another day in paradise

Wednesday October 1, 2008
Today I taught a lesson; I thought it went well for more information check lesson plan reflection.

Friday October 3, 2008
Today Mr. G let me do an in class reading with the students.

So I started reading the passage it was only one page front and back and what I had them do was I would call on the first person then they would read and then after a few sentences they would call on someone else that was everyone had to pay attention and stay in tune with the readings.

For the most part it went well, the problems that arose were students not speaking loud enough and I think I could have done a better job of addressing this issue like taking the time to stop and have them start over louder.

It is important for students to learn public speaking skills because at some point in their lives it will be useful.

Another issue was that this exercise really highlighted some of the students reading levels.

They struggled with words, or mispronounced things and if I had a better understanding of the class dynamics I would have known this would happen.

But this can be beneficial because if forced to read aloud maybe they will want to improve so they aren’t embarrassed.

I should have regulated more the class because when someone was struggling often a few people would jump the gun and say it for them, so I should have prefaced that we need to be respectful of those reading.

But over all it went well, if I had seen the reading before I think I could have done a better job of asking questions throughout to check for understanding but overall it went well.

Monday October 6, 2008
Today we watched a movie in class titled Liberty it was a PBS production and I thought it was a good documentary.

But I am also older and a history buff. I felt that the content of the video was tailored to a more advanced audience and the wording was not at the middle school level.

It was an interesting documentary because they used letters and documents from the time period and had the actors have a sort of monologue of sorts, but the language was really flowery and hard to understand I thought for the students.

Plus many of them were distracted talking with their neighbor or just not paying attention.

The teacher would have been better off if he had a worksheet or something giving the students guidance in watching the film so they had things to look for as they watched.

This activity would have been more productive if there were more structure.

today is ..??? another day in paradise

Paradise Lost
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Paradise Lost

Title page of the first edition (1668)
Author John Milton
Country England
Language English
Genre(s) Epic poem
Publisher Samuel Simmons (original)
Publication date 1667
Media type Print
ISBN NA
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books; a second edition followed in 1674, redivided into twelve books (in the manner of the division of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. The poem concerns the Judeo-Christian story of the Fall of Man; the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is "justify the ways of God to men"[1] and elucidate the conflict between God's eternal foresight and free will.

In the early nineteenth century, the Romantics began to regard Satan as the protagonist of the epic. Milton presents Satan as an ambitious and proud being who defies his creator, omnipotent God, and who wages war on Heaven, only to be defeated and cast down. Indeed, William Blake, a great admirer of Milton and illustrator of the epic poem, said of Milton that "he was a true Poet, and of the Devil's party without knowing it." [2] Some commentators regard the character of Satan as a precursor of the Byronic hero.[3]

Milton worked for Oliver Cromwell and the Parliament of England and thus wrote first-hand for the Commonwealth of England. Arguably, the failed rebellion and reinstallation of the monarchy left him to explore his losses within Paradise Lost. Some commentators such as the artist and poet William Blake say that he sympathized with Satan in this work, in that both he and Satan had experienced a failed cause.[citation needed]

Milton incorporates Paganism, classical Greek references and Christianity within the story. The poem grapples with many difficult theological issues, including fate, predestination, and the Trinity.

How the Daughter of PHARAOH Seduced SOLOMON

Pharaoh's daughter who was the wife of Solomon is a figure in Hebrew scriptures who married the king of the United Monarchy of Israel to cement a political alliance with Egypt. Out of his vast harem, she is the only wife singled out, although she is not given a name in the texts. Her influence on Solomon is seen as the downfall of his greatness.






http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/kn/kn067.htm

64. How the Daughter of PHARAOH Seduced SOLOMON
And then the daughter of PHARAOH appeared before SOLOMON, and said unto him, "It is good to worship the gods like my father and all the kings of EGYPT who were before my father." And SOLOMON answered and said unto her, "They call gods the things which have been made by the hands of the worker in metal, and the carpenter, and the potter, and the painter, and the hewer in stone, and the sculptor; these are not gods, but the work of the hand of man, in gold, and silver, in brass and lead, in iron and earthenware, and in stone, and ye call 'our gods' the things that are not your gods. But we worship none else than the Holy God of ISRAEL and our Lady, the holy and heavenly ZION, the Tabernacle of the Law of God, whom He hath given us to worship, us and our seed after us."

