Scott2ndGradeTeacher Member

As a teacher...YES! As a diver, I am also ready for the gulf to warm up. (...but not so much that we have a lot of hurricanes!)

From one veteran to another, thank you for your service to our country.

We will get down to 45 tonight. (...about an hour south of Houston.)

I'll be doing an underwater "Poker Run" this weekend. (...and then play in a "real" poker tournament that evening!)

1. Second Grade Teacher Extraordinaire 2. Three years (second career…old military) 3. I can’t see myself doing anything else. I make test takers and heartbreakers out of ‘em. 4. Could we please get the government (and political correctness/historical revisionism) out of education?

Less than a month.

Stretch before...stretch after...eat a banana. There is a difference between soreness and pain. Soreness is easy to overcome. Pain is an indication of something wrong. The usual caveats apply...I am not a doctor (although I make more sense than Dr. Oz.), your results may vary, etc.

I would start a scuba diving shop/center specializing in teaching disabled/handicapped* people how to dive. * NOTE: I am not trying to be rude or politically incorrect with the term disabled/handicapped. If you prefer "handicapable" or "differently abled", that's fine as well.

Any time you can spend underwater is a good time.

This was my first thought...

The list begins and ends with "Hoosiers".

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

...nothing to add here. but maybe by posting more LJers will drop in.

You look nice, but sideways. :-)

My favorite racehorse of all time was "Hoof Hearted".

You're not the first. You're not the last. You're just the latest. I tell me second graders that I want them resilient and bounce back from adversity. (I use a tennis balls and and an egg.) You can be a tennis ball.

I agree...bubbles rule. It's a nice escape from the real world.

I make test takers and heartbreakers out of second graders. The best part of the job is seeing them grow, both academically and emotionally. The worst part is that we still have a lot of "everybody gets a trophy" people in education, which is ruining this generation. Do not celebrate mediocrity. Do not marginalize…

I'm half Jewish and half Japanese. In fact, I was circumcised at Benihanas.

My ex was an earth sign and I was a water sign. Together we made mud.

I think the Latin classification for him would be "douchus magnus". It sounds like you're better off flying solo for a bit.

Yes. Si. Oui. Ja. Da. N'am. Hai.

This is one benefit of teaching. You can (occasionally) leave around 4:00. Sadly, I have a parent reading seminar to give tonight which will not get out until 8:00...which constitutes an "all nighter" for me.

You can also forego the elevators in favor of the stairs. It's a small step (no pun intended), but it might help. Oh yes, and all that self-discipline stuff...which is so hard on a cruise ship! (...or not on a cruise ship!)

Four pounds of fierceness!

I spent a decent amount of time underwater (45 minutes at a time, of course) after Desert Storm on a platform under a cruise ship as part of the "counterterrorism" effort.

Throwback Thursday is a great idea (that I am evidently just now learning of!) After being in the Persian Gult for a few months after ODS. (If I go back any further, I will have to resort to cave paintings!) I am happy with myself (in general), but can always improve.

The bowling scene is classic! "Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules." "Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around here who gives a sh1t about the rules? Mark it zero!"

As a veteran (cannonball crewman during the crusades!), I can tell you that you will get out of the miltary what you put in.

Some Random Thoughts... "England and America are two countries seperated by a common language." - George Bernard Shaw At a high school track meet, I once entered the 400 kilometer dash for people with no concept of the metric system. Monty Python skits (and movies) rule!