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LOTE CED Lowdown February/March 2000 www.sedl.org/loteced Volume 3.2 SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL Languages Other DEVELOPMENT – START PLANNING NOW!! Than English As you toil away planning lessons and grading student work, summer may seem ages away...but Center for Educator it's definitely not too early to make professional development plans for the summer of 2000. Development Whether you would like to travel afar to immerse yourself in the language and culture(s) you teach, travel within the US to attend a workshop or institute that addresses issues of special Contact Information: interest to you, or stay right here in Texas to hone your skills, there is a program out there that LOTE Center for Educator suits your needs. Following is some information on various summertime professional opportu- Development nities for teachers of LOTE; the information provided is by no means comprehensive or Southwest Educational exhaustive but provides you an overview of the sorts of opportunities available. Development Laboratory DISCLAIMER: The following information represents a sampling of the summer programs available to 211 East 7th Street teachers of LOTE. The LOTE CED is not promoting or advocating any one program but recommends Austin, Texas 78701-3281 you evaluate summer programs on an individual basis before choosing the one that is right for you. Voice: (512) 476-6861 Fax: (512) 476-2286 I WANT TO GO ABROAD!!! The benefits of summer abroad programs are endless. To improve your knowledge of the Lillian King subject matter you teach, there is simply no substitute for being immersed in the language Director and culture(s). There are many summer abroad programs geared towards developing the email@example.com skills of teachers of LOTE. Benefits of such programs include: Simultaneous improvement of language and teaching skills Elaine Phillips Field Specialist An increase in comprehension of national and regional variations of language firstname.lastname@example.com An understanding of modern terms, idioms, slang, etc. not found in textbooks The opportunity to collect up-to-date realia for your classroom Kathleen Trail Personal and professional enrichment Information Assistant The SUMMER INSTITUTES IN SPAIN offer unique professional devel- email@example.com opment opportunities for both teachers of Spanish as a second language and for bilingual teachers to participate in summer courses at various universities in Spain. The institutes take place in July In This Issue... and last three to four weeks. The total cost of a program (around Summer Opportunities for Professional $2200) includes tuition, lodging, meals, materials, excursions, and Development...........................................p. 1 cultural activities that vary from university to university; partial schol- Focus on Guiding Principle 5: arships that cover approximately half of those program costs are awarded by the Spanish Native Speakers.....................................p. 2 Resources...................................................p. 3 Ministry of Education and Culture. Participants are responsible for the balance of the program Doing It the French Way: Rite of Passage – costs and travel costs. French Teachers Demand Reasoning..... p. 4 Teachers who teach Spanish as a second language typically attend the Summer Institute Food for Thought: What Teachers Are Saying About the LOTE CED's on Spanish Language and Culture. This summer, teachers have the opportunity to attend TEKS for LOTE Training......................... p. 5 this institute at one of fourteen different universities throughout Spain. The coursework Consult Your AATs.................................... p. 6 and specific costs vary from university to university. Teachers who teach bilingual education TEKS for LOTE Spotlight: Comparisons...p. 9 usually attend the Summer Institute on Children's Literature at the Universidad Complutense LOTE CED Bulletin Board......................... p. 10 in Madrid. For a description of the programs and an application form, visit www.sedl.org/ Texas Teachers Honored.......................... p. 11 loteced/texspain.html. If you do not have readily available Internet access and would like LOTE CED Training Modules and more information about the programs, please contact Mary Roche, representative of the Publications ........................................... p. 11 Embassy of Spain at the Texas Education Agency at (512) 936-2444. THE So You Want to Be Published?................ p. 12 DEADLINE FOR APPLYING IS MARCH 17, 2000. (Summer Opportunities continued on page 6) Check out our website at www.sedl.org/loteced 1 Focus On Guiding Principle 5: Native Speakers The publication A Texas Framework for Languages Spanish Speakers (SSS) courses that provide stu- Other Than English is based upon a set of Guiding dents with home backgrounds in Spanish, i.e., those Principles or key statements about the teaching and who hear Spanish at home, with an important op- learning of languages other than English. These portunity to further develop and strengthen their Guiding Principles are supported by language Spanish skills, while simultaneously benefiting their education research and experience. They also are use of English. For more information on students based on a strong commitment to the importance of with home background in LOTE and SSS programs, languages as part of each student's educational see pages 81-84 of A Texas Framework for program in Texas schools. There are eight Guiding Languages Other Than English. Principles in all, and each issue of the LOTE CED Lowdown takes an in-depth look at one of them. This issue focuses on Guiding Principle 5: Upcoming Conferences Native Speakers. Central States Conference (at sea) March 10-13, 2000 Maintaining and expanding the language of Royal Caribbean Cruise native speakers benefits the individual and so- ciety. In many schools in Texas, there is a large American Association of Applied group of students who have a background in the Linguistics LOTE being taught. While Spanish speakers repre- March 14-18, 2000 sent the vast majority of speakers of LOTE in Texas, Vancouver, British Columbia growing numbers of students come to school every year speaking a variety of other languages as well. Southwest Conference on Language These students are called "heritage" speakers by Teaching some experts in language education. All of these March 16-19, 2000 Salt Lake City, Utah students possess some knowledge of and functional ability in the language. These students are valuable Texas Foreign Language Association linguistic and cultural resources and their language March 31-April 1, 2000 skills should be expanded and strengthened. Stu- Nacogdoches, Texas dents should know that the language they bring from home has value at school. They should be made to Northeast Conference on the Teaching of feel comfortable enough in a classroom setting to Foreign Languages use the language in an uninhibited fashion. April 13-16, 2000 Washington, DC Since students with home backgrounds in American Association of Teachers of languages other than English have varying abili- French ties and proficiencies and varying amounts of July 17-20, 2000 motivation to learn the language, instruction in the Paris, France language should take into account the previous knowledge and American Association of Teachers of language ex- Spanish and Portuguese perience that For more information on the August 1-5, 2000 upcoming revision of the San Juan, Puerto Rico these students 1987 TEA document possess. It is "Español para el important for Texas Foreign Language Association hispanohablante: funcíon y school districts November 3-5, 2000 nocíon", see page 10 of Austin, Texas to recognize this