Posted on 11/04/2007 6:24:24 PM PST by The Mayor
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HALL OF FAME #19 THE WEEKEND THREAD T.G.I.F. at the Finest |
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Have a good one, Dolly!
See ya later! Stay warm!
Hee-hee!
Tell my hubby that! I have pushed him out of most of the
closet space in the house! :D
Good Tuesday morning to our Finest Military Men and Women. We salute you, we thank you, and we pray for your safety.
Thinking of you today and sending good thoughts that the voters there get out and do the right thing!
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Good afternoon, Meg - how are you doing today?
I am eating Hummingbird cake, drinking lots of coffee and being generally lazy..LOL! How are you doing?
Thank you, Jayce..We missed you.
Doing great, thanks - posting from work.
May God bless your election today Rus.
I’m off to Rotary as a guest of my sil. Today they are honoring Vets - a title I claim proudly.
Got the following in an e-mail last night...
A LESSON FROM A TEACHER IN ARKANSAS
We could all take a lesson from this teacher in Arkansas
A lesson that should be taught in all schools!*
Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be forgotten.
On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom.
When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.
Looking around, confused, they asked, “Ms. Cothren, where’re our desks?”
She replied, “You can’t have a desk until you tell me what you have done to earn the right to sit at a desk.”
They thought, “Well, maybe it’s our grades.” “No,” she said.
Maybe it’s our behavior.” She told them, “No, it’s not even your behavior.
And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom.
By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms. Cothren’s classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room.
The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom Martha Cothren said,
“Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn
the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.”
At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it.
Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall.
By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned.
Martha said, “You didn’t earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it’s up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don’t ever forget it.”
By the way, this is a true story.... If you can read this, thank a teacher.
If you read it in English, thank a soldier.
Yes, it really is a true story...
Love it!
All the best to you today, Rus.
God bless you.
Hello Dita, Hope you are having a bright, sun-shiny day!
What a great story....enjoyed that one!!
It’s very gloomy here, Jaycee, has been for a few days. The sun tries to peek out, though...:)
How about you? How’s your day?
Praying that you Win, my Brother in Christ, Praying with All my Heart!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1921802/posts
I thought you would all like to see it.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Justin Cole communicates with the pilot of an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle prior to a night mission from Ali Air Base, Iraq, Nov. 5, 2007. The Predators, which are now fully operational, have begun 24-hour operations.
DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
Its sorta dull and windy today. Went to the mailbox and froze!
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