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by Colleen Sargent
Sep 22, 2003
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Idaho State University, in connjunction with the Institute
for Learning in Retirement (an affiliate of the Elderhostel
Institute Network) is sponsoring the creation of a life
long learning organization in Idaho Falls to be enjoyed by
those age 50 and over who wish to stimulate their thinking
and expand t...See More/blockquote>
Idaho State University, in connjunction with the Institute
for Learning in Retirement (an affiliate of the Elderhostel
Institute Network) is sponsoring the creation of a life
long learning organization in Idaho Falls to be enjoyed by
those age 50 and over who wish to stimulate their thinking
and expand their knowledge. Pocatello retirees, along with
members of dozens of nation wide organizations are
currently enjoying broad arrays of courses and activities.
During the year students may choose from various courses
that meet from one to two hours each week, as well as take
part in a variety of activities outside the classroom. No
previous college experience is needed or required for
membership in the organization; courses are not for college
credit, and neither tests nor grades are given.
The opportunity to interact with a diverse group of people
is one that is stimulating, enjoyable and educational.
Please join us for an organizational meeting October 14,
21003, 7:00 p.m. at the ISU Sam Bennion building,
University Place, Idaho Falls. You may verify credibility
of this venture by contacting the Idaho State University
Office of Continuing Education and conferences at 208-282-
3155. For additional information regarding this
organizational effort contact me, Colleen Sargent, 522-3134
or e-mail me at [email removed].
by Wanita M. Smith
Oct 27, 2003
/blockquote>
I just completed a screening by phone
from an administrator in Boise. I
presently live in Montana, but would
like to work in Idaho. Are these
prescreenings good or bad. The
interviewer gave me no idea on how I
did. Thank you for any input.
by Herman Neuman
Dec 12, 2003
/blockquote>
Idaho author will address audiences about his extremely
unusual life. The following is the beginning of his speech,
and you may learn more through the herobooks link above:
Herman Neuman’s Speech to Young Audiences
(Approx. 7,200 words)
© 2002 Herman Neuman
I would like to thank my kind ho...See More/blockquote>
Idaho author will address audiences about his extremely
unusual life. The following is the beginning of his speech,
and you may learn more through the herobooks link above:
Herman Neuman’s Speech to Young Audiences
(Approx. 7,200 words)
© 2002 Herman Neuman
I would like to thank my kind hosts for letting me share my
story. I also thank my parents and their merry band of
lawyers for making my life so exiting that could write and
talk about it. And most of all, I humbly thank the master
of our universe for giving me the strength to endure, to
dig myself out of mountains of manure, and even thrive
beyond all expectations to the contrary.
Since words cannot even begin to describe what I’m about
tell you, try to imagine yourself living through each one
of the following:
War: You hide in underground bunkers because the fireworks
around you explode out of control.
Killer illnesses: Like an infection eats your ear, grows
wild meat, proud flesh, in the process and destroys your
hearing.
Starvation: Your mom makes you scavenge for delicious pig’s
guts from a manure pile. And makes you eat them. Then you
upchuck them again and she feeds these chuckings to your
starving chickens.
Homelessness: You squat for one year in an attic without
the owner’s permission and you keep searching for places to
pee.
Floggings: Your mother zaps a wire strap across your bare-
naked behind because loves you.
School failure: Like adios amigo, you stupid idiot, get
outta here.
Judicial injustice: Like “this can never be possible.”
Exile: Your parents send you on a six-thousand mile journey
into the unknown, while telling you that you’ll never see
them again.
Slavery: You have to work at a dairy without pay and are
allowed only one bath a year to “manage the nutrient” which
covers your whole body.
Social isolation: You are stuck in mud with geoducks and
clams, and you still keep wondering where you should pee.
Do you know anyone who might have lived all of this
diversity?
Yup! Such were my experiences. By the time I was nineteen
years old. When I was still wet in one ear and still picked
my nose in public.
Can anyone guess what happened to me after all of this?
