Maria Montessori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MONTESSORI GIVING A LESSON IN TOUCHING 

Maria Montessori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952) was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name. Her educational method is in use today in public and private schools throughout the world.

In this first classroom, Montessori observed behaviors in these young children which formed the foundation of her educational method. She noted episodes of deep attention and concentration, multiple repetitions of activity, and a sensitivity to order in the environment. Given free choice of activity, the children showed more interest in practical activities and Montessori's materials than in toys provided for them, and were surprisingly unmotivated by sweets and other rewards. Over time, she saw a spontaneous self-discipline emerge.

Based on her observations, Montessori implemented a number of practices that became hallmarks of her educational philosophy and method. She replaced the heavy furniture with child-sized tables and chairs light enough for the children to move, and placed child-sized materials on low, accessible shelves. She expanded the range of practical activities such as sweeping and personal care to include a wide variety of exercises for care of the environment and the self, including flower arranging, hand washing, gymnastics, care of pets, and cooking. She continued to adapt and refine the materials she had developed earlier, altering or removing exercises which were chosen less frequently by the children. Also based on her observations, Montessori experimented with allowing children free choice of the materials, uninterrupted work, and freedom of movement and activity within the limits set by the environment. She began to see independence as the aim of education, and the role of the teacher as an observer and director of children's innate psychological development.

? 4 U

True or False:

1. Truth shall set you free?
2. Everyone needs a church?
3. Identity Crisis: Better 'to die' at once than 'to live' forever?
4. Trinity:  Sum of his parents, Joseph and Mary, in his father's absence?

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Ben Franklin Academy

Ben Franklin Academy (BFA) is a private senior high school in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia that follows a "mastery" curriculum, serving students in grades 9-12. The school is located at 1585 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30329.

"God helps those who help themselves."

True or False?

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Each year one special  boy or girl is chosen by the Prescott High School faculty as Daughters of American Revolution Good Citizen.  This student must portray leadership, dependability, service, and patriotism.  This year Jim Ed Avery, a National Honor Society member, was honored with this title.

Glenda Clifton and Jim Ed Avery chosen Outstanding Senior for 1980 as well as voted Who's Who, Most Likely to Succeed.

The Seniors of '80 say, "That's all folks!"

GOP rips Obama with his ill-chosen words - SFGate

GOP rips Obama with his ill-chosen words - SFGate: In the controversial part of that speech, the president said: "If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges."

He continued: "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet, so that all the companies could make money off the Internet."

Republicans grabbed the phrase "you didn't build that" and took off running. They are crowing that Obama's phrase gave them a launching pad for a robust attack by suggesting Democrats don't believe in the power of the individual - or of entrepreneurship.

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GOD DAMN REPUBLICANS!

The only reason they give themselves so much credit:

They have no sense of history beyond the day they were born / the future beyond their own (stupid);

or...

they know exactly what it is they are doing (self serving)!

Example:

Bill O'Reilly's seventy percent of Americans who believe it was Muslims who killed us 9/11.  

He's not THAT stupid;

but...

MOST of America... IS!

How does a party as complex as the Democratic Party able to compete fairly with that combination.

No one is denying that all the hijackers were Muslims. 
Rest of America just know it's a lot more complicated than that.
That's where it takes a "GOD GIVEN BRAIN" (for lack of a better way to put it) to know the difference!


Believe Bones McCoy from Star Trek said it best:

"It's been my observation EVIL always win unless GOOD is very, very careful."

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Quoting my mother who is quoting someone else:

"There is nothing more uninformed than the average American voter."

Even my own mother, an avid Hilliary supporter, fell short disappointing me severely refusing all attempts reasoning with her why she should vote for Obama:

"If you can't vote for Obama because Hilliary wants you to, then all your reasons being for Hilliary were wrong to begin with!"


THEN, hearing her join in the Tea Party Movement's chorus of calling President Obama an "ELITIST!", I pointed out to her bluntly:

"That's just your polite way of agreeing with my redneck brother, 'you don't care how educated a black man is.  He's still a nigger!'"

Oh hell!  Maybe it's just good old fashion penis envy.

A son's a son until he gets him a wife.
A daughter's a daughter all her life.

Another of mother's favorites.

ox·y·mo·ron

[ok-si-mawr-on, -mohr-]

noun, plural ox·y·mo·ra [ok-si-mawr-uh, -mohr-uh] ox·y·mor·ons. Rhetoric .

a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous,seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”

Word Origin & History

oxymoron 

1657, from Gk. oxymoron, noun use of neut. of oxymoros (adj.)"pointedly foolish," from oxys "sharp" (see acrid) + moros "stupid."Rhetorical figure by which contradictory terms are conjoined so as to give point to the statement or expression; the word itself is an illustration of the thing.

