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Reply to Monday confusion in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

lol...Niks...you poor thing. I hope you're feeling better soon! I miss being your roommate!

Reply to Be an organ donor. in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

K~ I had a dilemma when I got my driver's license when I turned 16. I didn't know whether to check that box or not...I thought that maybe religiously, there might be something wrong with that...interfering with the "course of things" or whatever. But my "second mom"...my Sunday school teacher for years, helped guide me through that process of deciding. And...I chose to check that box to be a donor. And now, I know personally what a

Reply to I really don't care. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

dharma~ I think you're awesome. I love your blog...your insights about marriage, motherhood, and life in general. Really...I'm with mignuna...I don't know who "they" are either, but I'm glad that you can know that you're better than petty games, and really, what it comes down to, is that these people don't really have anything better to do than to beat you and others down. They take out their...emotional immaturities online versus

Reply to Deployments, TDY's, undermanning and losers. in Misc JoeUser Forums

K~ I guess I don't know what to say either...other than "thank you." Military men and women and their families sacrifice so much for us, and I think that y'all are underappreciated. Know that what Dave and you and your kids are doing is very important, that that you are appreciated from the bottom of my itty bitty heart.

Reply to Let's make murder legal in Politics JoeUser Forums

Even lawmakers are wrong sometimes. Who gives a shit if its "defined by law"? Just because it's "okay" to do something doesn't mean that you should.

Reply to No Child Left Behind is a Crock of #$%^ in Current Events JoeUser Forums

There's kids that can take a test with the best of them but can't apply that knowledge anywhere else but on paper. Then there's kids that get terrified of big, huge test booklets but can read "War and Peace" to me at a first grade level. I'm with Myrrander...I think its unfair to students who are new to the US and students in special education to have to take the same test the valedictorian is taking. Ten bucks says the only reason o

Reply to No Child Left Behind is a Crock of #$%^ in Current Events JoeUser Forums

dharma, That is because you are an honest, sensible person who has her head screwed on her neck straight and didn't have the road paved for her. The parents in the zone where Ry and I teah...they're different. Its obviously my fault if their child cannot write, does not show up for school so she can learn, or is just plain "duh"...It's not ALL the parents, or not even MOST parents...bu

Reply to No Child Left Behind is a Crock of #$%^ in Current Events JoeUser Forums

And you know what? It's not *MY* fault as a teacher that there's these laws that I have to follow, and certain things that I have to teach. Personally, I think that NCLB is a *GOOD* thing. It helps me know WHAT to teach and WHEN to teach it. What I do NOT like about NCLB is that schools that are "underperforming" are penalized financially, and that does NOT help students succeed. Schools that do not make "adequate yearly progress" should h

Reply to Minnesota and My Love in Current Events JoeUser Forums

grey...are you away from Minnesota? We just moved from the Fargo-Moorhead area to Las Vegas and...as you might well expect, we absolutely hate it. When I get up every morning I check out what's going on in MN on startribune.com I miss this time of year...its my FAVORITE in Minnesota. I love how the air turns from heavy to crisp, the smell of the fallen leaves, the freshness and promise of a fall rain...

Reply to You Don't KNOW Me!! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Tex... AWESOME article! I laughed the whole time, thinking about all the times I've asked people not to send me forwards because I don't read them and I think they're crap. My mother finally got a clue.

Reply to Excited about photography in Art JoeUser Forums

N~ You are going to be awesome! Good for you! Feel free to come to Vegas any time to do some art with my kids. They only get it once a week and they love it. Plus...I know they'd be very intrigued by the process...just you wait...you're going to have kids and adults pounding down your doors for classes. I'm so excited for you! Congratulations!

Reply to Snuggly Little Guy in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Some of my first graders are so sweet...I'd just love to be their mommy. I can imagine them having moments like this with their parents. What a blessing little boys are.

Reply to Stem Cell research in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Okay darlin...I have to...and I know we were just standing in my doorway discussing this, but, I'll post it on here, too (one of my high frequency words for this week...whoooeeee!). 1. This is a pro-life issue. As a pro-lifer, I believe that life begins at conception. The embryos that are being destroyed for embryonic stem cell research is therefore destroying human life, and I do NOT like that at all. Pro choicers are probably going to ha

Reply to What I did last October in Misc JoeUser Forums

K~ oopies! Ziggy's post was actually from ME! My computer was being a POS earlier so I got on his.

