Fuck, Sean. I'm sorry.
Can I mop your brow? I am at the ready with the fearsome brow-mop.
Wash ,'Objects In Space'
Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?
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SailAweigh - Sep 03, 2008 7:17:24 pm PDT #4335 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
WindSparrow - Sep 03, 2008 7:20:18 pm PDT #4336 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Sean, I'm so sorry that you and S are going through this. Much healing~ma for her, and strength~ma for you.
Typo Boy - Sep 03, 2008 7:29:41 pm PDT #4337 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
They think she has asceptic infection. It's very serious. She could pull through, but she could also die. This is as serious as it gets.
Oh Christ Sean, I'm so angry this is happening to her and you.
Cashmere - Sep 03, 2008 7:29:47 pm PDT #4338 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Sean, that's fucking awful.
beth b - Sep 03, 2008 7:31:36 pm PDT #4339 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
this is horrid. Sorry,Sean.
brenda m - Sep 03, 2008 7:35:36 pm PDT #4340 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh hell, Sean.
Burrell - Sep 03, 2008 7:36:15 pm PDT #4341 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh Sean, that's awful. I'm so sorry.
Atropa - Sep 03, 2008 7:42:14 pm PDT #4342 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh fucking hell, Sean. I am so sorry, and hoping like crazy that things get better.
Beverly - Sep 03, 2008 7:53:52 pm PDT #4343 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Sean, my god. I'm so incredibly sorry this is happening, and all my wishes go to a hopeful resolution.
Kristin, I'm a little bit of a techno-addict myself, in my own little way. IMDB, Google, Yahoo search, as well as specific subject searches make up most of my day. I'm often accused--by my family! of being too impatient and expectant of immediate gratification to actually think and attempt to remember things, rather than fingers flying on a keyboard to look up the answer nownownow! So I get the smartboard in the classroom thing, I do.
But I can't help mentioning that one of the things my best teachers gave me was how to research. Not just where to find information I needed, but how to follow a trail of interconnected information, from source to source. Libraries are still gold mines of info, and I'd hate to see the skills of physical research lost in the shift to electronics. Is that hidebound of me? Maybe. But I can't quite believe the need for being able to sift through physical media for information that ties together, that tracks through layers and years of periodicals, books, and articles is going to go away any time soon.
I could be wrong. We may be able to do it all electronically. I do know for me, learning the hunt, the mechanics, the expectations, and the prospecting was far more valuable than the information I found on any subject.
brenda m - Sep 03, 2008 8:00:30 pm PDT #4344 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Kristin, thanks for sharing your viewpoint. It's hard for me to picture how computers are really used in the classroom so that was a new angle on the issue I hadn't really contemplated before.
And those Smartboards sound fab.
(But Bev's points about research do make me want to go to a library and dig in.)