tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post5111408882406471890..comments2023-10-16T06:40:43.382-07:00Comments on CHOP-TENSILS: On Bad Timing for a Good ThingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-13097139517344491532009-03-02T20:02:00.000-08:002009-03-02T20:02:00.000-08:00Thanks for the support, everyone. Even the famous...Thanks for the support, everyone. Even the famous Latoya Peterson of Racialicious supports me - nice!<BR/><BR/>In case anybody was wondering - still leaning towards China. I'll always have an excuse not to go - and if this curriculum works, that will be just one more argument to perfect it even further for ANOTHER year, etc. <BR/><BR/>I'll post when an official decision is made, however.CVThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097386572053924474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-15994053050908836192009-02-28T14:05:00.000-08:002009-02-28T14:05:00.000-08:00ok it has been awhile since I have posted on the b...ok it has been awhile since I have posted on the blog and I have gotten a bit behind and want to comment on so many entries, but I will start with this one. <BR/><BR/>you are amazing, talented, inspiring etc... and i feel like the wider world needs to have the joy of your presence, so we can't be stingy and just want you to stay here for our sakes. <BR/><BR/>two things come to mind- i knew i wanted to go to africa since I was pretty young. i've always planned to travel around the globe and check out the wide world. I intended to go to Senegal when I was 20 and stay with a good friend and his family. I was also going to start this training thing to be a flight attendant. Then I found out I was pregnant. <BR/>Press pause. <BR/>Fast forward.<BR/><BR/>I was your age when I first left the country and went to Mexico (for a wedding and only a couple of weeks). A couple years later I finally went to Canada for a performance. Then in 2004 I finally made it to Africa and stayed in Rwanda for 3 weeks. I still have aspirations to live in another country(ies) for a period of time, cause like you said, a few weeks, a few months is not enough to really get to know the nuances. So on the one hand, things don't always happen in the time we intend them to happen. <BR/><BR/>On the flip side, 2012 is but a heartbeat away, and we have to live for today. Moving to China could shift everything and draw you in a whole different direction. You could be there a year or more and then miss the rain and whiteness of Portland soooo much you come back. But as a person with no biological dependents, I think YOU have to be in the now of doing what you want to do because you can. <BR/><BR/>As much as I'd like to talk you into staying for the sake of my own self interest- cause i will miss you tremendously- let's be real. You can keep developing your brilliant math curriculum on a laptop in China somewhere. You could write a book about it if you wanted that could be adopted in schools around the globe. You can leave some of your ideas behind for the person who would have the task of trying to fill your shoes at the middle school. <BR/><BR/>I say, expect the unexpected, and know there are things outside of our control- but when you have a plan for your own joy and self fulfillment you have to follow through as if it is going to happen in the time frame you intended. <BR/><BR/>And if we miss you too much and can't stand it, we'll just have to visit you there and crash on your couch.Ms. Sishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17721744919087068353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-39039901257005723042009-02-28T07:39:00.000-08:002009-02-28T07:39:00.000-08:00CVT, This seems like a very frustrating place to b...CVT, This seems like a very frustrating place to be in. I'm sure you'll be very happy with whatever decision you make, but for what it's worth, math will always be there. I suppose you could say China will always be there, too, but this is something you've wanted to do for a long time. Nothing was going to get in your way. And I don't want to make too many assumptions, but I think you should go to Chine while you're as young as you are. However exciting the curriculum is, you can implement it when you get back. Just my 2 cents. Oh, and to echo Lisa J, when you do go to China, please keep blogging!Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748622697744911930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-85515091285306467712009-02-23T06:51:00.000-08:002009-02-23T06:51:00.000-08:00I'm sure you will make the right decision and I ho...I'm sure you will make the right decision and I hope your tri-mester experiement works out. If you don't postpone your trip to China, I hope you keep doing a little blogging while you are there. I really enjoy your site.<BR/>Best Wishes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-17410735045806162152009-02-20T06:46:00.000-08:002009-02-20T06:46:00.000-08:00Lxy - I do get summers off, but I want to really L...Lxy - I do get summers off, but I want to really LIVE in China for a bit (at least half a year) to get some sort of understanding (anything less won't allow me to get a real feel of how things work out there). So, summers aren't enough.<BR/><BR/>Plus - I have to admit that, since summer is the only time of the year that it's nice to be in Portland, I don't want to skip it if I'm going to be coming back for the fall and winter.<BR/><BR/>@Everybody -<BR/>Thanks for the support and/or advice. For right now, I'm going to draw up a detailed curriculum for one trimester and just see how it looks - see if reality keeps it from being possible . . . or not. Then I'll just go from there.CVThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097386572053924474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-10828032909321556672009-02-19T19:55:00.000-08:002009-02-19T19:55:00.000-08:00C'est la vie, CVT.I guess it all depends on how am...C'est la vie, CVT.<BR/><BR/>I guess it all depends on how amazing this idea is. (I wish I had a teacher that taught math like that - I could only ever understand the tangible [read: money] lessons so I think it would have helped me a lot.] I have faith that whatever you are supposed to do will take over your brain so much that you won't be able to focus on the other project.<BR/><BR/>Best of luck.Latoya Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10092649398657394235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-43942587068679881862009-02-19T17:00:00.000-08:002009-02-19T17:00:00.000-08:00CVT,Congratulations on your inspiration for a new ...CVT,<BR/>Congratulations on your inspiration for a new math curriculum--I mean SERIOUSLY you should feel so proud of yourself, regardless of what you end up deciding to do. It shows you have passion, dedication, and creativity.<BR/><BR/>It also shows that teaching is in your blood. Because you care, because you want to really make a difference in your students' lives--because you aren't content to just let things stand.<BR/><BR/>I also believe, for what it's worth, that you'll make it to China. I know I don't really *know* you (as in never met you in real life) but you WILL get to China. Your post is proof-positive of this--you had been thinking that you had hit your head against a wall with respect to a math curriculum that would really speak to your kids and then BAM! you formulated one on the spot.<BR/><BR/>Whatever you decide, CVT, you've already made a real breakthrough and I think it's a great thing.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261371053113519712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-43226797004889376192009-02-19T05:38:00.000-08:002009-02-19T05:38:00.000-08:00Since you're a teacher, do you get the summers off...Since you're a teacher, do you get the summers off?<BR/><BR/>You could also travel to China during the Summer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-30140840884330802942009-02-18T20:59:00.000-08:002009-02-18T20:59:00.000-08:00People who don't care are never frustrated.Give it...People who don't care are never frustrated.<BR/>Give it another year - you'll do great things.uglyblackjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404995571276457138noreply@blogger.com