Ms. Terry's Blog

Unfortunately, summer is almost over. In service starts tomorrow, and I'll be back my real life job. As you may know, I spent my summer working at the zoo as a camp counselor, so it was pretty wild. I made animal puns all the time, and the campers LOVED IT (I think). But really, it was a wonderful summer job and I will miss all of my co-workers (animal and human). It was all the fun parts of teaching, plus animals! I'm not sure what I'll do when I don't get to visit the snapping turtle or meet a new animal visitor every day. Our Australian friends! My snapping turtle friend! I also traveled to tropical Hawaii with my grandmother. Neither of us are big beach people, but we both really enjoyed the tours we did of Pearl Harbor, the island of Oahu, Iolani Palace, and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The history of Hawaii is fascinating, as it is home to people from all over. America itself is a melting pot, and Hawaii exemplifies that as it has been explored and inhabited by...

Listen, it's still summer. I don't want to think about school. However, recent events and remarks have made me think more about school than I really want to in July. No, I'm not talking about the back to school sections that are already up in stores. I'm talking about the comments of Dr. Larry Arnn and Governor Bill Lee regarding public school teachers. In case you haven't heard, Dr. Arnn, who was hired by Tennessee's Governor Bill Lee as a charter school adviser, had these gems to say about public education:      "teachers are trained in the dumbest parts of the dumbest colleges"     "education destroys generations of people" In response, Governor Lee clarified that Dr. Arnn was not talking about Tennessee teachers, and he quickly turned a conversation about the remarks into a rant against the "left-wing agenda." It should be noted that neither Dr. Arnn nor Governor Lee have degrees in education, though Lee's wife does. Neither...