newsletter. that these American Council on the Teaching of students have Foreign Languages instructional needs that are different from those of November 17-29, 2000 the traditional foreign language student and may Boston, Massachusetts require a curriculum specially developed for them. For example, many districts offer Spanish for 2 Check out our website at www.sedl.org/loteced Resources The following resources were excerpted from the ERIC/CLL Resource Guide Online entitled Resources for Teaching Spanish for Spanish Speakers. The complete guide can be found online at: www.cal.org/ericcll/faqs/rgos/sns.html DISCLAIMER: The following information offers a glimpse of the resources available from ERIC. The LOTE CED is not promoting the use or purchase of the following materials but recommends you evaluate web sites and materials on an individual basis before integrating them into instruction. ERIC Digests (brief overviews of varied topics in education) Spanish for Native Speakers: Developing Dual Language Proficiency www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/spanish_ native.html Tapping a National Resource: Heritage Languages in the United States www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/brecht01.html Journal Articles McQuillan, J. (1996). How should heritage languages be taught? The effects of a free voluntary reading program. Foreign Language Annals, 29(1), 56-72. Valdés, G. (1989). Teaching Spanish to Hispanic bilinguals: A look at oral proficiency testing and the proficiency movement. Hispania, 72(2), 392-401. Books American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. (1999). Spanish for native speakers: A handbook for teachers. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers. This handbook is designed to serve as a guide for high school and university teachers and administrators who are interested in establishing a program for native speakers of Spanish or for those teachers who presently teach native speakers and are looking for more information. A workshop has been designed around the handbook. Contact AATSP for details about the handbook or to schedule a workshop. Colombi, M.C., & Alarcón, F.X. (1997). La enseñanza del español a hispanohablantes. Praxis y teoría. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. This book, with articles primarily in Spanish, offers an overview of the current state of Spanish teaching in the United States, discusses standard varieties of Spanish; provides information on teaching the language through culture, and considers language policy issues. Krashen, S.D., Tse, L., & McQuillan, J. (Eds.) (1998). Heritage language development. Culver City, CA: Language Education Associates. Merino, B.J., Trueba, H.T., & Samaniego, F.A. (Eds.) (1993). Language and culture in learning: Teaching Spanish to native speakers of Spanish. Washington, DC and London: Falmer Press. Valdés, G., Lozano, A.G., & García-Moya, R. (Eds.) (1981). Teaching Spanish to the Hispanic bilingual in the United States: Issues, aims, and methods. New York: Columbia University Teachers College Press. Curricula and Teaching Materials Alonso-Lyrintzis, D., Zaslow, B., & Villarreal, H. (1996). Entre mundos: An integrated approach for the native speaker. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Blanco, G., Contreras, V., & Márquez, J. (1995). ¡Ahora sí! Expresión comunicativa para hispanohablantes. Boston: Heinle & Heinle. Check out our website at www.sedl.org/loteced 3 which, among other things, is needed to pass T here is one word, more than any number of sticks and stones that can send a French the exams. student into the lowest circle of disrepute The exams do not require students to deliver hell: 'bachoter' (to cram knowledge without un- memorized text but to discuss, argue, and derstanding it.) There is no equivalent insult in extract meanings. Math exams are far from the American school slang. But then, no American American 50-second bits of which solving pat- has ever claimed, as the French do, that "man terns can be memorized through unthinking drills; is a thinking reed" (un roseau pensant) either. they instead include complex multi-field prob- While Americans divide themselves into have's lems which demand involved reasoning and and have-not's, the French divide themselves creativity. The baccalaureate diploma is the into think's and think-not's. Hence, the French only way to validate one's high school and education system is made into a funnel shape accede to higher education in France and all and a teacher's mission is to squeeze as many baccalaureate exams require philosophy. reeds as possible, as far as possible, through it. Whether you want to get a degree in math, con- struction engineering, Italian language, baking, How do French teachers make students reason? or accounting, you still have to pass the dreaded First, by demanding it. Reasoning is simply a "re- "la philo," that is, you have to demonstrate analyti- quirement." It perhaps starts cal power, creativity, with a higher order knowl- DOING IT THE FRENCH WAY: RITE OF PASSAGE and a sophisticated edge of one's language. level of manipulation of abstract thought/ The French student cannot language. graduate–literally–from middle school without an "Can we consider non- in-depth knowledge of the violence as another uses of language. Lan- type of violence?"; guage, after all, builds "Should we fear tech- upon itself just like coherent nology?"; "Do ethical reasoning. Before entering problems have perfect high school, the French stu- FRENCH TEACHERS DEMAND REASONING solutions?"; "How can dent is required to recog- by Elena Marcus we determine the nize and create allegories, gravity of a mistake?"; metaphors, hyperboles, oxymora, redundancies, "History, is there any meaning in it?"; "Man, is he a euphemisms, antitheses, and paradoxes. prisoner of his times?". It simply doesn't occur to the French to formulate tiny rote-inspiring philoso- Teachers demand reasoning as if by instinct as phy exam questions such as: "What was they themselves have been taught to tackle Nietzsche's world view?"; "What was Sartre's view each field of knowledge by extracting the gen- on morality?"; "What did Epicurus say about jus- eral from the particular, by searching for answers tice?"; "What is Kant's 'imperative category'?" when they see questions and searching for questions when they see answers. But why "la philo"? The author of an advisory book on the baccalaureate suggests: "Philoso- To the deepest circle of educational hell belongs phy leads you to continuously question your own the "multiple choice" exam. French teachers ab- ready-made ideas not in order to systematically hor it and, as convenient as it is, they haven't destroy them, but to make you understand why succumbed to it yet. you think that way. During grueling school years, the French student Ida Naprous, who teachers high school history in a will amass huge "amounts" of history, geography, suburb of Paris puts it this way: "See, we don't have physics, chemistry, math, and languages – some another rite of passage, that's it for us, le bac!" of which will be forgotten the week after they were learned, but some hopefully, will be retained until Elena Marcus is a freelance writer educated in after the high school graduation exam, the bac- Romania and France. She presently lives in calaureate ("le bac"). But the forgotten and Berkeley, California. less-forgotten knowledge will have by then This article is reprinted with permission from the melted into a single, complex frame of reference Vol. 2, No. 1 (1994) edition of Educational Vision. 