SodySpokes

So I saw the Twilight movie yesterday….

Now I’m not really a Twilight fan.  I have read all the books, but I didn’t love them. So I really didn’t have any desire to see the movie.

It’s interesting, I was worried, well I wasn’t expecting much. (Let’s face it, no book-based movie can really live up to my imagination’s expectations…Edward Cullen is NOT Hot…). However, I tried to go with an open-mind (“tried” because I really didn’t want to see it in the first place). (Read the article)

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Yu no them kows from that chikin plac that tel yu to “Eat Mor Chikin?” There’s a groop of peepl in th U.S. hu want us awl tu start speling lik that. Thae want us tu uze simpl wurdz so we awl kan spel betr.

(According to an Associated Press report, supporters say kids would learn English faster and the illiteracy rate would go down. Opponents of the simple word philosophy believe the new spelling system would make things more confusing.)

Abowt using simplr wurds, awl we kan sae iz, “Itz abowt time!”

Don’t laff. Th simpl wurdz moovment goes back to peepl lik Andrew Carnegie and Prezedent Theodore Roosevelt. Thae cuudn’t get it dun, but simpl wurd sooportrz ar stil trieng. (Read the article)

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Think dignity, not cleverness when naming a child
WILLIS WEBB

What’s in a name?

My first name is one you don’t hear every day and, after going through early childhood and puberty, I finally decided it was unique enough that I was proud of it.

Kids will take a name that is a bit different and use some crazy variation on it just to tease and aggravate. There’s one variation on my first name that still lands on the wrong side of me. However, the natural inclination of most youngsters was to make something out of my last name, so “Spider Webb” and “Webfoot” were heard frequently.

My mother always blanched when someone shortened my first name to Will. “I named him Willis, not Will,” she’d admonish. (Read the article)

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As a new teacher, embarking on my mission to change the world one classroom at a time, I realized that the change that needs to sweep across the nation’s school starts long before childrens’ footprints enliven the dusty halls of each noble establishment. As a teacher walks into an empty room with four walls and a few desks, she is given the power to change this stark environment into a lively, welcoming atmosphere where learning can take place. Unfortunately, for years teachers have taken this noble, even sacred, responsibility of creating a learning environment far too lightly. (Read the article)

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I read Dad’s “Vicarious Life as it is” post, and felt like I’ve been shirking my duties by not posting about “how I think, what I think, why I think, how I feel, what I feel, what are my motivations, where am I coming from? (Why am I here? Where am I going?)…or at the very least WHAT I am doing with “your” life.” (Read the article)

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