I found this today in one of my many emails and it touched my heart. I am a teacher by profession and I know all to well that sometimes we get caught up in teaching a subject, meeting curriculum standards, preparing for the state tests and forget that we are really in this profession to teach kids. I would like to share this story with you and hope you get a little inspiration from it.
As Mrs. Thompson stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Read more »
Not Your Mother’s 60
They don’t call us the Boomers for nothing. We are the generation that was born into a post-war society on the verge of an all time prosperity this country had never known before. We are the first generation that grew up with electric vacuum cleaners and ovens, TV dinners and fallout shelters in our basements. We are the original consumer generation with a purchasing power our parents had never dreamed existed. We are the generation that earned world-wide respect for America. We are the generation that created Rock and Roll. And now, it only seems right, we are the generation that has different ideas than our parents had about aging and retirement. We Boomers are not in our twilight years. This is our time to have fun, travel, try new hobbies and play. I hope that when you visit my blog, you will find something that inspires, prods a memory or just brings a smile of understanding.