Six Word Saturday - second for the day

Raising the roof - what a concept!!


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They are rebuilding the porch roof to give more shelter and headroom. Literally, raising the roof (after razing the roof - bad pun).

Sometimes we have to do both - raze the roof and raise the roof - to achieve greater things.

Six Word Saturday

Procrastination is beating my good intentions!


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While I have accomplished a lot this week, the main thing I accomplished was recharging.

Now to wrap up enough that I can accomplish something at school on Monday.

Top 100 films

In honor of the movies (and stolen from Mrs. Chili) here’s the American Film Institute’s list of the top 100 films. I’ve bolded the one’s I’ve seen.

1.CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2.CASABLANCA (1942)
3.GODFATHER, THE (1972)
4.GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6.WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)
7.GRADUATE, THE (1967)
8.ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9.SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993) *read the book
10.SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)
11.IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12.SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13.BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)
14.SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15.STAR WARS (1977)
16.ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17.AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)
18.PSYCHO (1960) *also read the book "I have the heart of a young boy. In a jar. On my desk."
19.CHINATOWN (1974)
20.ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)
21.GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (1940) My mother forbade us to see the movie OR read the book. Can you tell where she is from?
22.2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23.MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)
24.RAGING BULL (1980)
25.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26.DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27.BONNIE & CLYDE (1967)
28.APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29.MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30.TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31.ANNIE HALL (1977)
32.GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)
33.HIGH NOON (1952)
34.TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) *duh
35.IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36.MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37.BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (1946)
38.DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39.DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40.NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41.WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42.REAR WINDOW (1954)
43.KING KONG (1933)
44.BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (1915)
45.STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1951)
46.CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
47.TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48.JAWS (1975) *which led me to read a lot about the USS Indianapolis
49.SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
50.BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51.PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE(1940)
52.FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53.AMADEUS (1984)
54.ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55.SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
56.M*A*S*H(1970)
57.THIRD MAN, THE (1949)
58.FANTASIA (1940)
59.REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
60.RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61.VERTIGO (1958)
62.TOOTSIE (1982)
63.STAGECOACH (1939)
64.CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
65.SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (1991) *and read the book. The author is disturbing.
66.NETWORK (1976)
67.MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (1962)
68.AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
69.SHANE (1953)
70.FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (1971)
71.FORREST GUMP (1994)
72.BEN-HUR (1959)
73.WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74.GOLD RUSH, THE (1925)
75.DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76.CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77.AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78.ROCKY (1976)
79.DEER HUNTER, THE (1978)
80.WILD BUNCH, THE (1969)
81.MODERN TIMES (1936)
82.GIANT (1956)
83.PLATOON (1986)
84.FARGO (1996)
85.DUCK SOUP (1933)
86.MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935) All three versions - and read the trilogy.
87.FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88.EASY RIDER (1969)
89.PATTON (1970)
90.JAZZ SINGER, THE (1927)
91.MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92.PLACE IN THE SUN, A(1951)
93.APARTMENT, THE (1960)
94.GOODFELLAS (1990)
95.PULP FICTION (1994)
96.SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
97.BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98.UNFORGIVEN (1992) *and read the book but I do not remember the author.
99.GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

I have seen most of these. I should make it a point to watch the rest!!

"School leavers unfit for work"

It is the same story all over: dropouts are not work-ready, although I love the term school leavers and toyed with, but abandoned the idea of saying shovel-ready.

There are students in my classroom who will not be ready to work when they graduate. If they graduate. They will take the same work ethic to their job that they bring to class. Some have already met the revolving door that you get when you fail to show up at work.

They tell me they would try at school if we pay them.

I tell them, it usually works the other way: you work and then you are paid.

Have we destroyed this generation?

Most have the inner strength to overcome adversity. If we don't continue to rescue them. But how much formal education will they have? How much do they need?

Build your habits.

People forget that decisions we make today can return to bite us tomorrow.

I recommended a former student for a job this week. I had another friend who needed help that the former student (I will call him Bob) could have provided. Unfortunately for Bob, my friend knows him. And knows, that while Bob is a hard worker and a nice kid, he is unpredictable.

When kids are late to class - or fail to come at all - I tell them they are building their reputations and the habits that will serve them (or fail them) their whole lives.

They don't get it. Presumably Mayor Bloomberg knows this - but like many politicians , feels the riff raff are too stupid to remember. So far, he's been proven correct.

Well, she lasted 2 and a half months longer than you thought she would

And, Cathie Black is out as NY's school supe. Yes, you have to know something about the education biz to run a school district.

Happy days for my Noo Yark friends!!

Wow, more stuff to worry about!

If it isn't how they are going to evaluate you, it thieves taking your stuff.