Example Sentences

Noun 

• There the confounding oxymoron of being both rather primitive yetextremely complicated.

• The notion of patient autonomy is a contradiction and an oxymoron.

• To environmentalists, clean coal is an insulting oxymoron.

• More universal is an oxymoron, either it is universal or not.

• Makes the term health insurers an oxymoron, sickness securitiesmight be more accurate.

• Thanks for agreeing with my oxymoron, must have heard or read itsomewhere.

• Whatever its characteristics, a socialist system that closes down itsstate-owned sector risks becoming an oxymoron.

• Since an objective perspective is an oxymoron, any inquiry is inherently subjective to begin with.

Half of Americans die with almost no money - Andrea Coombes' Ways and Means - MarketWatch

Half of Americans die with almost no money - Andrea Coombes' Ways and Means - MarketWatch: If you want the best retirement outcome possible, get rich. If that fails, consider getting married, staying married—and doing your best to die before your spouse does. That last is not entirely serious, but the general take-away is that being married pays off in retirement.

Galatians 6:9 NIV - Let us not become weary in doing good, - Bible Gateway

Galatians 6:9 NIV - Let us not become weary in doing good, - Bible Gateway: Galatians 6:9
New International Version (NIV)

9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Isaiah 6:9-10 NIV - He said, “Go and tell this people: - Bible Gateway

Isaiah 6:9-10 NIV - He said, “Go and tell this people: - Bible Gateway: Isaiah 6:9-10
New International Version (NIV)

9 He said, “Go and tell this people:
“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.[a]
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”

Identity Crisis

IDENTITY CRISIS

"Better 'to die' at once than 'to live' forever'." 

SIMPLY JIM:

"Who cares what 'Y' equals!"

~Hell Betty Jo~

"That 'D' in math!"

~Big Sister~

             

One Pearl,

Total Pig,

Anti-Christ.

OBAMACARE:

Black Jesus.

HITLERY CLINTON:

John the Baptist.

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"Easier 

'to die' in battle

 than 

'to motivate' the living." 

19ll

1911

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911_(film)

"Revolution... IS... life.

Not about living...

but fate."

Prometheus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

After Prometheus has created man out of mud, Athena breathes life into him, imparting reason and understanding. Part of a cycle on the myth of Prometheus by Christian Griepenkerl. Ceiling painting (oil on canvas) above the grand staircase in the Augusteum, Oldenburg.

Prometheus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Prometheus (Greek: Προμηθεύς) is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure who in Greek mythology is credited with the creation of man from clay and the theft of fire for human use, an act that enabled progress and civilization. He is known for his intelligence, and as a champion of mankind.

The punishment of Prometheus as a consequence of the theft is a major theme of his mythology, and is a popular subject of both ancient and modern art. Zeus, king of the Olympian gods, sentenced the Titan to eternal torment for his transgression. The immortal Prometheus was bound to a rock, where each day an eagle, the emblem of Zeus, was sent to feed on his liver, only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day. In some stories, Prometheus is freed at last by the hero Heracles (Hercules).

In another of his myths, Prometheus establishes the form of animal sacrifice practiced in ancient Greek religion. Evidence of a cult to Prometheus himself is not widespread. He was a focus of religious activity mainly at Athens, where he was linked to Athena and Hephaestus, other Greek deities of creative skills and technology.

In the Western classical tradition, Prometheus became a figure who represented human striving, particularly the quest for scientific knowledge, and the risk of overreaching or unintended consequences. In particular, he was regarded in the Romantic era as embodying the lone genius whose efforts to improve human existence could also result in tragedy: Mary Shelley, for instance, gave The Modern Prometheus as the subtitle to her novel Frankenstein (1818).

The Death of Tecumseh

So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.

Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none. 

When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. 

When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecumseh

Tecumseh grew up in the Ohio Country during the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War, where he was constantly exposed to warfare. With Americans continuing to encroach on Indian territory after the British ceded the Ohio Valley to the new United States in 1783, the Shawnee moved farther northwest. In 1808, they settled Prophetstown in present-dayIndiana. With a vision of establishing an independent American Indian nation east of the Mississippi under British protection, Tecumseh worked to recruit additional tribes to the confederacy from the southern United States.