I became “weird.”
I began drinking, stealing and taking revenge on everybody.
I became a hardened criminal to get a lot of free publicity
and help me qualify to be a popular inspirational speaker.
Far from it!
Contrary to popular and expert expectations that I would
become a gangster, I instinctively I did not add to my
overwhelming problems. Most of them had been exclusively
caused by other people. People who were supposed to love or
protect me, exploited and even threatened to kill me. But
this only made me stronger. I never even considered myself
to be a victim. Probably because nobody ever told me that I
was one, and I didn’t think of it.
In spite of my involuntary way-cool life, I refused to
buckle under. And that makes me really, really weird. And
here’s is why:
When I was about twenty years old, I slowly gained enough
confidence to start breaking my invisible chains of culture
shock and slavery. I choose an alternative life-style,
taking the “toughest job in town,” which I had heard about.
I worked in a lumber mill, stacking tons of rough-sawn
green lumber five nights a week. By the end of each shift,
I felt like I had wrestled with hundreds of dead, rigid
porcupines and alligators. By doing a lot of this kind of
work, this lonely soul wrestled his way through college and
before this Washington State Cougar started his fifth year,
the extra year required for an architectural engineering
degree, he married his wife. After thirty-eight years we’re
still married. And amazingly to each other.
Now comes the most exiting part of my story. And as I said
before, since words cannot even begin to describe what I’m
tell you next, try to imagine yourself living the greatest
adventure of a lifetime:
You travel around the world to roam around in old European
castles, dine with Geisha girls in Japan, and watch bare-
chested men roll around in broken glass in Bermuda. You
fall asleep on a high-speed train and end up hundreds of
miles from where you wanted to go and end up in Paris in
the middle of the night.
That’s what we did, my dear wife and I. Within eighteen
months after we graduated, we both earned and saved enough
to travel around the world. For six months. Think about
this. To work and save for only a year and a half to
experience a half-year-long adventure of a lifetime. And
I’ll talk a little about our travels later on.
As you can see, after two decades of hell, I quickly I
zoomed towards heaven. Almost unheard-of-totally-weird.
Mine is a true story, but please keep in mind that I
sometimes speak with tongue in cheek, so I can tell it with
some humor.
Because of my experiences, I am convinced that you too can
accomplish almost anything that you desire. I’m not all
that smart, but I supplemented what I was lacking in brains
with stubborn persistence. For this you need patience, self-
discipline, to train your mind and to read a lot in order
to learn a lot. Nowadays you have to know a lot just to
prevent having to stew in your own juices, let alone in the
many other juices in which other people want to cook you.
But that is another subject. I hope that by the time I
finish my visit here, you will be convinced that it is
possible for you to reach your highest goals. So be
curious, investigate, let your mind soar and wander and
then persist to take actions to achieve your desires.
I grew up not in a dysfunctional family but was a shrapnel
of an exploded family....
by Jennifer Wolf
Jan 9, 2004
/blockquote>
I'm a freelance writer in the Boise area doing an article
for Boise Family Magazine on the ISAT test and how
teachers are using test results. Also, looking for a
comparison of ISAT and Iowa State test, opinions of the
two, etc.
Email me at [email removed].
Jennifer Perry Wolf
by Katherine
Jan 19, 2004
/blockquote>
Hi! I teach 4th grade in Central Illinois. One of my
students is possibly moving to Idaho. His mom asked if I
knew of any of the districts they could be moving into. I
said I didn't, but I would try and find out. So if you
know of any of these areas, could you post some info and I
will pass it along? Tha...See More/blockquote>
Hi! I teach 4th grade in Central Illinois. One of my
students is possibly moving to Idaho. His mom asked if I
knew of any of the districts they could be moving into. I
said I didn't, but I would try and find out. So if you
know of any of these areas, could you post some info and I
will pass it along? Thanks!
Vallivue ~ Caldwell, ID; Middleton ~ Middleton, ID; Marsing
~ Marsing, ID; Meridian ~ Meridian ID, Eagle, ID; Greenleaf
Academy ~ Greenleaf, ID.