4 Check out our website at www.sedl.org/loteced FOOD FOR THOUGHT: WHAT TEACHERS OF LOTE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE LOTE CED'S TEKS FOR LOTE TRAINING As you may know, the LOTE CED has developed three training modules that are being used by training facilitators around the state to help teachers understand and implement Texas's standards for foreign language learning, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Languages Other Than English (TEKS for LOTE). Following are some reactions to the training that we have received on anonymous evaluation questionnaires. When asked what they'd learned from the TEKS for LOTE training, teachers replied: How s to activity f to use the same Better way tration or all le How to or ganiz minis changes) vels (making little students f e "ap proach" ad ign an simplifyin d in that way, or about Fore ing g the work a te amount of more stud ent earn centered w - Language L acher has ork Creative ideas that As a first year teacher, More correlate to different cr I need structure and frame- appro eative levels of proficiency ach work and this provides it. teach es to ing assess and ing Better ways I now have a better understand ing to motivate of the TEKS and how to use them How to d students evelop to assess my students. for nativ coursework e speake rs Teachers also shared some of the actions they believed they'd take as a result of the workshop: I will look at my Iw ourse TEK ill ke revisit my c ore curriculum again and try to S Fr ep m am y Ip lan to d include m s. communication- make it more communication- as ewor ng an ivitie ACT an k planni ropriate act oriented, using all 5 Cs. IVE file pp level-a ! Check out our website at www.sedl.org/loteced 5 (Summer Opportunities continued from page 1) Foreign Languages Can Be a The CENTER FOR CULTURAL INTERCHANGE (CCI) is a non-profit • Out of Ethnocentricity PathFrench is offered in France, Switzerland, Belgium, & Quebec. student and adult exchange organization. CCI offers a variety of • Spanish is offered in Spain (11 locations), Mexico (7 Language/Travel programs that help you to experience life in locations), Costa Rica, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Venezu- another culture and improve your language skills. The programs ela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, & Argentina. include 15-20 language courses per week, accommodation with • German is offered in Germany (4 locations), Switzerland, a host family, half board, activities, the support of an Area Repre- & Austria. sentative, local transfers for some locations, and full medical • Portuguese is offered in Brazil & Portugal (3 locations). insurance. Programs are available in: • There are also language programs in Italy (6 locations), • France – Paris & Tours Holland, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Ireland (Gaelic), • Spain – Madrid, Salamanca, & El Puerto de Santa María Israel, Russia, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Japan, • Germany – Berlin, Munich, & Hamburg Taiwan, Korea, & Indonesia. • Italy - Florence & Rome For more information, visit www.flsas.com or call (800) 282-1090. • Mexico - Durango Applications should be received at least 6 weeks CASTERBRIDGE TOURS offers a wide range of travel and prior to start date of any given program, but they study programs for LOTE teachers that generally fol- recommend that you apply early as space is limited. low one of two options: center-based with classes and For more information, visit www.cci-exchange.com local excursions or touring programs with less classroom or call (888) ABROAD1. content. Both options include multiple opportunities for project work and language practice. The FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY ABROAD SERVICE (FLSAS) The Casterbridge locations for language programs include: provides information to those interested in improving their • France - Tours, Paris, & the Côte d'Azur language skills in intensive language programs that emphasize • Spain - Madrid, Seville, Granada, & Malaga oral proficiency. The company was started in 1971. It is the • Italy - Siena & Florence oldest study abroad service in the U.S., and it is the only one • Germany - Berlin, Frankfurt, & Düsseldorf that is dedicated exclusively to the study of foreign For more information, visit www.casterbridgetours.com or call languages. There are programs available in over 25 countries. (800) 522-2398. CONSULT YOUR AATS!! Another great way to find information on what's happening this summer for teachers of LOTE is to contact your language-specific association. Almost all of the associations have information on intensive language programs and other summer programs, both in the US and abroad, relevant to the teaching of specific languages. Many of the associations sponsor their own programs and/or offer scholarships to attend summer programs. Following are the web site addresses of several language associations. American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA) American Association of Teachers of humanities.byu.edu/aata/aata_homepage.html Turkic Languages (AATT) www.princeton.edu/~ehgilson/aatt.html American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) aatf.utsa.edu American Classical League (ACL) Note: The annual conference of the AATF will take place www.umich.edu/~acleague/ in Paris, France from July 17-20, 2000. American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) www.actr.org www.aatg.org Association of Teachers of Japanese American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI) www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/ E-mail: email@example.com Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA) American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East E-mail: deall.ohio-state.edu/clta or firstname.lastname@example.com European Languages (AATSEEL) clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/ National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) American Association of Teachers of Spanish and www.councilnet.org Portuguese (AATSP) www.aatsp.org Texas Classical Association Note: The annual conference of the AATSP will take www.txclassics.org place in San Juan, Puerto Rico from August 2-6, 2000. 6 Check out our website at www.sedl.org/loteced The NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH) spon- are located throughout the United States and most of them offer sors a variety of summer seminars and institutes for school teach- summer institutes designed exclusively for language teachers. ers, many of which are relevant to teachers of LOTE. There is a competitive application process and all teachers selected to National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC) participate are awarded a stipend, the amount of which de- Center for Applied Linguistics – Georgetown University, & pends on the length of the program. Although it is too late to George Washington University apply for the summer of 2000, you may be interested in ex- Contact Information: www.cal.org/nclrc or (202) 739-0607 ploring this option for the summer of 2001. NEH programs Offerings for Summer 2000: have included study in Puerto Rico and Francophone Africa. – Workshop on Coherent Language Curriculum Development For more information, visit www.neh.gov/teaching/seminars1.html – Teaching Learning Strategies in the Foreign Language or call (202) 606-8463. Classroom – Implementing Portfolio Assessment in the Foreign I DON'T WANT TO GO ABROAD THIS Language Classroom SUMMER, BUT WOULD LIKE TO – Teaching with Technology in the Foreign Language TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF TEXAS! Classroom Contact the center for more information on how to apply. There are many opportunities for teachers who want training that is tailored to LOTE teachers right here in the United States. Slavic and East European Language Resource Center (SEELRC) You might consider traveling within the U.S. for summer institutes Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill