trust teachers!

tonight was refreshing- i am so glad i have gotten to be a part of ed policy fellows program through the teaching trust!  tonight we got to hear the recap of their trip to austin! they got to see everything firsthand and some of them even got to speak to the legislators-in session! we also got to hear from recruiters of uplift education and our own dallas isd recruiter-it was very informative, and dallas did well in hiring Carmen Darville. she is sharp! the more sessions i go to, the more convinced i am that teachers MUST make their voices heard if there is to be true education reform.

i love this design for the pins!

another important thing that must be done, and this is for teachers and everyone else out there: we MUST help affect a paradigm shift in how the teaching profession is viewed! instead of being venerated, respected and revered as in many top-performing countries,  education has been degraded and devalued in such a way that cause teachers to be looked upon often with disdain and skepticism. THIS SHOULD NOT BE!
therefore, whenever you are given the opportunity, show appreciation and speak up on behalf of the teachers who are preparing the ceo's, bankers, entrepreneurs and big shots who will create jobs and become the backbone of our country. i could go on, but i think you get the idea!

on a lighter note, i am excited that next week we have made some fun plans, as it is a short week-i am SO glad that we didn't have any snow days this year!! we're doing something that i did with one of my small groups a long time ago. writing down fun and silly ideas to do, then putting each of those ideas into Easter eggs to pick randomly. then whichever egg we choose, that will be the event that we do! obviously we won't get to do all of them, but any of them will be a blast! so it will be a random weekend. good times!

and last thought, but not least...ok, maybe least...ok, DEFinitely least. ever been in a restroom and tried to get the toilet paper from the dispenser only to realize it's a new roll, and the paper is stuck together and won't unravel? i tried for i don't know how long to get the darned thing to start, but the perforation/adhesive was ridiculous!! i mean, i finally had to rip a huge chunk off to get any off...i was so frustrated by the time i got it unrolled! but i got it!

i know it is difficult to see, but there are about 10 layers there. i'm sure the people in the toilet paper factory were having a good laugh. jerks.

and that's a wrap...not like a sandwich wrap...nor like a sarong wrap...more like i'm wrapping it up (and not like a gift!)
julie