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Teacher promises student will “NOT” get A in her class – Fail Does this teacher really have it in for these kids? One of the things I had to deal with when the school year started with my teen age daughter – was the adamant declaration from one of her honor class teachers. The way my daughter describes what happened on the first day of school goes like this: “We walked into class and on the first day of school the teacher tells us that this class is for serious students. She then tells us that no one will get an “A” in her class.” Suffice it to say I was a bit concerned but I gave the teacher the benefit of the doubt – I tried to calm my daughter down who was concerned that she was not going to be able to keep her ‘A’ overall average and good grades up because this teacher had it against her. I did my best to help my daughter to think positive: maybe you misunderstood her I said, maybe she meant to say that you had to work real hard to get an ‘A’ in her class or that what she w

Special needs (ESE) student has wonderful turn around due to the interesting game of chess. Michael (name changed to protect the innocent)is an ESE student who came to my school two years ago that required special attention - to the point that he was required to be in a special room away from the other students with specially trained instructors. He was like many of the other students in the program who because of their uniqueness needed to be cared for differently. In Florida, children who have special learning needs are called exceptional students. Exceptional students include children who are gifted and children who have disabilities. The purpose of exceptional student education (ESE) is to help each child with an exceptionality to progress in public school and prepare for life after school. When Michael arrived at my school he had a special attendant whose only job was to follow him around school to insure that he would not - to put it lightly, get out of hand. He had several

Funny politically incorrect holiday joke - run if you are easily offended. With all the holidays that come up - the food that becomes the focal point of all our holiday activities - I just wanted to mention something that is on everyone's mind - the challenge to control ones weight in the face of such insurmountable odds. That is right - with all the food that is thrown at us during the holidays, people always start the new year with weight loss as one of the top ten new years eve resolutions. So, here is a prayer from a man's perspective - please, do not be so easily offended...... it's a joke and you know you want to laugh. Order your copy @ Amazon Marly's Million Dollar Coat Hanger Girl Power Empowerment - and a cute entertaining story.

Joke, funny or Crazy... What do you do when you want to celebrate your birthday - well, you jump out of a perfectly good airplane of course. Or at least that is what one of my friends did. This is what I would have been thinking - but this is just me.  Wow! we are going to have so much fun - we Rock!!   OMG! Am I really going through with it?   I guess I might as well go I did pay for this...     Holy Crap! How high are we?   Wait I'm not ready, wait....   I do not want ....     to DIE .. ieieiei     AAaaaaaaaaaa!     ..........    This is my hysterical face ..     Uh .... when do we open the shoot? When? Hello!     Oh, thank you Jesus! Get me out of this this now! (Proceeds to kiss ground and vomit..)

I love this – Girl Power story. It is something I have tried to teach my daughter when she was small – girls can do more. Children can be more, better future, more possibilities. Debbie Sterling is a female engineer and founder of GoldieBlox, a toy company out to inspire the next generation of female engineers. She has made it her mission in life to tackle the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and math. GoldieBlox is a book series+construction set that engages kids to build through the story of Goldie, the girl inventor who solves problems by building simple machines. Debbie writes and illustrates Goldie's stories, taking inspiration from her grandmother, one of the first female cartoonists and creator of "Mr. Magoo". Her company, launched in 2012, raised over $285,000 in 30 days through Kickstarter, and has been featured in numerous publications such as The Atlantic and Forbes. Prior to founding GoldieBlox, Debbie served as the Marketing Director of Lori

Funny silly healthcare Joke / Canada Has Death Panels .... I recently read an article about healthcare and the title – of all things it reads like this: Canada Has Death Panels … And that’s a good thing. Order your copy @ Amazon Marly's Million Dollar Coat Hanger Girl Power Empowerment - and a cute entertaining story. At first I thought it was a joke, sarcasm – I read the article waiting for the punch line but it never came. Maybe I missed it I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt – but I doubt I did. I found it odd that he could be so callus with his attitude. Personally I had a brother (Albert) who was very sick and I know what it is to have a family member so sick that you find yourself conflicted, struggling to come to grips with the debate in your heart: Is it better to let him go or to keep him alive? No one should have to go through that and trust me I know how it feels, how much it hurts but we choose to help my brother live, for as long as he could until it was time

How to have a MineCraft Birthday party Minecraft Party – What better birthday party theme than one my son is hooked on 100%! It was a simple thing: Mother: Son, how do you want to celebrate your birth? Son: Oh! Oh! I want a Minecraft birthday party it would be so cool! Please, please, pretty please! Mother: Ok, son – that is what we will do. Then mother looks at husband and says: what is Minecraft. Yep, that’s when dear old dad said: Google it baby. No, I explained to her that it was that game that he was so infatuated with. There were times I wondered if it was wise to let him play that wacky game. Sure he creates things, he builds homes, islands, he searches and he investigates – so in essence he is using his brain. But after watching a few of the YouTube video he watches –I’m starting to think it may have fried some of these people’s brain cells. But I digress, the birthday party has consumed my wife – I mean really, here are just a few things I have seen here do fo