Comments for Must Be A Pony in There http://mustbeaponyinthere.com What's in your bag? Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:41:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Meet Cron-Zilla by Host http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/2009/11/meet-zilla/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Host Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:41:44 +0000 http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/?p=234#comment-161 Sorry you're having that problem, but apparently it's something about Google Chrome. It does not automatically handle RSS feeds according to: <a href="https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd" rel="nofollow"> There's an extension you'd have to download from Google. Thanks for visiting my blog. Sorry you’re having that problem, but apparently it’s something about Google Chrome. It does not automatically handle RSS feeds according to: There’s an extension you’d have to download from Google.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

]]> Comment on Meet Cron-Zilla by Cindy Diangelo http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/2009/11/meet-zilla/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Cindy Diangelo Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:11:52 +0000 http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/?p=234#comment-136 Remarkable Blog, I just identified this post when looking by means of Blogburst I believe that you and I could are already close friends in the previous life – the posts that I have so far examine so far are definitely charm to me and also to my sense of taste! Anyways chichat aside, it seems that your RSS won't appear to operate in my browser (that is Google chrome) are you currently in a position to notify me how I can repair it? Remarkable Blog, I just identified this post when looking by means of Blogburst I believe that you and I could are already close friends in the previous life – the posts that I have so far examine so far are definitely charm to me and also to my sense of taste! Anyways chichat aside, it seems that your RSS won’t appear to operate in my browser (that is Google chrome) are you currently in a position to notify me how I can repair it?

]]> Comment on Meet Cron-Zilla by Host http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/2009/11/meet-zilla/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Host Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:04:14 +0000 http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/?p=234#comment-112 Thank you! I hope to see you back and commenting again. Thank you! I hope to see you back and commenting again.

]]> Comment on Meet Cron-Zilla by Preschool Manalapan NJ http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/2009/11/meet-zilla/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Preschool Manalapan NJ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:12:39 +0000 http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/?p=234#comment-78 What a wonderful article. I intend to make your blog part of my daily reading. What a wonderful article. I intend to make your blog part of my daily reading.

]]> Comment on I did it! by Ary Aranguiz http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/2010/01/i-did-it/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Ary Aranguiz Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:04:22 +0000 http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/?p=246#comment-75 You got that right! Thanks for responding! Good luck to you as well! You got that right! Thanks for responding! Good luck to you as well!

]]> Comment on I did it! by Host http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/2010/01/i-did-it/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Host Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:30:20 +0000 http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/?p=246#comment-74 You know, we teachers, or ex-teachers, probably could read from the same script. It's the same all over. I've spoken with teachers on each coast, and from north to south. It sucks in the public, and many private school systems. There's definitely a disconnect between all the players. I just got tired of it all. The utter laziness of too many of today's students is just appalling. All that classroom management, lesson planning, being subjected to any and every negative thing that could come down the pike, was just too much for me. Plus, another thing happened. A friend of mine came down with a debilitating disease that has left her paralyzed since June, 2009. She's younger than I am. I got to thinking, man, if I got that ill under my then circumstances, I'd be pizzed off. Miserable and sick too! No thanks. One thing about being a teacher, you/we can teach ourselves just about anything. So it's only a matter of finding or rediscovering your passion and nurturing it. We'll be ok. We are survivors. Thanks for stopping by. I'll be sure to check out your site. Good luck with it! You know, we teachers, or ex-teachers, probably could read from the same script. It’s the same all over. I’ve spoken with teachers on each coast, and from north to south. It sucks in the public, and many private school systems. There’s definitely a disconnect between all the players.

I just got tired of it all. The utter laziness of too many of today’s students is just appalling. All that classroom management, lesson planning, being subjected to any and every negative thing that could come down the pike, was just too much for me. Plus, another thing happened. A friend of mine came down with a debilitating disease that has left her paralyzed since June, 2009. She’s younger than I am. I got to thinking, man, if I got that ill under my then circumstances, I’d be pizzed off. Miserable and sick too! No thanks.

One thing about being a teacher, you/we can teach ourselves just about anything. So it’s only a matter of finding or rediscovering your passion and nurturing it. We’ll be ok. We are survivors.

Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be sure to check out your site. Good luck with it!

