in the bottom 10% percentile in statewide rankings of California Public schools, according to today's Tribune. It's getting even worse under the leadership of superindendent Randy Ward, yet Jerry remains totally silent on the CURRENT CRISIS which may end up with a demoralizing teacher's strike, privatized schools and a shutdown of the adult education program.
Where are you Jerry?
Anyone remember, that one of Jer's 4 point platform for Oakland was to fix the schools? I remember. Six years-- the schools are even worse.
On your watch Jer."
Where is Jerry? he was at my son's school meeting with teachers and parents saturday morning. the general sentiment? so? what will jerry do?
i'm going to start writing more about oakland, promise. it is an incredible place. truly.
and i started swimming today and you know, swimming laps looks waaaay easier than it is. i was huffing and puffing after 25 meters (that's half a lap). but i love the challenge and something new and maybe now i'll have arm muscles and a wee bit of upper body strength.
later. peace. out.
if you're reading this, you probably already know about there because not too many other people read this here blog because i haven't branched out very much yet. but i will.
in the meantime, if you haven't read or posted anything over there, give it a try. it's bring your own, open mike, kinda like a let's sing about our favorite thing to get activist about karaoke night blog - only the voices may as well be professionals.
and that's kinda a bad analogy because it's way more educational than entertaining and i am grateful for the links to articles i could never find by myself and engaging in dialogue that gets my juices flowing in all the right directions, you know?
anyhow, i've spent all my internet time over there and can't take too much more time here but i have to say the following about the goings ons in my life:
i had two job interviews today and i was very loved and liked by all. if this translates into more money and better opportunity for me, then i will be very hyped that i won't have to worry soooooo much about the bills. that we may be able to pay back all the debt we owe before the kids go off to college. that we may be able to buy a house around here before the real estate prices go up to an even higher insane and ridiculous amount and get a dog. french bulldog we've decided, i think. and we may be able to send our kids to a school where the teachers don't have to strike.
no, drop the last one.
i love it that my soon to be eight-year old comes home hot and excited about the fact that his teachers are carrying their picket signs around town and protesting the injustice of their school district's treatment of them, even if and when times are lean.
this is the education i want him to have.
Mayor Jerry brown was blogging about oakland sideshows earlier this month and someone left this comment:
"Jerry's tough guy rhetoric about side-shows and parolees is a distraction from his all around failure to improve Oakland.
50% of Oakland schools finished in the bottom 10% percentile in statewide rankings of California Public schools, according to today's Tribune. It's getting even worse under the leadership of superindendent Randy Ward, yet Jerry remains totally silent on the CURRENT CRISIS which may end up with a demoralizing teacher's strike, privatized schools and a shutdown of the adult education program.
Where are you Jerry?
Anyone remember, that one of Jer's 4 point platform for Oakland was to fix the schools? I remember. Six years-- the schools are even worse.
On your watch Jer."
Where is Jerry? he was at my son's school meeting with teachers and parents saturday morning. the general sentiment? so? what will jerry do?
i'm going to start writing more about oakland, promise. it is an incredible place. truly.
and i started swimming today and you know, swimming laps looks waaaay easier than it is. i was huffing and puffing after 25 meters (that's half a lap). but i love the challenge and something new and maybe now i'll have arm muscles and a wee bit of upper body strength.
later. peace. out.
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