would of, could of, SHOULD OF

It's SO true! Time FLIES! I recently stumbled on a Facebook group that connects alumni from NWR High School where I spent 22 years of my 28 year teaching career. Just reading the names listed there sent waves of memories rushing through my brain. Think about it. High school teachers (in MS) teach an average of 150 students per year for 28 years. Do the math. Mercy me! It shouldn't be a surprise that teachers can tag specific personalities within 5 minutes of meeting people. It becomes second nature. I'm sure a Google search would reveal several resources that identify all the "teenage" personalities, and I could probably put a name to all of them!

I really could kick myself for not keeping a journal during my teaching career. I've said many times that an unbelievable novel could EASILY be born from a teacher's journal. In fact, an entire series of novels about the perils and pains, the triumphs and victories, the good, the bad and the ugly of teaching could entertain the masses with true-to-life scenarios any schooled individual in this country could relate to. I guess I could set my mind to it and write such a novel, but oh how much easier the task if only I had kept a journal! We don't want to ever think that our minds forget, but they do. All the "fun" little details are gone! If I were truly passionate about it, I would stop what I was doing everytime an idea, thought, or memory jogged in my brain and write it down. Why is that so hard to do? I can't even write a blog everyday, or every week!

I guess the blog thing is a start. We are never too old to learn, or to start something new. Life is a learning process. We should embrace that and RUN with it! Good Grief! As I write this, I'm listening to guests on a talk show talk about "twittering". What did I JUST say? There you go! Here is something else yet to learn! Hmmmm ... just thought of an OLD thing that to most would be a "NEW" thing to learn! The slide rule!!! Who remembers how to use one? HA! I actually used one in freshman chemistry at MSU along with a cutting edge TI calculator that performed the four basic functions plus a few extra functions. I still have the calculator, but where is the slide rule???? Additional item on my list of things to do tomorrow: look for slide rule! It has to be here somewhere!