woo hoo

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The Tigers Win. They beat the Cardinals, which is impressive in itself.

But more fun because a couple of my friends root for them and they sort of become the team to beat. In the past couple years the tigers were so crappy, that the only joy I got out of the season was to beat the Cardinals

Today was sort of the last day of school for faculty. The sort of is I am handing out a library award tomorrow at graduation. It's for the town library, I am not sure why I am the hand out person.… I also want to go in a little early and work on the inventory that I didn't get done. I think I will finish it on Wednesday of next week.

Inventory was kind of physically taxing. I'm tired, but I did some pushups, but I really need to start exercising, if only being active will help me write.…

Listening to the John Lennon Collection.

Tonight seemed like forever, I guess I haven't spoking to my little sweetie and it always concerns me if I don't talk to her, listening to Lennon doesn't make it any easier, since he is always singing about his sweetie!.

I guess it is close enough to bed time.

12:31:19 AM

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Go Tigers

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Tigers

Tonight they made following easy. I went to a school board meeting, to see if I still have a job after the Contingency Budget cuts (I do, and so does everyone else) and when I got out of the meeting the Tigers were winning

I talked to a parent and she wanted to know what I was doing for the summer. I told her of my novel idea (interesting way to state that), which she thought it was okay. She suggested I talk to her sister, mother of a soon-to-be ninth grader (and a modified softball player). It was a good idea, though I am not sure how the mother takes me...

The story: One of the girls on the team always has an unhappy look. In practice I said: "quit being a sourpuss" I think it is a phrase that most girls under the age of 40 have never heard before, of course the emphasis for them was 'puss' and they all started calling the girl 'sourpuss' when I met the mother, she said: "I'm sourpuss' mom."

I have given out enough nicknames, but 'sourpuss' is not one of them, but try to tell the small town rumor board.

Interesting, it reminded me that I have a good story about the student that I want to use in the novel. It is a novel idea.

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un-nerving

It is a little un-nerving that the
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The Detroit Tigers have the best record in baseball. When they were one of the worse teams in baseball (ever) in 2003, I kept thinking of the 1969 Mets and how bad they were in 1962 hoping the Tigers could turn it around. They have, but every night I expect them to win and if they lose, or lose several I worry. I guess I am looking for a dream season. Like the Buffalo Bisons had two years ago when I was in college at the UB

Okay, the links are making me dizzy.

So I tune into the yahoo ticker each night thinking there will be a win, and I have been pretty lucky so far.

But then I like to worry. Haven't heard from buff of low sweetie. So I am thinking there must be trouble with her kids. The unruly teenagers. Good kids I am sure, but in the throes of growing pains.

Lots going on at the old college, revamping the department.

Tigers are winning 3-1 in the eight, if we don't see T-Jones, we might have a five-game win streak.

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almost back home

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I moved some more stuff to my house. I am almost out of here. We have one last week.

The end is kind of tough for teachers. Mostly because the kids have given up.

Moving has been kind of difficult for me.

I miss my sweetie. In the last couple months it ahs been kind of difficult. Some because I haven't seen her, but mostly because I never know when I am going to see her. For example we don't have a get together date right now, so I might not see her until July.

One of the reasons is she is having a tough time with her kids. Ironically the same age kids that I have the most difficulty with in the library. With many of the same behaviors.

The odd thing is she actually listens to me when I give her advice. Odd because I have never been a parent and because I have limited success with the students in the library

I just made a 16 year old made at me. It started with a conversation where I asked the student's advice on how to structure the library in a way that kinds came and did their work. His philosophy was that teachers should not push kids, that if they chose to maintain a 45 average in Math, they should be allowed to.

The discussion went back and forth, with him stating that as long as he didn't hurt others, and regardless of what other teachers said, he should have the freedom to fail as he liked.

He didn't get made about that -- more he relished in a debate victory that he believed he had over me.

So the next day I asked him for his home address. He was a little put off, he wanted to know why I wanted that. I told him I was going to draw up a contract for his mother to sign, which in effect would be her agreeing with the students philosophy that teachers in the school should not push her son --- if he wanted to fail he could. He didn't want to give me his address. What made it worse, I did it in front of a couple other students, who knew his mother wouldn't sign such a contract.

The next period, I said to him that maybe it would be better to call his mom, since we could settle it over the phone. Again he did not want to give out the info (which I should point out I have access to as a teacher). He was a little annoyed that he could have a perfect solution to laziness, but was undermined by someone who would be glad to call his parents. Worse --- I think --- is I would be revealing to his mother that (in essence) the reason he is doing poorly in math is because he isn't even trying. AND that he wants the faculty at my school to sign on to that.

I never say I am smarter than the after kid, but I am cunning and I have a little wisdom.

Good news, the Tigers continue to win and hold the best record in Baseball!

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