Well the year is getting close to the finish and it has been quite a busy year. I have completed most of my grad school coursework, completed my other pre-req courses to be qualified in teaching chemistry and middle level science, and have done all of this while working full time. All of this has involved ups and downs, but it has been a great year, I have learned a lot, and I couldn't ask for a sweeter life.
Things are going really well in general and I'm excited to see how the things evolve over the next several months. I will finish my licensure testing and I'm hoping I will be able to find a teaching position somewhere too.
In the political world things are still continuously evolving and I don't feel very confident in the GOP yet. Still too many options, too many negative ads, it's really all just too much. As the Iowa caucus comes around next week, there seems to be a large toss-up on who will win the ballot. Hopefully after this primary there will be a decent amount of support for one candidate rather than an even spread across the board.
Today at work I saw a book in a patients room. It looks pretty interesting and could be something that changes my opinion on politics and how effective things are today. I think this will probably be a book I put on my read list for 2012.
Coming Soon - I will create a post of my 2012 resolutions.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
A relaxing few days
As the semester that once again brought me to overextending myself has come to an end I find myself with two days off work and school. It has been extremely pleasant, however I did not accomplish very much.
One thing that took up most of my time is that I was able to watch an entire season of Bones. I feel lazy but I also was able to organize some things around my place and do some general cleaning. Probably a few more small chores but that will come this week.
I was able to finish up some christmas gifts for friends so that was good to do as well.
Once again the GOP is showing the nation how foolish they are. This evening on the radio I heard that the new front runner in Iowa is Ron Paul. Seems to be that the GOP just can't decide who is their best person to be the top candidate. Now with the addition of Ron Paul as a front runner, every big candidate has become the new front runner.
Over the course of the last several months, Pawlenty, Bachmann, Perry, Cain, Romney, Paul and whomever else it was. I feel that the GOP must clean up their candidates and start running with the person that is going to be the best. There have been far too many exchanges in the top tier for the country to make a well informed decision. There is only more unknown as we get closer to the well coined Indecision-2012.
Hopefully something big happens over the next few weeks as a few states begin their primary elections.
Goodnight and good luck.
One thing that took up most of my time is that I was able to watch an entire season of Bones. I feel lazy but I also was able to organize some things around my place and do some general cleaning. Probably a few more small chores but that will come this week.
I was able to finish up some christmas gifts for friends so that was good to do as well.
Once again the GOP is showing the nation how foolish they are. This evening on the radio I heard that the new front runner in Iowa is Ron Paul. Seems to be that the GOP just can't decide who is their best person to be the top candidate. Now with the addition of Ron Paul as a front runner, every big candidate has become the new front runner.
Over the course of the last several months, Pawlenty, Bachmann, Perry, Cain, Romney, Paul and whomever else it was. I feel that the GOP must clean up their candidates and start running with the person that is going to be the best. There have been far too many exchanges in the top tier for the country to make a well informed decision. There is only more unknown as we get closer to the well coined Indecision-2012.
Hopefully something big happens over the next few weeks as a few states begin their primary elections.
Goodnight and good luck.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
The most wonderful time of the year....
This time of year is wonderful for so many reasons and I will give a few of mine. At this time of year school is coming to an end, which is fantastic because Molecular Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Kinetics is an extremely difficult course. I learned a lot about chemistry and how thermodynamic laws rule the universe so that is definitely a great bonus. Another reason is that there is usually snow on the ground which is beautiful. Too bad there isn't much on the ground this year.
One other part of this time of year is bowl games. Football is a wonderful sport to watch and just enjoy the game. This year I've decided I was going to do bowl pics with a buddy and have a small wager going for the bowls so that should be interesting. So far, after one day of games, we both were wrong about teams winning so for the three games played, my friend is up by one game.
On the other side of things, there are politics happening in the world and it tends to be a bit ridiculous. Once again the government is "working" to avoid a shutdown for the second time in one year. It's odd to think that there are so many things both sides agree with, yet they cannot put something together to actually pass and make the lives of millions of citizens better.
Well thats about all I have to say for now but I've been thinking that I might create another blog to use as a site for lesson plans and things like that related to science education.
One other part of this time of year is bowl games. Football is a wonderful sport to watch and just enjoy the game. This year I've decided I was going to do bowl pics with a buddy and have a small wager going for the bowls so that should be interesting. So far, after one day of games, we both were wrong about teams winning so for the three games played, my friend is up by one game.
On the other side of things, there are politics happening in the world and it tends to be a bit ridiculous. Once again the government is "working" to avoid a shutdown for the second time in one year. It's odd to think that there are so many things both sides agree with, yet they cannot put something together to actually pass and make the lives of millions of citizens better.
Well thats about all I have to say for now but I've been thinking that I might create another blog to use as a site for lesson plans and things like that related to science education.
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