Jun 8, 2007
Bach's Goldberg
Variations, writers are fun to hang out with, but you're afraid of our competition, My
first Odeo! Looking for a dime
and trying not to be a martyr. (Now you'll have to listen. That won't make any
sense otherwise!)
Disclaimer for this week's episode
below.
Get your pattern in the Knitting Pattern-a-day Calendar* and go
check out Plato and a Platypus
Walk Into a Bar... a really scary article Teresa sent in,
To be or not to be? At U.S. colleges, it's increasingly 'not' ::
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Other Views
OH! I forgot to say on
the 'Cast--there's still one
knitting book out there just waiting for a knitting disaster
story. I have two...will you be the third?! Send 'em in. Don't be
shy!
Oh, and Chapters 21 and 22 of Book the Second! But, sadly, no Chip
or Andy...not this week. They'll be back though. Promise!
Don't forget to check out Julie's podcast!
*The 411:
$500 will
be awarded as First place for both calendars; there are also 2nd
and 3rd place prizes; and all contributors whose patterns are used
will receive a 2009 calendar. Please go to our website at http://www.knittingpatternaday
Good luck--and let me know if you win!!!
Disclaimer:
The "teacher as martyr" reference comes from an
article I read years ago--and an
idea that's still
being discussed--that teachers are only "allowed" to fall into
two categories: martyrs and saints. It went on to say that in any
other profession this would be unacceptable, but that for some
reason, teachers tend to work (and work well) within those
confines. Which means when they no longer have the time or energy
to be either, they have to quit. I am not saying that
all
teachers are martyrs, just
that there are some (myself included) who fit that category. There
are others (rarely ELA teachers) who manage to have a life
and be
a teacher. I could never find the balance. Follow up with this
entry from Michael Fullan's book,
Change
Forces.