or other language programs that are designed to help Contact Information: www.unc.edu/depts/slavic/ or (919) 962-0901 LOTE teachers grow professionally. Offering for Summer 2000: There are nine NATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTERS – Slavic & East European Languages: Acquisition, across the country that are funded by the U.S. Department of Techniques, and Technologies Education. The centers were established to improve and enrich the The deadline for the 2000 institutes is March 1, 2000. nation's capacity to teach and learn foreign languages. The centers (Summer Opportunities continued on page 8) Cool Sites to Check Out Regional Education Service Centers CLASSICS Region I Region XI http://library.thinkquest.org/11402/ (956) 984-6000 (817) 625-5311 The FORVM ROMANVM - At this web site you find a de- Region II Region XII scription of the Roman Forum between 100 BC and 100 (361) 561-8400 (254) 666-0707 AD. This site provides a creative means of exploring the Region III Region XIII many interesting inhabitants and aspects of life in an- (361) 573-0731 (512) 919-5313 cient Rome and includes descriptions and views of Region IV Region XIV many historic buildings and sites. (713) 462-7708 (915) 675-8600 Region V Region XV GENERAL (409) 838-5555 (915) 658-6571 http://www.inkpot.com/news/ Region VI Region XVI This web site offers links to newspapers and other native (409) 295-9161 (806) 376-5521 language news sources from all over the world. The links are Region VII Region XVII primarily organized by region, which include (but aren't lim- (903) 983-2773 (806) 792-4000 ited to) Latin America, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Region VIII Region XVIII Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. (903) 572-8551 (915) 563-2380 Region IX Region XIX http://www.cal.org/ericcll/faqs/rgos/flint.html (940) 322-6928 (915) 780-1919 The Center for Applied Linguistics has an incredible array of Region X Region XX information for teachers of LOTE. At this site you can find (972) 348-1700 (210) 370-5200 links to relevant ERIC digests (brief overviews of topics in FL education), ERIC/CLL Minibibs, links to electronic journals Call your TEKS liaison to request TEKS for LOTE and newsletters, and much, much more. training! See page 11 for more information. Check out our website at www.sedl.org/loteced 7 National K-12 Foreign Language Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) Resource Center at Iowa University of Minnesota State University Contact Information: carla.acad.umn.edu or (612) 626-8600 Contact Information: Offerings for Summer 2000: www.educ.iastate.edu/nflrc or – Meeting the Challenge of Immersion Education: Effective (515) 294-6699 Immersion Pedagogy Offerings for Summer 2000: – Proficiency-Oriented Language Instruction & Assessment – Temas Anejos: Recurring Themes in Ancient, Colonial, (POLIA) & Modern Latin America – Developing Classroom Materials for Less Commonly – Foreign Language: Leading the Way with Teacher Taught Languages Preparation – Improving Language Learning: A Practical Course in – New Technologies in the Foreign Language Classroom Strategies-Based Instruction Application available on-line; deadline is April 30, 2000. – Integrating Culture Into the Second-Language Classroom – Developing Proficiency-Oriented Assessments for the Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR) Second-Language Classroom Michigan State University – Using Technology in the Second-Language Classroom Contact Information: clear.msu.edu or (517) 432-2286 Application available on-line; must be postmarked no later than Offerings for Summer 2000: May 19, 2000. – Writing in the Foreign Language Classroom National African Language Resource Center (NALRC) – Business Language for the High School Classroom University of Wisconsin – Computer-Assisted Language Learning Materials Contact Information: african.lss.wisc.edu/nalrc/nalrc-3.html Development or (608) 265-7905/7906 – The Internet in Foreign Language Instruction: Introductory Offering for Summer 2000: Techniques – Program Development, Coordination and Evaluation, & – The Internet in Foreign Language Instruction: Advanced Curriculum and Material Development and Evaluation Techniques Contact the center for information on how to apply; deadline is Application available on-line; must be postmarked no later March 15. than May 19, 2000. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE TEXAS THIS SUMMER, The National East Asian Languages Resource Center BUT I'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING THAT WILL Ohio State University HELP ME GROW PROFESSIONALLY! Contact Information: www.flc.ohio-state.edu/nflrc or (614) 292-4361 Summer Programs - East Asian Concentration (SPEAC) for 2000: Don't want to leave the state this summer? That's OK too! – SPEAC: Teachers of Japanese There are opportunities galore right here in Texas. Call your – SPEAC: Teachers of Chinese Education Service Center (ESC) or School District to see what Call the center for an application; the deadline for submission they have planned for this summer. Be sure and ask if they have is April 3, 2000. scheduled TEKS for LOTE training sessions, and if they haven't, request that they consider hiring a trainer and scheduling a workshop Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) for the LOTE teachers in your school or area! San Diego State University Contact Information: larcnet.sdsu.edu or (619) 594-6177 Many universities and colleges also offer summer courses, semi- Offerings for Summer 2000: nars, and workshops that may be of interest to you and earn you – Digital Media Archiving graduate-level credit. Call your local college or university's office – Reading in the Digital Age of continuing education to see what's available. – D-VOCI Oral Proficiency Test Creation Registration deadlines vary; early registration dates are in May 2000. National Foreign Language Resource Center University of Hawai'i Contact Information: www.LLL.hawaii.edu/nflrc/si2000 or (808) 956-9424. The deadline for the 2000 summer institutes has already passed. 8 Check out our website at www.sedl.org/loteced TEKS for LOTE Spotlight: Comparisons This issue of the LOTE CED Lowdown spotlights an activity focused on Comparisons. The following sample scenario is designed for intermediate-level speakers. Adaptations for novice- and advanced-level learners are suggested. TEKS for LOTE Knowledge and Skills The student develops insight into the nature of language and culture by comparing the student's own language and culture to another. TEKS for LOTE Performance Expectations Novice Intermediate Advanced The student is expected to use the The student is expected to use the The student is expected to use the language at the novice level to dem- language at the intermediate level to language at the advanced level to onstrate an understanding of (A) the demonstrate an understanding of (A) demonstrate an understanding of (A) nature of language; (B) the concept the nature of language; (B) the con- the nature of language; (B) the con- of culture; and (C) the influence of cept of culture; and (C) the influence cept of culture; and (C) the influence one language and culture on an- of one language and culture on an- of one language and culture on an- other through comparisons of the other through comparisons of the other through comparisons of the student's own language/culture and student's own language/culture and student's own language/culture and the language/culture studied. the language/culture studied. the language/culture studied. Learning Scenario COMPARING DATING CUSTOMS Objective: Students develop insight into the nature and concept of culture by conducting and participating in a survey of dating customs in the United States and in the target culture(s). They demonstrate