Stress

So it's been quite awhile since I've updated my blog. Middle of May=most stressful time of the year. Both my school calendar and my personal calendar are bursting at the seams. If I can make it until next week, it may be a miracle. Today's problem: kids missing lessons. We are not only into field trip season, but the time of the year when gym classes go outside and recess is outside. While its great for the kids, it's a nightmare for your local instrumental teacher. Even after a reminder this morning to check the lesson schedule, I had many repeat offenders today. But finally I've gotten a bit smarter. Instead of fretting over it, I simply e-mailed the parents and left a note for each child that they will receive tomorrow. Why I didn't think of this earlier in the year is a mystery. Oh well. Live and learn.

Today's Stress Meter:
One cup of coffee
One Mt. Dew
Too many pieces of chocolate to count

Night of 1000 Strings

What do you get when you combine over 400 string students and 9 string teachers? The annual district wide String Festival, which thankfully, only comes once a year. Tonight was the night, and as nice of an experience it is for the kids, I am glad to say that it is over! It's officially 12:03 am and I am just heading towards bed.

Scary Article

Here is a scary paragraph from an article sent out from the Berean Call, "But perhaps the most important point concerning Susan Douglass' past work is her role as the principal researcher and textbook review for the Council on Islamic Education (CIE), which has been pressuring American textbook publishers to revise their respective curricula to promote an extremist and revisionist view of Islam. One CIE campaign was directed at Houghton Mifflin Publishers, which resulted in a number of changes to their public school curriculum, including open promotion of Islam and requiring students to participate in Islamic worship activities. Gilbert Sewall of the American Textbook Council has documented the changes to textbooks resulting from CIE's efforts, and the changes made to textbooks under CIE's direction has been criticized by former Secretary of Education William Bennett. One published estimate states that Douglass and CIE have also trained more than 8,000 public school teachers."

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