Basic Effort

Here is the caption from under this photo:

Miami Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton is unable to catch a ball hit by San Francisco Giants' Aubrey Huff for a single during the second inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 25, 2012 in Miami. Photo: Wilfredo Lee/ AP

I was in a restaurant so I did not benefit from hearing any commentary from the announcers. Pagan was on first and he went half way. When the ball hit the wall he easily made it to the third. The part I don't get: how did Huff not get to second? I'm still a little upset about it.

StickK

This is quite an idea:

stickk.com

When I first heard about it I thought they were paying out their members for hitting their goals, but I didn't see anything about that on the website.

Not Yet...

I did not choose to get legal representation this year, but my colleague just showed me the most recent letter from our lawyer. Some of you know about my situation, but really this does a good job of explaining why I am getting pink-slipped now and did not earlier in my career. Let me know if you would like further clarification or information. (skipped-- means skipped from being laid-off.) This does not mean I won't be offered my job back, but as of now have do not have it.


5. MATH SKIP: The District skipped 25 junior math teachers because they held a single subject math credential, which authorizes them to teach calculus and trig. The District stated that it did this because of the need for calculus and trig teachers. We noted for the Judge that only 6 of the 25 were teaching such classes and that one of the 25 taught in middle school. The Judge found that skipping based on that evidence was improper and that math teachers who hold a foundational level math credential can teach most of the high school math courses. We read the decision to call for 18 rescissions in math. The District did not read it that way. Today, it informed us that because it expects all 25 to teach calculus and/or trig next year (which seems impossible given that only 6 did this year) it is not rescinding any additional math layoffs. Expectedly, we are reviewing this as part of our potential challenges of the District’s actions. Bottom line at this time, there are no further rescissions in math.

Artificial Inflation

Last week I asked our plant manager if he could find me an overhead projector. He did. So today I used an old overhead projector for the first time in years.

They no longer allow us to control our own classroom temperature. So my AC will not come on unless the room is warmer than 74 degrees. So I put the overhead in the back of my class and put it directly on the thermostat. My room was cool and comfortable the rest of the afternoon.