their understanding by presenting a summary of similarities and differences. As part of a longer thematic unit on leisure activities, students have begun learning vocabulary related to pastimes and entertainment and have reviewed structures needed to ask and answer questions concern- ing what they do for fun. In this portion of the unit, students will gather and present information comparing dating customs in a target culture with their own dating conventions. Students begin in small groups, sharing ideas on topics they'd like included in the questionnaire after which a whole class discussion takes place. Groups reach consensus on the standard interview form, selecting questions such as: "Do you date?", ""Do you go out with a group or as a couple?", "What do you do when you go out?", "How frequently do you go out with friends?", etc. (All students use the same interview questions with interviewees so that responses can actually be compared.) Students use the standard form to interview a specified number of representatives from the target culture and from their own culture (e.g., students in other sections of the language class). Interview responses may be oral (in person, on the telephone) or written (mail, e-mail, over the Internet). Students collect and present the responses in chart form or using a Venn diagram to show areas of similarity and differences in dating customs between the two cultures. Finally, they show comprehension by drafting short statements explaining cultural differences for a column in the department's LOTE newspaper. Adaptations for novice-level students: The teacher provides or helps students form simple interview questions; response formats are simplified (e.g., yes/no or one-word answers); interviews are conducted in pairs, and results are presented using original art or silent role-play to illustrate customs. Adaptation for advanced-level students: Students read and discuss background material on dat- ing customs in the target cultures from a variety of authentic sources before formulating interview ques- tions; they take cultural norms into consideration in developing the questions (perhaps the concept of "dating" is unheard of in the target culture), and they apply their knowledge of these norms when conduct- ing interviews; they show understanding by writing a short essay on the differences in target and native culture dating habits which they submit for publication in the department's LOTE newspaper. 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I currently have Fisher & Paykel double ovens that work beautifully for almost everything. They have a low temp option but they cannot maintain a low temp for more than a two or three hours so I can't use them for yogurt or dehydrating. I have had a tech out and talked to them about the issue. The light stays on etc. and even if I set the oven to 100 degrees it eventually climbs to 200 and beyond.
I have so loved my ovens that I don't see a very good reason not to get them again in the new kitchen but I wanted to explore this topic. Anyone have or know of an oven that can maintain a low temp for many hours? My oven is "supposed" to be able to do this but does not, so browsing manuals may not tell me what I need to know...
I haven't checked on regular electric ovens, but looked at the combi steam convection ovens recently, and a number of them discuss making yogurt in their owners manuals. The Viking VCSO244ss which is being discontinued, but is still available, says to steam at 105 degrees for 5 to 6 hours. The Gaggenau steam convection has a description of how to make yogurt as well in its manual, though the price of Gaggenau may really blow your budget. The Thermador manual shows that it has several settings that go as low as 85 or 95, depending on the function. I think the Wolf and Thermador are around $3,500, the Gaggenau is more.
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I have used the dehydrate extensively to dehydrate food and to dry art projects.
There is also a defrost setting but it does not have the ability to set temp.
It will run on these settings for 12 hours before it shuts off. That is some sort of safety thing on these settings.
I will run it with my oven thermometer and let you know the actual temperature swing.
Another vote for Elux. We have the wave-touch and have dehydrated about 40lbs of apricots with it. We set the temperature to about 200 F after losing patience with it after 6 hours at 160F. We ran it all night and it did a great job. It also has the bread proofing mode which I haven't used.
Our wolf e series says proof at 85 degrees but haven't tested it...
Just turned it on to see what it does.
Wow - maybe I need to dehydrate some of my peaches! Do you take out the pits first?
I tried to dehydrate cranberries once - well, turns out you need to needle them or they will not dehydrate!
Ah, thanks for the feedback. Elux owners: does the interior light stay on? I think that is one of the reasons my ovens keep getting hotter.
Gemini-what did your test reveal? Too funny about the cranberries; I think the tough exterior is why they "keep" so long! I am always surprised how long my fresh cranberries stay good!
I adore my F&P ovens. I may buy them again and buy a dehydrator if/when I need one. I am not sure it's worth getting a different oven since I use the F&Ps everyday to great delight and I only dehydrate once in a while. I certainly don't want to buy different ovens and have the advertised proof/dehydrate feature not work well...


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Entrance from the outside. Shouldn't Advertise as as hotel. More like a motel. No breakfast except at jeremiah's. Was really disappointed at the star rating not being what you expect for a 21/2 star as advertised.
there was no smoking rooms and also wish there was a fridge and microwave
It was clean and comfortable for a good rate. The location was great, also...close to dining and nightlife options.
Building and rooms were very out of date
Great location to get to Snow Basin. Clean. Friendly staff. Quiet. Everything worked.
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The staff was very accommodating and the rooms were very clean. The beds were so comfortable, I slept better on their beds than I do on my own. Highly recommend this Best Western. The free breakfast was great too!
We loved our stay.
That you let us extend our check out by one hour!
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I loved the new fresh look. The bed and decor was excellent. I also liked the location, super friendly staff and nicely designed fitness room. The room overall was fantastic and would be happy to stay there again.
The in-room refrigerator was noisy coming on every 10-15 minutes and was loud enough to wake me on multiple occasions, which isn't easy. I also wish I could close the drapes to block all light.
Location, smell, traffic of people, old musty rooms, needs updates, fire alarms going off all night
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The room had a slight smell.
The pool.
The hotel was old dirty and run down. Nothing worked. Its better to a extra $10-$20 and stay somewhere clean.
Great price. We also needed this location.
We had a dog meet us at the building door. We have allergies in our family and were hoping to avoid the 'pet friendly' rooms. The bed was lumpy and wobbly and the blanket was too small for the bed with a couple of small holes.
The rooms were clean and well furnished. The staff was friendly. It had a restaurant onsite.
nothing the worst I have ever stayed at
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Very clean newly remodeled. Nice decor, better than most Marriotts, everything is updated & unique styling. It's walking distance to all the good parts of town.
