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April 04, 2005
Just Back from Spring Break
I realize this is an awfully late post but we might have to consider this post as Monday and Tuesday. Today was our first day back from Spring Break. How do I describe the kids – hummm maybe lethargic or maybe just plain sleepy? If I hadn’t been so busy last week I probably would be extremely sleepy like the kids also. Parents can agree with me here – these kids will miss their breaks when they are older.
Today we began and exciting unit on Civil Rights. Each one of the children carried home a short story about a different person who was involved in America’s Civil Rights Movement. They have an Admission Ticket that they must complete in order to enter the discussion in class tomorrow. The discussions were exciting today but the students did not know as much about their own rights as I would of hoped. We are going to fix that! Many were surprised to learn the Norwayne Middle was the segregated school for this end of the county. When you compare it to CB Aycock the differences are striking. We pretty much put the idea of “separate but equal” out the window today. I really do hope that this unit will be a huge positive for the kids as we head forward.
On a very positive note – Our Visual Presenter and Document Camera arrived today. Ms. Cox and I played with them a little after school and I hope to have both set up and active tomorrow. This kind of technology is pretty unheard of in public schools much less middle schools. Many colleges and universities are trying to incorporate this equipment into their classrooms and we are extremely fortunate to be able to be at the front end of the movement.
Posted by hlperson at April 4, 2005 07:23 PM
Comments
I think that someone being prejudice is mean and not right. It's just so dumb for someone to do this. Why would you kill a person if they went the wrong way or sat at the front seet of a bus. I really think that they shouldn't have done that.
Posted by: Patrick Langley at April 5, 2005 06:07 PM
I really enjoyed reading about the history of our country. I learned that I shouldn't put a stereo type on all white people for a few of their doings.
Posted by: Brittney Barfield at April 5, 2005 06:37 PM
That new camera is sweet!!!!
Posted by: Jessica Price at April 6, 2005 03:31 PM
Hey Mr. Person! I had Jonathan Daniels, he lead a really neat life from the article I had. He died at the age of 26! All of the people at my table had a person who died in 1965.
Posted by: AndreAnna Howard at April 6, 2005 08:12 PM
I really like the new document camera Mr.Person.
Posted by: Jenny Cox at April 7, 2005 03:51 PM
We are number one because Mr. Person has good taste on what is cool.
Posted by: Jason at April 8, 2005 06:04 AM
Mr. Person you are so cool and the camera is too.
Posted by: Stacie Williams at April 9, 2005 08:24 PM
I wish all our regular homes could have that technology. But we don't.
Posted by: Kyle Johnson at April 10, 2005 08:38 PM
I love the new camera. It can do many things that I didn't think were out there. I am glad we have a "smrt" teacher like Mr.Person. I am officialy in love with grant money. Thank you Mr.Person for being such a "smrt" teacher!
Posted by: Nicole Schampier at April 11, 2005 07:00 PM
Hey Mr.Person is soo kool!!
Posted by: Steanna Barnes at April 17, 2005 09:44 AM
Mr. Person your such a good person. So I hope you stay that way!
Posted by: Steanna Barnes at April 17, 2005 09:45 AM
I was glad to be back for spring break. It was a good break off for me. This year has been great.
Posted by: Jeff Caramel at May 18, 2005 06:27 AM