Reply to Depressed Fifth Grade Class in Misc JoeUser Forums

Patriot~ I'll have you know that I have America written all over my classroom. Flags, maps, and we just finished a study on the Pledge of Allegiance...in first grade words. I'll also have you know that I am Christian (went to church today...yay me!), and usually a straight-ticket Republican. There's a difference between LL's cooperating teacher's motives and my motives about teaching about the United States. LL's cooperatin

Reply to Depressed Fifth Grade Class in Misc JoeUser Forums

Patriot~ I'll have you know that I have America written all over my classroom. Flags, maps, and we just finished a study on the Pledge of Allegiance...in first grade words. I'll also have you know that I am Christian (went to church today...yay me!), and usually a straight-ticket Republican. There's a difference between LL's cooperating teacher's motives and my motives about teaching about the United States. LL's cooperatin

Reply to Depressed Fifth Grade Class in Misc JoeUser Forums

I'm a first year teacher...and I've got first grade. I did a practicum in first grade for five weeks when I student taught almost two years ago. Do I feel unprepared...COMPLETELY. It's funny that you write this, because, my practicum cooperating teacher was a weirdo, too. She didn't have American crap plastered all over, but she did have some very distinct ideas about minority students. See, the school I was at was in inner-city Minneapoli

Reply to God cannot be proven. in Religion JoeUser Forums

My challenge to you (and anyone who wants) is to disprove the existence of God. That's exactly it... I choose to believe, so I see evidence of God everywhere...in circumstances in my own life to just things in nature. Take pregnancy for instance. What are the chances that cells that we can't see with the eye are going to meet up and make the beginnings of a baby? And then, after that, what are the chances that the embryo is

Reply to Links Golf (OS/2) in Stardock Game History JoeUser Forums

Packing sucks ass! I had to pack all of my crap AND Ryan's before our move to Vegas in August...because he wanted to work for an extra week and make an extra $5. I hope that you love your new home and that your trip is safe! Take care!

Reply to That's the Best Piece of Ash I EVER Saw! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

...Gid...you're awesome. I'm someone who's always wanted to experience a tornado...to see it, to get close, to have it tear my house apart. I want to experience a hurricane, and earthquake, and a volcano. Earth is amazing. I only remember the tv being turned on in our classrooms 2 times for news events. Before school we watched MTV sometimes or whatever else. But...the first t

Reply to "friday five" ... remember the days of the old schoolyard ? in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

1/ Did you have a nickname ?. What was it, and how did it come about ?. Hmmm...well...that depends. When I was in third grade, my "crew" and I were obsessed with aliens, so my name, of course, was "Martian" and my best friend Kathy was "Kathian"...I think we stopped that silliness the day of our "Tilly the Tooth" play when Kathy slipped on an ice hill and split open her lip...lol. During college, my nickname was "Sistah Weezel" because a) our co

Reply to New to Joe User in Welcome JoeUser Forums

You're awesome, Nikki! Give Chancey-Pants and Stormy some treats for me!

Reply to Dharma's recommended reading list.... in Misc JoeUser Forums

Hmmmm...I've like some sap, so anything by Nicholas Spark is good. I just finished reading "A Bend In the Road," and there isn't a book of his I haven't liked. If you want sex and sap, Danielle Steele is good...I've tried to steer away from her though. Hmmmm...I have some Christian fiction about the Dakotas you might like, Karen. Lauraine Snelling has two series..."Red River of the North" and "Return to Red River" and they're about two fami

Reply to The Fremont Street Experience in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Gid...Been here for six weeks and never even heard of Fremont St...I can't even find W. Charleston and it's right outside my door. We'll keep an eye out for it though...

Reply to Embarking on a friendship with God. in Religion JoeUser Forums

Tex...hmmmm...yeah...my guess is there are. There's lots of churches out there that will shun an unwed mom, or will abandon someone who is going through a divorce, etc. I think my church in Minnesota was kind of like that, but this one..I don't see it. I think this one would rather love the pain away versus shutting doors on relationships. Dharma said it best...that's exactly how my baptist church is at home. My family has been going to th