Thanks again for any info!
Katherine
by Mira Vowles
Jan 29, 2004
/blockquote>
Both you and your student can win a $50 gift certificate in
the BPA sponsored Fuel Cell Poster Contest for 8th grade
students! The deadline is March 17th. Check our web-page
[link removed].
by Kristine Garofalo
Mar 5, 2004
/blockquote>
Hi all,
My husband and I are teachers from Berlin, CT. Rob
recently authored his first book and several school
districts across the country are using it with their kids.
It's titled, A Winner by Any Standard: A Personal Growth
Journey for Every American Teen and it promotes all the
ideals upon which f...See More/blockquote>
Hi all,
My husband and I are teachers from Berlin, CT. Rob
recently authored his first book and several school
districts across the country are using it with their kids.
It's titled, A Winner by Any Standard: A Personal Growth
Journey for Every American Teen and it promotes all the
ideals upon which future success is built—e.g., optimism,
gratitude, self-belief, a strong work ethic, a sense of
wonder, humility, originality. Any word of mouth you can
spread would be greatly appreciated as #1, it can empower
young people and counteract popular culture and #2, the
literary world isn't set up to accept/assist a
schoolteacher with no national platform from which to
promote. You can learn more by visiting
[link removed].
by Karl Wilson
Mar 6, 2004
/blockquote>
I am a teacher in Connecticut and interested in moving to
Idaho. I am wondering about techer saleries so I can make
an informed decision. Help!
Karl
/blockquote>
Closing the Gap/NCLB/GEAR UP: "From High School to College,
Boarding Pass to Success," book that will motivate Latino,
African-American, other minorities and underprivileged
students and help them to succeed in High School and in
their race for College.
Information is power; sadly, even today, in t...See More/blockquote>
Closing the Gap/NCLB/GEAR UP: "From High School to College,
Boarding Pass to Success," book that will motivate Latino,
African-American, other minorities and underprivileged
students and help them to succeed in High School and in
their race for College.
Information is power; sadly, even today, in the high tech
information era, we can see that many kids (minorities or
not) in low-income neighborhoods do not get beyond high
school basically for lack of information and motivation.
Both inspirational and informative, this book traces the
successful journey of a first generation Hispanic family in
what represents for them "the land of opportunities," the
USA, and their struggle to bring their children into Ivy
League universities against all odds. If these children
were able to do it, every child that follows their path can
succeed. By encouraging the goal of getting a college
degree in order to have a better life and to give a better
life to your own kids, by showing that caressing a dream
that can come true, that pursuing a goal that can be
reached will definitely make a positive impact in their
lives.
The story is complemented with practical information: A
five-page detailed chart, "The Landmarks Along the Road,"
that shows, step by step, what needs to be done throughout
the four years of high school, indicating not only
deadlines, but approximate starting dates which will allow
students to complete each step on time; an extensive list
of useful URLs of sites with free practice tests, and a
section on how, and where get funding for college.
Since the book details, step by step, what they need to do
in high school to prepare for college, it can be assigned
as a required reading in the summer between middle school
and high school, or in the summer of the freshman year,
when they still have time to close the gap so no child is
left behind.
For further information or READ SOME CHAPTERS go to:
[link removed]
There are a couple of ways in which you can encourage your
students to read the book: including it in the reading
lists, so they buy it and read it, designate some of
the "Gear Up" funds to purchase it for the minority and
low income neighborhoods kids who cannot afford it.
Should you need further information, please do not hesitate
to contact me.
Priscilla Gac-Artigas, PhD
[email removed]
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On 9/22/03, Colleen Sargent wrote:
> Idaho State University, in connjunction with the Institute
> for Learning in Retirement (an affiliate of the
Elderhostel
> Institute Network) is sponsoring the creation of a life
> long learning organization in Idaho Falls to be enjoyed by
> those a...See More