No breakfast buffet, no sense of friendly environment (other people/windows on ground floor)
Breakfast was ok
Rooms are smelly
The hotel was reasonably priced.
The lobby was dirty, the lawn was terrible, the cots cost $10 additional, and the rooms were dirty.
Breakfast was good in my room was nice with the couch
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The 65 points allowed were only two more than the all-time postseason low for a Miami opponent, and it was easily the worst offensive performance by a Chicago team.
Never before had the Bulls scored fewer than 69 in a playoff game nor 10 or less in a quarter during the postseason, but both those marks fell on a night when they were dominated on both ends.
Miami led by 11 at the half and put this one away in the third quarter, outscoring Chicago 17-9 in the period. Now the Heat will try to wrap up the series at home on Wednesday night, taking what they hope will be the next step toward a second straight championship.
Carlos Boozer had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the injured and short-handed Bulls.
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Two international friendlies appear headed to the Southland, including a Home Depot Center appearance by the U.S. national team.ESPN The Magazine's Doug McIntyre wrote on Twitter that the U.S. will face Costa Rica on Sept. 2 at HDC. U.S. Soccer announced Saturday it would play Belgium in a friendly at Brussels on Sept. 6 but did not mention a Sept. 2 game.
Meanwhile, American-born Salvadoran defender Steve Purdy, who plays for the Portland Timbers, tweeted that El Salvador will face Ivory Coast in Los Angeles -- we'd expect the Coliseum -- on Aug. 10. Elsalvadorfc.com, a website that covers Salvadoran soccer, also reported the game.
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Plastic tiled bathtub/shower - can I retile?
I have plastic tile in my bathtub/shower of my 1925 house here in Portland, OR. It's hideous, and the tiles are slowly starting to pop off. Underneath the tile is the adhesive that they used to secure them to the wall. The wall looks to be the original plaster over lath. Can I use some sort mortar over the adhesive and just tile over it? I don't think that they adhesive is going to come off without a fight (a fight which I will likely lose).
I know that the BEST thing to do would be to tear it all down and start from scratch, but I really don't have the time/money/etc. for that right now. Being able to tile over the adhesive would really be a win for me.
Do you mean that you'd remove the plastic tiles and tile over the adhesive residue, or you'd tile over the whole mess? I DEFINITELY wouldn't tile over the plastic tile if they're popping off, but I wouldn't want to tile over the adhesive either except as a last resort. I don't think you'll be able to get a good result that way.
Have you gotten any quotes for removing the plaster from the tub/shower area and replacing it with new backerboard? It's not a very large area, and it may cost less than you think, especially if you hire a handyman rather than a professional tiler. It shouldn't take that long to do, either. Then you could finish the project yourself.
If you're looking to get by and you can't demo to the studs, I'd be inclined to take the plastic tiles off and clean up the wall as best as you can. The surface will probably be a bit ratty. It probably isn't something you'd want to tile over, nor is it a surface you could apply a membrane to with confidence.
I'd consider then screwing 1/4" tile backer board right over the plaster and lathe. With the cement board being supported by the plaster, there won't be any flex issues. Hold the bottom edge of the backer board off of the tub by a 1/4" or so.
I'd then use a topical waterproofing membrane over the backer board; Hydroban, RedGard, something along the lines of those products. You'd need to read the instructions for those materials and detail the installation if needed. Hint: The neater the job you do hanging the backer board, the less detailing you have to do prior to applying the membrane.
Then tile over the membrane. Hold the bottom edge of the bottom course of tile off the tub by about 1/8" or so. Later on you can caulk that gap.
This will thicken your wall a bit, by about 3/8" net. You might run into issues reinstalling your shower valve's trim kit. So be aware of that before you proceed. Some have flexibility and can handle the added wall thickness. Some can't.
At the edges of your tiled walls, there will be a gap between the back of the new tile and the surface of the old plaster and lathe due to the thickness of the 1/4" cement board. For a low-cost finish you can fill that with sanded grout. Or add a little detail by adding a tile trim piece for a tile border, or even add a painted wood trim piece.
Just a few ideas.
A typical shower surround will need 4 pieces of cement board, about $40.
Topical membrane, $50 for RedGard, $75 for Hydroban, 1 gallon will give you two coats in a tub surround.
Thinset, highly modified, $30 for one bag.
Grout, $20.
Tile, your choice.
If this will be DIY, no kidding go to the manufacturers' web sites for whatever backer board you chose, for whatever membrane you use, whatever thinset and grout, etc, and read the installation instructions.
They keep no secrets.
Best, Mongo
Going back to the studs is probably much easier than you'd think. Is the bathtub a modern one attached at the wall, or a freestanding one? Removing wall down to studs will also give you the opportunity to insulate your outside walls to a modern standard...


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Why would anyone drive East when going West is a shorter distance?
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Why would anyone drive East when going West is a shorter distance?
My phone (Galaxy S3) doesn't support Lollipop (and it's looking like Cyanogenmod isn't going to support it either).
To be honest, my phone works "good enough" for me. I'll upgrade when it gives up the ghost.
I haven't upgraded my laptop in 8 or so years, because it works "good enough". Same goes for my DVR, even though it doesn't support HD. The only reason I got a new TV was because my old one died (that said, being able to watch YouTube and BBC iPlayer directly through the TV is brilliant).
It does come with a microSD slot!
It will, but you'll need to wait 24 hours for the fruit to refresh, or you can buy more pieces as follows:
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what exactly is the point of this?
In some countries, people only earn a couple of dollars a day. They still want access to the internet, but paying hundreds of dollars (hell, even a hundred dollars) to do it on their phone is madness. A $29 phone is precisely what they want (and even at this price, I imagine a few people might have to give this investment some serious thought first).
Both Microsoft and Google (read: Android phone manufacturers) have moved to the emerging markets as they can see its potential. I have no idea why Apple aren't tapping into this, maybe they know their customers will blindly buy their next phone regardless of its features or price.
I stopped going to the cinema because of people talking to their mates (usually in any language but English) either because they were bored or couldn't understand what was going on. The second reason was people checking Facebook or something on their phone and causing a distraction.
That said, some movies simply don't work as well on the small screen. I watched Guardians Of The Galaxy a couple of days ago and wished I'd watched it in the cinema instead. The climatic battle at the end didn't feel as epic as it should have.