During the War of 1812, Tecumseh's confederacy allied with the British in The Canadas (the collective name for the colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada), and helped in the capture ofFort Detroit. American forces killed Tecumseh in the Battle of the Thames, in October 1813. His confederation fell apart, the British deserted their Indian allies at the peace conference that ended the War of 1812, the dream of an independent Indian state in the Midwest vanished, and American settlers took possession of all the territory south of the Great Lakes, driving the Indians west or into reservations.

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ad·um·brate

 

[a-duhm-breyt, ad-uhm-breyt]

 verb (used with object), ad·um·brat·ed, ad·um·brat·ing.

1.

to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline orsketch.

2.

to foreshadow; prefigure.

3.

to darken or conceal partially; overshadow.

Public School vs. Private School

PUBLIC SCHOOL

"All trees fall eventually."

~Robin~

ROBIN the LANDLORD'S

Once had a gay man tell me:

FIR TREE (FURY) VENGEANCE

"Fucking a woman was like sticking it between two slabs of liver."

VAGINA MONOLOGUE

"Cut down one tree, we might as well cut them all down."

~Robin~

PRIVATE SCHOOL

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Robin made it quite clear, her husband sitting quietly by her side timid as a mouse, they view their property next to mine as nothing more than an investment to help pay their children's way through school.

In other words, their approach to neighbors of "Robin the Landlord" is different than their approach to neighbors of "Robin their Neighbor".

As a practicing avowed homosexual, why should THEIR FUCKING PROBLEM... be... MY FUCKING PROBLEM.

Had Robin lived in my house with her husband and children, they would be paying the same amount of property tax I'm currently paying.  Surely they don't need reminding what it is the bulk of our property taxes goes toward paying.

Now, I have no problem with my property tax going toward public school; but am repulsed at the idea of  families receiving vouchers so children from the likes of Robin and her husband can have a competitive advantage over children who have no choice but to attend public schools.

Public school was good enough for me and I like to view my taxes as paying retroactively for my education rather than the taxes of my parents.  Ideally my taxes would go back to the public schools of Nevada County, Arkansas.

But...

 then again...

Arkansas,

 is pretty much homophobic as well as Republican.

In the long run,

it will catch up with them. 

One last thing Robin:

What kind of woman would want to be...FUCKED BY/ GUZZLE the CUSTARD... of a man like that?

I suppose...THIS DAY AND AGE... it would be a little one who likes to drive...A BIG RED TRUCK!

On a lighter note, still love liver.
But...
sure stopped me from wanting to ever suck that guy's dick again!

Rosewood Massacre

pre·var·i·cate

 

[pri-var-i-keyt]

verb (used without object), pre·var·i·cat·ed,pre·var·i·cat·ing.

to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create anincorrect impression; lie.

"HE WAS SO BIG."

Rosewood descendants formed the Real Rosewood Foundation and the Rosewood Heritage Foundation to educate people in Florida and all over the world. A traveling display of what happened in Rosewood goes on tour internationally; a permanent display is housed in the library of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. The Real Rosewood Foundation awards people in Central Florida who preserve Rosewood's history.  The foundation makes humanitarian awards in honor of, and in the names of, Sarah, Aaron, and Sylvester Carrier. Lizzie Jenkins, whose aunt was the Rosewood schoolteacher, explained her participation keeping Rosewood's legacy current:

"It has been a struggle telling this story over the years, because a lot of people don't want to hear about this kind of history. People don't relate to it, or just don't want to hear about it. But Mama told me to keep it alive, so I keep telling it ... It's a sad story, but it's one I think everyone needs to hear."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood_massacre

"HE'S SO BLACK, THAT BOY."

per·ni·cious

[per-nish-uhs]

adjective

1.

causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful:pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.

2.

deadly; fatal: a pernicious disease.

3.

Obsolete . evil; wicked.

Obama: Compromise is not "a dirty word."

Study links autism to older dads—for once, women are off the hook! | The Mommy Files | an SFGate.com blog

Study links autism to older dads—for once, women are off the hook! | The Mommy Files | an SFGate.com blog:

The Times reports:

The risk of chromosomal abnormalities, like Down syndrome, increases for older mothers, but when it comes to some complex developmental and psychiatric problems, the lion’s share of the genetic risk originates in the sperm, not the egg, the study found.

Researchers identify present day Turkey as origin of Indo-European languages - The Washington Post

Researchers identify present day Turkey as origin of Indo-European languages - The Washington Post:
clascoutx

9:26 PM EDT...

data= d/t/tla-t/la=tlatla(Nauatl)=flame, part of cave Venus's name, Promethea Neander, who gave us Tletl,

first Deity, Fire. then XiuhTletl(N)=herb fire/medicine. began everything so long ago, e.g., t/let/l=t/l/red/t/l =

letter/read/leer(sp)/lern=lernia(OFrisian)=le(o)rnian(OE)=learning(E). tetl(N)=shtetl=stein=in(s)te/tl.

comoni(N)=the breakfast fire drill,=Co(s)mos(Gk)=commotion(E), begins everything, ergo, language

is as old, begins with Fire/pyre=piloa(N)=spilla(ON)=aspire(E): Promethea herself.

