As some of you know, I have a “dog”. I have to put it quotes because she kind of acts like a cat and looks like…well…a fox. Hence the name.
So, to kick off Foxy Fridays: Foxy is staring you down.

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Today I got the chance to see President Bush speak. While, I won’t voice my affection or dislike for the man here, I am really glad that I got to hear him in person.
Now, I know it was a prepared speech and he was reading it, but I’ll be darned if the man isn’t a [...]

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I spent one whole school year at an elementary school. What did I learn? What am I prepared to do for my own classroom?
Before I answer questions, I have to very thankful to the folks at my site school. The staff is wonderful and I don’t think I could have made it through without them. [...]

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The Phoenix lander made it to the surface of Mars. Unbelievable. Phil Plait sums up everything quite beautifully in a video.

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The school year ends and you actually miss the kids.

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The kids had their ceremony tonight. It was great to see them being so honored. They all deserve the praise they got. I’m proud of every single one of them.
My class also signed a class photo and my clinical teacher put it in a nice frame. I’m definitely going to hang it up and remember [...]

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The sun goes down and you’re still in the building.

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As a part of my license requirements I needed to take a college economics class. My advisor told me to forgo the traditional route and go for extended studies. I ended up taking the course through CSU Pueblo mostly because it was the cheapest option.
Strangely, I’ve learned one economic principle not from the curriculum, but [...]

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Rampart Resevoir

Normally, on a Tuesday I would be at school, doing my teacher thing. However, the perk of being a student teacher is that I can duck out the last week of school and go someplace like this and fish.
And then proceed to offroad down the side of a mountain onto someone’s property and get [...]

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This weekend three things went down:
Friday
Graduated from the TEP program with a nifty certificate and everything and got a neat book from Jared Polis and my clinical teacher gave me a pen with my name on it. It’s gonna be my name signing pen. Yes, that does only return two results from google. Soon, three.
Saturday
Tim [...]

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