Provided it gets good reviews, I'll watch the new Star Wars film in the cinema, but as for everything else, I'll rent it off whatever streaming service hosts it.
Come on, give us some credit. Maybe it's just because I don't live in the US that I'm aware that there's a country called Georgia.
It's like in most Hollywood movies when they write "Beijing, China", or "Paris, France", but then write "San Francisco, California".
Are we backing Sony at the moment?
Uploading a fake torrent would only work for about an hour before all the leechers find out it's bad and stop downloading, reducing the number of seeders to less than a dozen.
All these studios (not just Sony) need to realize that people don't want to subscribe to an entire suite of channels just to watch 1 show. HBO seems to get this, but I imagine their new service will only work in the US, meaning the rest of us will have to get Game Of Thrones the usual way.
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According to Torrent Freak, a lot of other sites have gone down, including EZTV, Zoink, Torrage and the Istole tracker (I can't confirm though because I'm at work).
Disgruntled GTA V fans have called upon Target to withdraw the Bible from sale, for exactly the same reason.
let Google slide their camel under the tent.
I think you mean "Let Google slide their camel's nose into the tent".
Unless you're making a reference to some weird sex thing I don't know about.
Google+ is popular?
Clearly you don't live in Britain, otherwise you'd understand how polite and accommodating we are.
If there are no seats, ask a fellow passenger if you can sit on their lap. They'll usually oblige, unless they have a very good reason.
Try it the next time you visit.
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virus on my pc threat all the time now !!!!!
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hello all
i need help please
went on my pc on the 21st then all these malyware threats kept on popping up
i have never seen a threat like this !!!!!
all my prorgrams no longer work i.e
micro, word. msn. internet explorer.and many more
when i try to open them they all say it has been moved or chainged
so i have tryed to download msn and internet explore it wont let me do it it says the site is down
m using these free MALWAREBYTES, AND AVAST and windows defender. IM USING WINDOWS XP
and last night my sons pc went haywire all these threats kept on popping up
my sons pc found a trojon
and yet when i do a full scan it finds nothing !!!!!
i also have 2 hard drives my second where i keep all my photo`s ect,
any help please
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hello rdave downloaded exe file but i don`t think it has done anything ? some dos window came up it did not ask to do ant thing ? thanks paul
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It should import the file to the registry. Check in default programs that the reg file extension has its current default program set as the registry editor. I don't have XP but should be something like C:\Windows\regedit.exe
Some tips here
Then reboot.
Sometimes you can right click the extracted file and you can select 'merge' if showing.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry's political redemption tour hit a massive speed bump late Friday when he was indicted on two felony counts of abusing the powers of his office. The indictment also triggered a Texas-size partisan brawl over whether the charges were legitimate or politically motivated.
Perry, a Republican, is the longest-serving governor in the history of the Lone Star State. The state's constitution limits the powers of the governor, but longevity has its advantages. Over the past 14 years, Perry has been able to put his stamp on state government through the appointments process in ways that his predecessors, who served far shorter tenures, were never able to do.
Whether he exercised his powers responsibly or recklessly is at the heart of the case now roiling Texas politics and clouding Perry's future as a possible 2016 presidential candidate. The question ahead is whether this is a clear-cut example of a public official using his powers in a bullying and illegal way or the criminalization of legitimate political activity.
The current charges stem from a bitter power struggle between the governor and the Travis County district attorney, who is based in Austin and oversees a state-funded public integrity unit that investigates public corruption by officials statewide.
The district attorney, Rosemary Lehmberg, a Democrat, was arrested for drunken driving in April 2013. A video of her during the arrest is available on YouTube and paints a sorry portrait of a public official at a moment of extreme duress. She eventually pleaded guilty, serving 45 days in jail and undergoing treatment.
At the time of Lehmberg's arrest, Perry declared her unfit for public office and called for her to resign. He threatened to veto the more than $7 million in state funding for the public integrity unit if she refused. When she rejected his appeals, he exercised his veto power as governor and eliminated the funding. Even after the veto, he sought to remove her and offered inducements to get her to resign.
(A fuller accounting of the sequence of events is available in Saturday's Dallas Morning News story about the indictment.)
But there is more to this case than just Perry vs. Lehmberg. That particular clash is set against the backdrop of a long-standing conflict between the district attorney's office in heavily Democratic Travis County and GOP officeholders in heavily Republican Texas.
It was this same office (although a different DA) that prosecuted former House majority leader Tom DeLay, a Republican, for money laundering, leading to his conviction in 2010 and a three-year sentence. But in September 2013, a three-judge panel of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals threw out the conviction. Two months ago, prosecutors asked the court to reinstate it.
Ronnie Earle, the same prosecutor who went after DeLay, had indicted former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Republican, in the early 1990s for misconduct when she served as Texas state treasurer. A jury quickly acquitted her after prosecutors decided not to present their case.
So Perry's indictment comes with much history attached. As a result, it is a sticky legal case and a political drama of a high order.
The governor addressed the charges on Saturday afternoon in Austin, calling the indictment "nothing more than an abuse of power" by prosecutors. "I wholeheartedly and unequivocally stand behind my veto," he said, adding that in this country, "we don't settle political differences with indictments."
Meanwhile, Perry's allies leaped to his defense.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, whose Senate candidacy Perry opposed in 2012 and who is a potential rival of the governor's in the 2016 sweepstakes, offered his support Saturday. Citing what he called the "sad history" of the Travis County prosecutor's office, Cruz said in a tweet, "Governor Perry is a friend, he's a man of integrity — I am proud to stand with Rick Perry. #StandWithRickPerry."
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Tom Cruise getting a divorce.
See that the newspaper is reporting a Holmes-Cruise divorce. Too bad.
STRANGE I see on the main page it shows right now that there are 6 replies yet when I am here reading it I see only 3 replies above mine, my first reply,kayjones and debi_2006
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Happy? I have seen only stories that hinted at how UNHAPPY she has been. There was nothing that said "match", in my mind. It was only a matter of time. This is number four down the tubes for him. Maybe NOW women will figure out he is TOO MUCH to handle in many ways!
I expect that his devotion to the cult religion Scientology wears a bit thin after awhile. But we are only speculating and gossiping about what went on in their private life. I doubt that they will air their dirty secrets like so many seem to do.
