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What a great story! Makes me feel proud to be a part of this community. To everyone involved in this project" thank you" , you give me great hope for the future. I am proud of each and every one of you!
This is a don't miss show! I remember seeing him at the Cellar at the Yates when he played with the Down City Ramblers. World class entertainment in our own backyard.
iamelphaba, you are absolutely correct. A refreshing change from many of these forums, where people make things up, post them, and then act as if what they posted was actually true. So many posters have apparently not thought through their arguments against same-sex marriage, and other issues.
To those who oppose this issue, I say other than believing that this will hasten the end of Western civilization as we know it, which I in no way think will happen; why would you opportunity to be happy?
Remember the words of that Oriental sage, Charlie Chan, " Mind is like parachute, only works when fully open ". True then, true now.
I'd be interested in knowing how the mother who home-schooled her children taught them trigonometry. Spanish/French/Italian/German, as well as biology,chemistry, and physics.
I have read the article and the comments with interest. Having taught U.S. History and Government for over thirty years, I would like to add my two-cents.
About ten years ago I had a female German exchange student in class. I was talking to her at the end of the Fall semester. When I asked her if she was having trouble in my class or any others ( her grades were very good, but I wanted to be sure she wasn't struggling), she said , " I do the reading you assign, and listen in class, It is easy if you do what you're supposed to do. Most of my American students simply wouldn't put the time in necessary to get good grades. Many said to me, "I don't care as long as I get a 65 or above". There were a few students who actually studied and also did well. I varied my instruction, played review "games" before tests, assigned group work (a whole other story), and used videos if I felt they made the topic more interesting. This did not stop students from trying to text in class, put their heads down on the desk-which elicited a fast response from me, or simply answering "I don't know" when asked a simple factual question. Many were simply not interested in the history of their nation. Trying to teach higher level thinking skills was often like trying to teach a dog to play the piano. I had parents sit in on class, they often would tell me they enjoyed it and "wished they had had classes like this when I was in school". I feel the Regents tests are in some cases, too easy . I would tell students that these tests used to be the "minimum competency " tests in the 60's and 70's. They have been simplified and graded on a "curve" so the results look better than they actually are. I loved teaching and I loved my students, but the adage "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink" is especially true in education. Feel free to disagree.
Schools are merely a reflection of the society that is all around. Fix poverty,emotional and physical abuse, custody battles, poor or absent parenting, drugs and alcohol abuse, and schools will excell. Until that time, those of you who believe public schools are doing a poor job please volunteer to spend some time in your local school, it may just change your mind about some things.
Wow! This is a ground-shifting innovation! Congratulations to Ephesus , Mr. Casper, and all those who contributed to this amazing product. And it's made right here in the U.S. Why isn't this front-page news?
I remember a Blood,Sweat,andTears concert in'68 or '69. Was at both Stones concerts, the Who, Simon and Garfunkel, Humble Pie and Johnny Winter, and a Dick Clark show with Little Anthony and the Imperials, the Hondells, theStandells(?) ,who sang Dirty Water, and several other acts. Saw another Dick Clark show at the Fairgrounda with The McCoys, Chad and Jeremy-show was in the Horse Arena-acts came out on a plywood "runway" and would sing on a large piece of plywood in the middle of a huge dirt floor. Either Chad orJeremy came out , looked around and said,"what a pit"! Oh, the Outsiders were the opening act- I believe their drummer lived or still lives in Camillus. Lots of memories ofgreattimes and great music! Thanks!
What a great story! Congrats to Giovanni's. I only purchase their sauces. Ascioti's meatball mix, Italian bread, fresh grated Parmesan, and their sauces. That's good eatin'!