I've set a goal for myself...it's the only way that I am going to stick to this exercise thing. I'm challenging myself to virtually walk across the start of Missouri...river to river. I think that I will plan to walk from the Missouri River in KC to the Mississippi River in St. Louis. I'll post my progress as I go. According to Google Maps, it is 270 miles, so at a rate of 2 miles per day, it should take me around 135 days to complete the challenge. I'm glad to have a goal...anyone want to join me?
SOL 3/3 Words Are Powerful
3 of 31 for the Slice of Life Challenge from Two Writing Teachers How can one comment make a day go from great to terrible in a minute? I've experienced this more in my life than I really care to admit. Maybe it was the day that I thought I looked great, only to have someone say "You are wearing that?" It could of been the day that I thought I had everything done for class, only to walk in and find out I did the wrong assignment. Ever have these kinds of experiences? Sometimes constructive criticism may be said to be helpful, but it only comes off as hurtful to the ears receiving that message. Sometimes the criticism goes from constructive to just day-in and day-out verbal torture. As a middle school teacher, I see this happen to students all the time. Much more often than is really necessary really. For some reason, there are those who feel the need to bring someone else down. From the outside, the ones making the comments ar...
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