The Ups and Downs of Life
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You will enjoy this. I had Sandra in both the seventh and eighth grades. We had been discussing the different number system when I had a crazy idea. I noticed that Sandra was wearing sandals, but no socks. She was always full of fun, so I asked her to take off her sandals and climb up on my des. The class became very quiet. I asked her to count her fingers which she did, 1 to 10. I then told her to continue counting using her toes. She counted on to 20. I then asked the class "What if your ancestors had done that in setting up our number system?". By this time the class was in an uproar. We then talked about other number systems for the rest of the class. As the bell rang for the classes to change, I opened the door and there stood the Principal who wanted to know what as going on during the last class. I told him in detail and he just laughed out loud. He thought it was very funny. That was not the end of the story as we had a PTA meeting a few weeks later. The teachers all sat in the front rows. Sandra''s mother was president of the PTA, but I did not know it until then. She told the group that she had a special announcement to make before the meeting began. She told the group all that I did to her daughter that day in class. The group h ad a good laugh, but I was turning redder by the minute. They never let me forget it for years after.
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Life is full of good as well as bad days, It rains today and the next day the sun shines. Old folks pass away, but a child is born. Today you get a new job, but tomorrow you are fired. Your friends praise you now, but hate you down the road. You are full of life today, but are knocked off your feet tomorrow. You are protected by jonr parents today, but face life alone later. The flowers bloom now, but fade away later. We give advice today, but seek advice tomorrow. Fire destroys the forest, but heats our homes. Everything is going smooth today, but tomorrow is full of confusion. Today our team wins, but we lose the next game badly. The car starts easily now, but does not start at all the next day. He is by our side to help us now, but is sent overseas to fight a war tomorrow. Everything is peaceful today, but then an earthquake strikes. We will never understand life as long as we live. We are to keep our chins up and face it day by day looking to God for courage to face each day. Here I am going to tell of the different events of my life including my trips outside the U.S.A., 34 years of teaching, otherjobs I held, my own school days, etc.
About the Author
I held 3 full-time jobs totaling 50 years - 7 in a large lumber company 34 teaching 7-8th grade Math and Science, and 9 working for a safety company. During my teaching career I wrote 12 booklets that were used in grades 7-8, F.O.M. classes at the high schools, and for the G.E.D. classes at the evening classes.
I have traveled extensively —
I have written several articles for several books containing short stories such as the C.C.C. and similar events in my life. I have held many very interesting part-time jobs. I have 5 of them at the present time at age 76. I plan to "sear out, not rust out". Life is what you do with it as you live it. I am also in the process of publishing a book called "For Math Teachers: Grades 4-8". In it I show several ways of doing each type of example. My philosophy of teaching is to show the students several methods of doing an example, practicing a few examples using each method, and then letting the student decide which method he or she likes. This way they decide and not the teacher. We get the same answer no matter what method we use. We all think differently.