NN12 registration for sale

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Sunday May 06, 2012 · 6:16 AM PDT

2012/05/06 · 06:16

Due to maternal responsibilities, I will not be able to attend NN12. I have a standard registration and tee shirt (L) for sale at the price I paid which was early registration. If interested, please message me.

The real reasons we are under-achieving

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Monday May 16, 2011 · 6:29 PM PDT

2011/05/16 · 18:29

The people who are running education in the United States of American lie like dogs in the sun.
I teach public school students in Springfield, Ohio. I have spent 11 of my 17 years teaching there. My first 6.5 years I taught public school students in Albuquerque. I came to teaching at age 35, after spending my early adult years mostly drunk. By the Grace of my Higher Power and the fellowship of A.A., I have been sober since St. Pat’s Day, 1987. I graduated with a B.S. in Special Education in 1993 and began teaching January of 1994. I received a M.A. in Secondary Education in 1999, and we moved to Ohio over Memorial Weekend, 2000. I submitted my application to Springfield City Schools in June and was an official hire early July, 2000. My family relocated here due to my mother-in-law’s need for someone to be nearby after my father-in-law died. So we moved to Yellow Springs, Ohio, where we still reside. I had visited Yellow Springs twice before we moved here. I knew very little of Ohio and nothing of Springfield (other than stories from the 1960s when my husband still lived with his parents). I was extremely nervous about being uprooted with a musician husband and a 5 year-old daughter, that accepting the first reasonable job offer seemed like a wise decision.
O.K., Enough about me. I just thought a little background might be helpful.

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Wednesday October 18, 2006 · 6:10 PM PDT

2006/10/18 · 18:10

This is my first diary. I have been coming to visit here for about a year. I have made comments, most of them regarding education. I am a special education teacher in middle school(grades 6,7,8) in Springfield, Ohio. I have always voted democrat, but only recently (2004) became actively involved with the democratic process. I have lived in Ohio for only 6 years, so my knowledge of the politics here is limited and what I know disgusts me. I have lobbied for the National Education Association (teacher's union) for the passed two years in Columbus. I have read a lot about NCLB and the politics behind it. I live the day to day pecking away of public education and the theft of money (what precious little is allocated) from special education. I experience the expectations by NCLB, the State of Ohio, the Springfield City Schools' Administration and my building's administration become more and more unrealistic, expecting children with below average IQs to test in the average range, to name only one of many. But I ramble. My diary is about the apathy of my peers and how I ended up sobbing from my gut today.
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