Sometime in July (remember July, when summer seemed so to stretch out before you?) I got an email from the teaching placement department of my college. A student who graduated from the same masters program was hired by a district close by... there are approximately six school districts within a 20 mile radius of me. The placement department asked me if I would offer help or information on finding a place to live, things to do, etc. So I sent off this long letter about the crapy quality of housing (shockingly bad!) and the equally crapy quality of real estate professionals (ie. no professionalism). Yesterday, we met for the first time - apparently, she recognized me from the presentation I gave about classroom management (ha! I still can't believe anyone would believe that I should give advice on that topic!) and we went to see Wedding Crashers. I think she's going to do really well. She seems really prepared and capable. They even offered her a coaching position to bump up the salary!
Have you heard about A Treasure Trove
? Subtitled "A Fairy Tale about Real Treasure for Parents and Children of all Ages... the story is a full of clues that would lead readers to a real treasure! One million dollars worth! In the story, a dark magical cloud turns insects into crystal gems... in real life, the author hid 13 gold hearts in various state parks in the US. Each heart represented an insect, which the finder could collect and keep. The last to be found, this summer, was the spider. The most expensive prize, it is valued over $400,000! Talk about incentive to read and use higher thinking skills to figure out the clues. FYI - the guys who found the spider are rocket scientists. How they figured it out is listed here. However the author (Michael Sadther) insists that "anyone" can find the clues.
Mr. Sadther is working on a second book - The Secrets of the Alchemist Dar - will contain clues to find 100 fairy rings. The rings are valued up to $3 million dollars. No date as to when it will be finished, but I'm guessing it will get as much fan-fare as a Harry Potter.
Have you heard about A Treasure Trove
? Subtitled "A Fairy Tale about Real Treasure for Parents and Children of all Ages... the story is a full of clues that would lead readers to a real treasure! One million dollars worth! In the story, a dark magical cloud turns insects into crystal gems... in real life, the author hid 13 gold hearts in various state parks in the US. Each heart represented an insect, which the finder could collect and keep. The last to be found, this summer, was the spider. The most expensive prize, it is valued over $400,000! Talk about incentive to read and use higher thinking skills to figure out the clues. FYI - the guys who found the spider are rocket scientists. How they figured it out is listed here. However the author (Michael Sadther) insists that "anyone" can find the clues.Mr. Sadther is working on a second book - The Secrets of the Alchemist Dar - will contain clues to find 100 fairy rings. The rings are valued up to $3 million dollars. No date as to when it will be finished, but I'm guessing it will get as much fan-fare as a Harry Potter.
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