]]> Comment on I did it! by Ary Aranguiz http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/2010/01/i-did-it/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Ary Aranguiz Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:17:50 +0000 http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/?p=246#comment-73 I don't know how long you were a teacher, but I can completely relate to your experience. I submitted my resignation after 20 years in the classroom. I am a Nationally Board Certified Teacher, and I wanted to be a teacher since I was 5; my mom was a teacher; my aunt was a teacher. It's in my blood and in my soul! But how miserable I was for so long! I wish I could still be a teacher in a school where I made the rules! Like you described, I too could not stand going to one more pointless meeting, one more parent conference where I was at fault for teaching, one more day forced to water down a curriculum designed for gifted students, but being taught to students whose parents did not want them to learn. I could no longer deal with the hypocrisy and the politics. I can go on and on with stories of the injustices I endured over 20 years with students, parents, administrators and even my fellow colleagues. I did not have good administrators...my assistant principal told me I was teaching too much...tone it down! That was the last straw for me! He had been a teacher for less than 10 years, and he was giving me tips on how to be more caring! I am a freakin' NBCT! No one cared or valued my expertise! I have decided like you to take it one day at a time. I no longer have chest pains due to stress; I've lost 7 lbs, and I am happy to get up in the morning not dreading the day ahead like I used to. I could no longer cope with being a part of the hypocrisy. I have empowered myself by starting a blog to empower other teachers. Please consider becoming a follower. You sound like we went through similar experiences. I would love to hear more of your thoughts and ways to empower those who aren't as lucky as we to be able to tell the system, take this job and shove it. It took me 20 years to be able to do this! Check out my site: theempoweredteacher.blogspot.com I don’t know how long you were a teacher, but I can completely relate to your experience. I submitted my resignation after 20 years in the classroom. I am a Nationally Board Certified Teacher, and I wanted to be a teacher since I was 5; my mom was a teacher; my aunt was a teacher. It’s in my blood and in my soul! But how miserable I was for so long! I wish I could still be a teacher in a school where I made the rules! Like you described, I too could not stand going to one more pointless meeting, one more parent conference where I was at fault for teaching, one more day forced to water down a curriculum designed for gifted students, but being taught to students whose parents did not want them to learn. I could no longer deal with the hypocrisy and the politics. I can go on and on with stories of the injustices I endured over 20 years with students, parents, administrators and even my fellow colleagues. I did not have good administrators…my assistant principal told me I was teaching too much…tone it down! That was the last straw for me! He had been a teacher for less than 10 years, and he was giving me tips on how to be more caring! I am a freakin’ NBCT! No one cared or valued my expertise!

I have decided like you to take it one day at a time. I no longer have chest pains due to stress; I’ve lost 7 lbs, and I am happy to get up in the morning not dreading the day ahead like I used to. I could no longer cope with being a part of the hypocrisy. I have empowered myself by starting a blog to empower other teachers. Please consider becoming a follower. You sound like we went through similar experiences. I would love to hear more of your thoughts and ways to empower those who aren’t as lucky as we to be able to tell the system, take this job and shove it. It took me 20 years to be able to do this! Check out my site:

theempoweredteacher.blogspot.com

]]> Comment on I Cry for Haiti by Host http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/2010/01/i-cry-for-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Host Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:39:55 +0000 http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/?p=252#comment-72 Yeah, sometimes it helps to not listen to it all, especially when you feel helpless. Yeah, sometimes it helps to not listen to it all, especially when you feel helpless.

]]> Comment on I Cry for Haiti by Teacherella http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/2010/01/i-cry-for-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Teacherella Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:53:16 +0000 http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/?p=252#comment-71 <p>I made a promise to myself to stay away from the coverage and thankfully that's what I have done. I'd watch a minute of CNN just for a quick update then I turn. Katrina affected me badly, so I can't have that happening again. The few things I have read online about Haiti leaves me speechless.</p> I made a promise to myself to stay away from the coverage and thankfully that’s what I have done.
I’d watch a minute of CNN just for a quick update then I turn. Katrina affected me badly, so I can’t have that happening again. The few things I have read online about Haiti leaves me speechless.

]]> Comment on I did it! by Dee http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/2010/01/i-did-it/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Dee Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:28:42 +0000 http://mustbeaponyinthere.com/?p=246#comment-70 Brave move, but you got to do what you got to do. I wish you luck! Brave move, but you got to do what you got to do. I wish you luck!

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