And she answered and said unto him, "Thy son hath carried away thy Lady ZION, thy son whom thou hast begotten, who springeth from an alien people into which God hath not commanded you to marry, that is to say, from an ETHIOPIAN woman, who is not of thy colour, and is not akin to thy country, and who is, moreover, black." And SOLOMON answered and said unto her, "Though thou speakest thus art thou not thyself of [that race] concerning which God hath not commanded us that we should take wives from it? And thy kin is her kin, for ye are all the children of HAM. And God, having destroyed of the seed of HAM seven kings, hath made us to inherit this city, that we and our seed after us may dwell therein for ever. And as concerning ZION, the will of God hath been performed, and He hath given her unto them so that they may worship her. And as for me, I will neither sacrifice to nor worship thine idols, and I will not perform thy wish."

p. 103

And though she spake in this wise unto him, and though she shewed herself gracious unto him evening and morning, and night and day, he continued to refuse her [request]. And one day she beautified and scented herself for him, and she behaved herself haughtily towards him, and treated him disdainfully. And he said unto her, "What shall I do? Thou hast made thy face evil towards me, and thy regard towards me is not as it was formerly, and thy beautiful form is not as enticing as usual. Ask me, and I will give thee whatsoever thou wishest, and I will perform it for thee, so that thou mayest make thy face (or, attitude) gracious towards me as formerly"; but she held her peace and answered him never a word. And he repeated to her the words that he would do whatsoever she wished, and she said unto him, "Swear to me by the God of ISRAEL that thou wilt not play me false." And he swore to her that he would give her whatsoever she asked for, and that he would do for her everything that she told him. And she tied a scarlet thread on the middle of the door of [the house of] her gods, and she brought three locusts and set them in the house of her gods. And she said unto SOLOMON, "Come to me without breaking the scarlet thread, bend thyself and kill these locusts before me and pull out their necks"; and he did so. And she said unto him, "I will henceforward do thy will, for thou hast sacrificed to my gods and hast worshipped them." Now he had done thus because of his oath, so that he might not break his oath which she had made him to swear, even though he knew that it was an offence (or, sin) to enter into the house of her gods.

Now God had commanded the children of ISRAEL, saying, "Ye shall not marry strange women that ye may not be corrupted by them through their gods, and through the wickedness of their works and the sweetness of their voices; for they make soft the hearts of simple young men by the sweetness of their gentle voices, and p. 104 by the beauty of their forms they destroy the wisdom of the foolish man." Who was wiser than SOLOMON? yet he was seduced by a woman. Who was more righteous than DAVID? yet he was seduced by a woman. Who was stronger than SAMSON? yet he was seduced by a woman. Who was handsomer than ’AMNÔN? yet he was seduced by TAMAR the daughter of DAVID his father. And ADAM was the first creation of God, yet he was seduced by EVE his wife. And through that seduction death was created for every created thing. And this seduction of men by women was caused by EVE, for we are all the children of EVE.

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First off, I want to sincerely apologize for the atrocious behavior of my horn -dog brethren. We're rogues and scoundrels, and frankly I wouldn't trust any of us. On the other hand, there is some individual variation between males, and I wouldn't want to be judged based solely on my gender. Yes, men and women are statistically different, based on our different evolutionary agendas, but the closer you look at us the more you see we are really the same. Deep down, we all just want meaning, self-esteem and tenderness in our lives.

Our differences are programmed by biology and have to do with the fact that women have only a handful of reproductive opportunities in their lifetime while men have a gazillion. Both men and women have a reproductive stake in long-term bonding because this is the only way to assure the survival of our slow-maturing and resource-intensive offspring. The male, however, also has the alternate strategy of sowing his wild oats far and wide without bothering with the consequences – raping and pillaging as it were. If he loves 'em and leaves 'em, there's still a decent chance his spawn will reach maturity, so if an opportunity arises, the male and his genes lose nothing by giving it a shot.