I am not the least bit surprised by this news. Sad that yet another marriage is falling apart. Very sad for the little girl.
I really, really hope it doesn't get nasty, low down dirty, mud slinging. There's enough money that they can all live in the lap of luxury for severl lifetimes, so hopefully they will keep it civil and quiet.
I don't know if these people that have such dirty, public divorces don't think about the children involved or don't care. Some of the things they say and do, and their kids will see it at least someday.
Suri was coming of an age that the Scientology community wanted her to attend meetings and Katie has always been against that. It's sad that they couldn't work that out. Katie put her foot down on Suri being a scientologist and she, herself, has not attended in five months.
With all the hoopla, who really cares????These people who think they are "gods" and have more money than brains, I can't understand why the following.....My life isn't going to change just because another "idol" is messing up his life......
Sorry to be so abrasive.....
I don't think anybody really knows the person they marry,
unless you've been going steady for 40 or so years.
& if no one had children until they had an *accurate* "longer term vision", nobody would have children.
Nobody can foretell the future, not even with a crystal ball.
so many unexpected things happen:
your healthy-as-a-horse partner may develop health problems,
daddy may call your little urban self from Wyoming & say, "please come home & run the farm",
you may win the lottery,
you may lose your job.
You just never know.
which makes it sound like a good idea to learn to roll with the punches, accept what is, & keep on keeping on.
I had never really met any one but good people in my young life before I married at 18. Then I married a man who unknown to me had been married 2 times, he was a pathological liar and wouldn't turn down any woman who offered herself to him. I was 18 and stupid and naive, that should not condemn me to a life of misery with the bum. I was very mature in some ways, but not in the ways of the world. I thought every thing was black or white, good or bad. When someone like Katie has a famous person come on to them, how could she resist him wanting her and charming her.
You truly don't know a person when you marry or know what they would become later in life.
Make any excuse you want, but vows apparently are made to be broken and it happens in all religions so it's not just in Scientology. With the majority of marriages overall ending and I suspect a higher percentage in Hollywood, should anyone really be surprised? Now they'll both do the talk show circuit and move on to their next future ex-spouse after maybe writing a book.
(Yawn) Who really cares? The whole thing in all respects is laughable!
I believe he is a good man who can't have children the natural way. This was probably understood before she married. She will receive $3mil/year for every year she is married to him. So sad that he had to bargain with her that way to get her to marry him. I think he loved married life with her and their child. He gave her the world. Scientology sounds like the culprit. He would have loved her to join him in it but she is now protecting her daughter against forced membership in it.
She said before they were married she used to dream about marrying Tom Cruise.
He has sued hardly newspapers who have accused him of being gay and won.He also seems to have control over the media. I doubt we will ever know the truth as you never knew what happened with is marriage with Nicole Kidman where their chidren were adopted. I feel sorry for him and don't see him as a controlling husband at all. I don't blame them for trying to compromise in their marriage. Everyone must try and do that. The compromses in this marriage sounds pretty big. She is young and can marry again. He is older and wisely may choose someone of his faith the next time.
Probably will be the best thing ever happened to her...!!!!
My oldest daughter just got "RID" of her controling husband after 20 years. But it has been hard for her. He is being a jerk...He called each one of us and told us a huge bunch of lies and everything she has ever done that she (even as a teen) that were way before she met him and had nothing to do with the marriage. Just to TRY to turn us against her...
He's being a real jerk.
I hope Katie can walk away without much of the junk that happens with divorces.
Back in the day I could see the beard thing being "needed" but today, not seeing it. After Nicole, Tom certainly could have stayed single. His Scientology commitment is enough of a "beard". George Clooney has never been married. Annette Benning's husband managed to stay single until long after "normal" marrying age. I think they had a love marriage, I just think he is too controlling and into his made up religion (you do know its founder was a fiction writer in the '50's!!)for anyone to love for very long. She had NO IDEA what sort of looney she was getting into and now she has a failed marriage to show for it. Couples have religious differences all the time--but when one is DEEP into a controlling CULT--differences do not begin to describe the issues!
Katie has not done any acting since they married.
That's not true - she has been in some movies. She was in the movie Jack & Jill, and she played Jackie Kennedy in the "Kennedy's" mini-series. She has been in a few other TV shows and movies over the past few years.
And probably her biggest role... Mrs. Tom Cruise - LOL! ;)
This couple will never be on tv talking about their marriage. I do know he loved children and pursued marriage to nice women who never said a bad word about him.
For all we know Tom and Katie agreed on who would file for divorce.
That was the case in my divorce. You can realize that the marriage needs to end and protect each other as you say your good byes.
I believe they are saying that she blindsided him, but who really knows and perhaps the reason none of the ex-wives have 'bad-mouthed' him is because he has bought their silence in the form of an agreement.
There was just something not right about him. If you google "Tom Cruise Interview" he babbles on and on about Scientology. "Weird or What" (to quote Captain Kirk).
No one knows what goes on behind closed doors. I just hope the little girl is protected as much as possible.
As far as him being gay? Who cares? Honestly, I don't give two sh!ts about his, or anyone else's for that matter, sexual orientation.
What I do think is absolutely wrong is if he really is gay, that he married women and had children with them if it was only for "cover". Now THAT is my opinion is wrong anyway you look at it.
For the sake of innocent children, I hope this is kept quiet and civil, and they just leave each other alone.
Katlan, that's why it keeps coming up that he is gay. It's the "cover" that attracts attention. If he is or not, that doesn't matter. More and more people have come out in the open on their sexual orientation. But to deliberately hide it by marrying for a cover, isn't right. It was said that Mimi Rogers divorced him after only a year or so of marriage, because the marriage was celibate.
The latest to come out are Anderson Cooper and Ann Burrell (foodnetwork chef). No surprise.
Well we can't fight the tide...
but I will say this, and maybe someone will hear me.
I've been married 20 years. Most people today would have chosen divorce over working through what we worked through.
I'm glad we worked it out. It was the hardest thing I ever did, but Im glad for it, because my kids will have the benefits that come from an intact family that loves one another and works through problems.
It's not for everyone, but then again, it "IS" for some, who instead choose to walk away because it's not just an option any more, it's expected.


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