Diabolical | Define Diabolical at Dictionary.com

di·a·bol·ic

[dahy-uh-bol-ik]

Diabolical | Define Diabolical at Dictionary.com:

adjective

1. having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked: a diabolic plot.

2. pertaining to or actuated by a devil.

Also, di·a·bol·i·cal.

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Origin:

1350–1400; Middle English diabolik (< Middle French ) < Late Latin diabolicus < Greek diabolikós, equivalent to diábol ( os ) devil + -ikos -ic



Related forms

di·a·bol·i·cal·ly, adverb

di·a·bol·i·cal·ness, noun

hy·per·di·a·bol·i·cal, adjective

hy·per·di·a·bol·i·cal·ly, adverb

hy·per·di·a·bol·i·cal·ness, noun

non·di·a·bol·ic, adjective

non·di·a·bol·i·cal, adjective

non·di·a·bol·i·cal·ly, adverb

non·di·a·bol·i·cal·ness, noun

su·per·di·a·bol·i·cal, adjective

su·per·di·a·bol·i·cal·ly, adverb

su·per·di·a·bol·i·cal·ness, noun

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A Bewitching Look Back

During the infamous 1692 trials in Salem, MA, 75% of those charged with witchcraft were women.

Historians now believe that feuds over local property may have sparked the accusations.

Most of the women charged were over 40 without sons or brothers.  Since they had no male heirs, this meant they would likely inherit property from their husbands.

In Puritan times, the  idea of an independently wealthy woman was socially unacceptable.

Eight of the 13 American colonies acknowledged witchcraft as a capital crime.  

In Salem 14 of the 20 executed were women.  In nearby Andover the hysteria was so great that even a dog was put to death.

Photos surface of naked Prince Harry partying with equally naked woman in Las Vegas | Fox News

Photos surface of naked Prince Harry partying with equally naked woman in Las Vegas | Fox News: What happens in Vegas no longer stays in Vegas.

Prince Harry put the crown jewels on display in Vegas this weekend getting naked during a game of strip billiards with a room full of friends in his VIP suite.  It all went down Friday night during a raging party in a high rollers hotel suite.

Property Values vs. Green Laws

PROPERTY TAXES

Pathological Lying

Useless

Green Acre

Faggot

"Trees are dangerous! Almost died because of one!"

~Charlie~

FURRY (FURY) VENGEANCE

"Well it's Charlie's money.  He can spend it however he wants."

~Babi~

Charlie's
Iranian

Uranium Enrichment

Concubine

GREEN LAWS

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How did Charlie get Dekalb County to look the other way as he cut down more than twenty-four trees (plus more as time went on) on his newly acquired property next to mine, much to the dismay and many complaints from the current residents of this neighborhood, when the "green laws" allow only five trees per year?

The only answer I can come up with...

 the fact that he did raise our property values (whether we wanted him to not seeming to matter) translating into increased revenue for the county.

"Well what can we do,"  

said the lady at county environmental agency over the phone when I called complaining they were going beyond the fourteen trees county had given permission to remove? 

"The trees are a threat to his house."

"That's our point," 

I shot back.

"That house didn't have to be... HIS!"

Upon meeting Charlie for the first time,
same day learning after having been introduced to his Prius Hybrid first instead, his partner Babi was Iranian... not Hispanic as most originally have thought:
"Am I correct in believing you to be... at best... a Libertarian?"

"Nooo," exclaimed that useless faggot. "I'm a... DEMOCRAT!"

And the dumb fuck had a Ron Paul sign in his yard during the Republican primaries; nothing the rest of  the election year.

I've screamed this once before at his house during the middle of the night and I will ask again:

"All right, CHARLIE!  This is... YOUR... moment!  
Are you a... GOOD FAGGOT or a... BAD FAGGOT?  
Let's not forget our lesbian daughters, mothers, and grandmothers!
Again, CHARLIE!
Are you a...GOOD FAGGOT or a... BAD FAGGOT?"

If there is anything I can say positive about what Charlie has done with his lot was the fact he put a lot of blue collar workers to work during a blue collar recession.

But...
that along with his owning a Prius Hybrid and increasing our property values could have been done without cutting down... 

SO MANY TREES.