Its the end of the year as we know it and I feel fine

Fourteen days left...not that anyone here is counting.
The end of the year is always bittersweet. Summer - positive. Goodbyes - negative.
I teach many of my computer science kids for all four years they are in high school. They are going on to great things, but I still miss them.

So this isnt exactly computer science, but it is definitely teaching. And I could use a dose of inspirational.
In the past month I have tried to explain the whole Dave - Eggers/education thing to at least five people. Heres a summary:

• Ted Talk - while I am not a writing teacher, per se, this is exactly what I am trying to create in the lab. I watch this several times a year, always good for inspiration.
•  Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of Americas Teachers - I have not (yet) read this. Seriously folks, it is the end of the school year. If I make it to the end of the day without getting caught in a food fight I am doing really good. It is on my summer catch up list, promise.
• The documentary - Heres an NPR story about the documentary AMERICAN TEACHER. As a computer science teacher one of my grumbles is, well, other teachers grumbles. When they complain about lack of planning time I try to remain calm - most other subjects have age-appropriate books with worksheets and practice problems. Over my 15 years of teaching computer science I have probably written five or six textbooks. Notes, worksheets, projects, the whole thing. These things are in short supply for computer science teachers.
  
  One of the main points of his work here is the amount of money spent on textbooks, $8 billion. Now I do not mind developing materials for my classes, curriculum work is actually part of what I enjoy most about teaching. It is just sad that out of that huge total the computer science teaching community is so under supplied.

So here it is - a little reminder of why we do what we do. Something to get you over the hump until summer. Just curious, where do you find inspiration?

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End of 1st Quarter

As we have talked about all week, today is the last day of the Quarter.  Make it a good one!!

We will review for the quiz at the beginning of class, and then when I let you know you can go to Classmarker and take the quiz.

Once you have completed the quiz, if you have any missing assignments you are to work on whatever is missing.  If you do not have any missing assignments and you are "behind" with the speed test tournament, then Im going to have you compete today to try and catch up so that we have everyone in the same spot.  This means many of you will not be competing in the tournament today - I just want to get everyone in the same place since we had several people last week that were absent when we did this.

If you have everything done then you are welcome to go to the practice websites after the vocab quiz.

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Make up day! Everything due by the end of the day today!

If you have anything missing it will need to be turned in today by the end of the day.  My suggestion is to double check all of your quiz grades and make sure you arent missing any of those; I would also suggest looking to see if you are missing the Thanksgiving blog post (if this is missing send me an email with a link to your blog).  Lastly, the crossword puzzles are probably the next easiest to complete.  I mention those because they are easy to complete and should give you some quick points.

Beyond those two assignments if you have missing formatting activities that are partially completed you could take time today to get more of it done and then hand it in at the end of the hour.  Remember...some points is better than no points!

Tomorrow and Friday we will finish our bracket challenge!  If you are in first, second, or third hours I will not be here and the sub will be guiding you through the bracket competition.

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End Your Concerns With Pranksters By Doing A Reverse Cell Number Look Up

By Ryon Guttorp

Knowing is half the fight. Once you understand if the company demanding money is real or not you can handle it appropriately. You can block their number or talk to them if it is your neighbor. Many of the time, all it takes is a request from you and your telephone company can obstruct a number and business who require payments are frequently fraudsters. Once you have the realities, you can choose how to manage it.

The majority of individuals feel that without a name you can not learn info on someone so the telephone call keep coming. This use to be the means it worked. Technology the way it is, you can search for home phone subscribers and likewise cell phones. You do not should have a name prior to searching. Simply a telephone number is all it takes. You can then learn the name and address of any telephone number owner, who their supplier is, and a wide variety of other information on that person.

You will then be able to decide exactly what to do to make the phone calls stop when you have all the responses you need. You can show them if you find out it is a bogus phone number to a business you have actually never heard of. If you find out that it is your next-door neighbor calling you, you can block the number from calling you through your phone service provider. You will simply have even more choices on exactly how you can stop the calls.

Just think of the ability that you have to manage those prank calls in the middle of the night that awaken you or your family. It does not matter if all they do is hang up on you without speaking with you. As long as you have a phone with caller ID on it and you can see their telephone number, you can search for that number. You will find out quickly who you are dealing with.

It does not matter if their number is unlisted or not; with reverse cell number lookup you can still learn the required info. You have the right to know who they are if they have actually been calling you at your home or on your cell phone. Whether they live throughout the nation or right next door you can find out who provided their cell phone service which permits them to bother you and your family.

Prank calls commonly come from kids who wish to play tricks on individuals. Various other times it is made use of to terrify you rather than just annoy you. This could be particularly true if the individual on the other end is a heavy breather. If they take place to answer and it is often suggested to do simply that, this can always spook your kids. The prankster does not care exactly what they do to your household. Use the tools you have in order to stop it prior to it ends up being even more of an issue.

There is no damage in discovering exactly what you have to understand. It is definitely legal for you to try and stop the harassment. Nobody however you understands that it ares happening. No one but you can make it end. The only means you will stop it is to learn who is doing it to your household.

For a basic search, there is typically no cost. It is cost-free to discover the name of the person calling you in the majority of situations. , if you need to know more about the person there might be a small fee involved.. Considering your households need to be prank caller complimentary, do you not think that a little fee would be cash well spent if you put it towards a reverse cell number lookup? All it takes is a desire to be free of unknown callers, a phone and a computer number to obtain you on your means to learning who is calling you.

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