Last Blog?

I have decided not to blog anymore, at least the type of blogging that I have been doing.  I was just having a little fun--writing thoughts off the top of my head.  While being critical of the comments and actions of others, I was by no means meaning to be hateful or spiteful.  I was just throwing it out there to see what would come back.  I also figured someone would correct my english and I would like that, since I would like to write better.  It was taken a little to seriously and some used it to stir up trouble.   I had a friend of mine ask me what I said about him, after he was told by a teacher that I made bad comments about him.  Well, since I never mention him directly or indirectly, I thought it was sad that quasi intelligent people would use this blog to create disharmony.  

Good news--some of the teachers might be getting 10 days put back on their contracts.  Testing went well for me, my five kids were near perfect during testing. 

 I got a kitten yesterday.  He or she--I still can't tell in kittens--but I don't look that hard.  This is kitten is a relative to one our cats were used to have.  Kato is the cat's new name.  The Pink Panther movies are my kind of humor, so I might as well name the kitten after something that makes me laugh.  I think kittens are the greatest thing in the world.  I think if I were to do it all again, I would be a Kitten Raiser.    I would take in baby kittens and give them away once they get to the independent stage or have stinky poop.  Just having Kato one day and my spirits are better.  They just make you laugh.  Kato is only 5 or 6 weeks and still is a little shaky when walking.  It doesn't take kittens long to adjust and trust you.  In just a just a few hours it accepts you and wants to be near you.  I didn't sleep badly as I thought I was going to.  Kato woke up a few times and mostly slept near my armpit.  By morning we were playing.  It will be a fun next couple of months.  I will look forward to getting home every day.

Last word about our school...you know me... I gots to get my last words.  There are lots a ways of going about change when you see something wrong.  My way is to be blunt about what is wrong and want changes to be done immediately.  Sometimes what I think is obviously wrong, is not what everyone else thinks.  Even if most agreed with me that something  is a problem, they themselves will not stand up and be heard.  It seems that most people like the status quo and are happy.  If the majority did not they should be getting up and requesting change.  One of the problems with that, is that some of the people who complain would also be some of the people that would be affected by a change.  They tend not to mind everyone else having to change, but they themselves don't want to change.  

Other people use a different and more subtle way to effect change.  They appear to move slowly and not mention the problems in a direct manner.  It is difficult to detect with this style of management if the problems are being addressed.  The good part about this approach is it tends to create less chaos and makes a smoother transition of change. The bad part about this approach is that in education of children can't wait to long for this change because they enter the "Real World" unprepared.  The other potentially problem with this approach is that the changes never come because it  tries not to offend anyone and therefore never gets completed.

I am going to get out of character and be an optimist on this one.  Our school system has been led for the last nine years by men,(including several of the school board members), of lest than stellar integrity.  While I might not agree at all with his approach and many of his decisions, I have no cause to question his integrity or his ability run a school system.  So I am placing my bets on him.  If I am wrong the only people to be hurt are the children that leave our system, not being educated the way they should be, if we had fulfilled our obligations as educators.  I pray that I am not wrong.