Females, on the other hand, have every evolutionary incentive to be choosy. They want their man to prove himself, bring them gifts and jump through some flaming hoops to demonstrate both his fidelity and his ability to provide. Women must be fickle and perhaps a little trigger-happy to avoid admitting a low-quality sperm donor who can't go the distance.

None of us are imprisoned by our biology, especially in the age of contraception, but it certainly effects our emotions. These differences, of course, lead to misunderstandings. The male doesn't comprehend why he should have to jump through hoops for what seems to him the uncomplicated pleasure of sex. If the lady is physically "hot" (i.e prime for reproduction), he's probably going to want to bed her, no questions asked. The female has a much broader and more nebulous notion of hotness which is linked to more than just appearance.

The delusion of both men and women is to think that the other exists "for me" to an extent that isn't really possible. Women repeatedly ask, "Why are men such assholes?" while men ask the same about women. The core problem is unrealistic expectations on both sides. We are all basically narcissists, or at least we start out that way. We'll jump through whatever hoops are necessary to get the relationship started, but that doesn't mean we have attained the maturity to sustain it in the long term.

When I watch men try to pick up women, it reminds me of dogs chasing cars. Dogs chase cars because that's what they're programmed to do, but this doesn't mean they know what to do with the car once they've caught it. Frankly, women aren't much different: They'll be choosy and set up hoops for the man to jump through, but once the conditions are met and they have him in their arms, what do they do next? Both men and women are generally clueless at that point.

This is where men and women become the same. Once you have sex out of the way, how do two essentially genderless minds get along with each other in close quarters? This is really an existential problem rather than a gender issue. Gay couples face the same challenge and are no more successful in resolving it. Only in romantic relationships do you get so close and are expected to share so much. Romance dissolves the standard physical, emotional and economic boundaries between individuals, but what new boundaries are you going to replace them with?

Ok, so it's funny. But it's also a problem since the cat is a 2-month old kitten.

The short version of the story is that the dog is a 3-month-old Maltese and the kitten is a 2-month-old Himalayan. I got the kitten so soon after getting the dog to ensure that they'd get along. The first day the kitten was as terrified of Harry as he was of Fiona (hey, the girlfriend gets to pick the names) but they soon began to get along just fine and they sleep together and play together.

I was worried that the kitten would hurt Harry with its claws but they play very gently and walk around side by side. But yesterday we saw a side of Harry we'd never seen before when he began to hump the kitten. Besides being more than a bit surprised at seeing a puppy do this I'm concerned with for the safety of both of them, as the kitten is quite small yet also is pretty strong-willed and quick with the claw.

Besides scolding Harry every time we catch him I'm wondering what else there is to do. Is neutering the only real option? I know it won't guarantee he'll stop but I'd not wanted to face that decision (whether or not to neuter your dog) for a long time.

Anyone else have a horny dog problem and found a solution?
In the morning after your first night together, you have to come up with a whole new regulatory system, which most people just aren't prepared for. If you are lucky, you might have seen your parents interact successfully over an extended period, but for the most part it's a brave new world for all of us. Now that we've merged our bodily fluids and are crying on each other's shoulder, how do we define the differences between me and you? How do we make effective use of each other and avoid stepping on each other's toes? Sex is nice at first, but it's going to get routine really fast. How do we justify our relationship on other terms?

In other words, what do you do with the car after you've caught it?

Sadly, the most common way to justify a relationship is to create unnecessary drama within it. Once sex has been thoroughly explored and the relationship starts feeling routine, that's when one party or the other is likely to concoct a conflict. This could be someone going out and having an affair or just staying home and starting to complain. This isn't usually a conscious process, but in an emotional way the person is thinking, "Things are getting boring and meaningless here, so I've got to shake them up." Once stability is disrupted, then at least you have something to fight about and the relationship appears to have substance again.

Women think it's a man problem, and men think it's a woman problem, but really it's a human problem of not knowing what to do with intimacy once you have it.