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Craig furthered Susan's suspicion that he was a backdoor bandit when she felt his cock try to slide into her anus while doing it doggie style.
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a person who prefers the arse of a man to the flange of a woman
my mate Nathan O'Brien is a Back Door Bandit
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he usually appears in teh #bbv and wanst to make the other nerds believe that he is a girl. but all nerds do know: there are no girls on the interwebs.
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someone who likes it up the ass
mty teacher Mr Douce is a back door bandit
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One or a group of persons who jump someone and proceed to stick their penis in that persons anal cavity
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Noun ~ Some one who actively seeks and violates peoples or sexual partner's anus' for sexual pleasure.
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From the President
Dear Graduate,
Welcome to Azusa Pacific University's commencement website. We celebrate this day with you—our graduates—and family and friends. Your faithful journey in this educational endeavor has prepared you to move with faith and confidence toward your goals. Your God-given abilities have been further refined and strengthened under the excellent tutelage of the men and women who make up the Azusa Pacific University faculty.
Let me extend to you my warmest congratulations for all that this day represents. My prayer for you is that you will move into a Christ-centered future prepared to keep God First in every area of your life. The APU Board of Trustees, faculty, and staff will observe from a distance the remarkable difference that all of you will make in this world. We will hold you in our hearts and minds, and we will support you in our prayers.
And to those of you who have come to our university to acknowledge the significance of this ceremony, we welcome you, encourage you to listen for stories of life change, and thank you for supporting our graduates as they lean into God's call on their lives.
God's peace and blessings to all of you on this special occasion,
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The Wolverines were forced to see the error of their ways.
Costly errors at bad times cost the Bayfield High School baseball team a loss to Farmington, 4-3 at the Piedra Vista Tournament on Thursday in Farmington.
Clay Miller threw five innings of three hit baseball, giving up one unearned run for the Wolverines.
Matthew Knickerbocker threw in relief for two innings and gave up one hit for three runs, none of them earned.
They combined for 16 strikeouts.
�We gave them everything they wanted,� BHS head coach Tom Horton said. �We just made a couple of key errors at exactly the wrong time.�
Austin McMenimen went 2-for-3 at the plate with two runs batted in.
�Offensively, we just didn�t do much,� Horton said.
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The Honorable Richard W. Riley
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Thank you so much, Chair Paula Singer, and President Jonathan Kaplan, other members of the board of this great faculty and staff. Primarily though, and especially you graduates and your family and friends, it's a real honor for me to be here and to join with you for this graduation.
It's been a real personal and professional pleasure to know Paula Singer and Jonathan Kaplan for a number of years, and I want to thank Miriam and the Board of Directors for conferring the honorary degree upon me. I didn't even have to take a test. Very proud, needless to say, to have your college of education here at Walden University in my name.
As you noticed, the things that your president read about me, most of 'em are things in the past, things that I have done. When I came back from being Secretary of Education to South Carolina, after eight years out, I was in a grocery store with my wife, and this lady kept looking at me funny, and I finally went over to her and spoke to her, and she said, "Aren't you the late Secretary of Education?" Could I have a—I'm—I looked at her and smiled and said, "Not yet."
Anyhow, I'm pleased to address all of you for this commencement, in addition to the 300 plus Walden graduates here, that are physically present, it's exciting that some 1500 or so additional graduates are participating in this commencement via webcast, and I think that's just remarkable. All of you at this wonderful graduation time, you know, this is Super Bowl Weekend, Tuesday is Super Tuesday, so this is a super graduation for Walden University.
One of the reasons I'm so proud to be associated very closely with Walden University is your mission, our mission, and that is to provide a diverse community of career professionals with the opportunity to transform themselves as scholar practitioners so that they may do their part, really, to transform society. As highly educated and motivated university graduates, as Walden University graduates, you are now prepared to do your part to proceed to transform society. You see, that's our mission at Walden, as well as our calling. Now that may seem like a monumental task, and it perhaps is, but what can one of us do, you might say. What can just a few of us do? Doesn't it require a major institution to effect change? Doesn't it take governments to really transform society?
Margaret Mead, the famed cultural anthropologist, once wrote, "Never doubt for a moment that a small group of thoughtful and committed people could change the world." Indeed, is the only thing that ever has changed the world. So, let us be that small group of thoughtful people, let us look around the world and see not just troubling issues. We have a lot of talk about that every time we turn on the television, about the tremendous opportunities that are there. Let us look within ourselves and see the knowledge and the confidence, and the ability to rise to those challenges, and to be the change that we want to see in our own families, our own communities, in our beloved country, and even in the world. You must remember that Walden is a key part of Laureate, which is an international network for higher education.
I'm so proud of the twelve flags behind me here that show the twelve countries represented by your graduates. Commencement, yes, a time of change and transforming, and I encourage you at this very moment to imagine the impact that you can have.
Now let me challenge each of you in your various disciplines, or as we think about what your discipline is. Education graduates, you can prepare learners at every grade level around the world to live a productive life and to achieve their dreams, What a worthwhile mission that is. Management graduates, you can create sustainable growth that ensures a promising future for generations to come. Psychology and Counseling graduates, you can give people the skills to live their lives to the fullest and contribute meaningfully to their communities. Public Health graduates, you can improve the physical, mental and social well-being of people in your community, and even on every continent. Nursing graduates, you can improve not just patient care, but all of health care and for all people, and every single patient is important. Public Administration graduates, you can bring together the public, private and nonprofit sectors to create innovative and effective community solutions. And engineering graduates, you can solve the problems that face not just your organization, but your entire industry.
You see, all of you can do these things, and as members of the Walden community, that attracts and inspires those who want to make a difference. And also, those who want to make more of a difference. You no doubt already are doing many of these things and critical work that you perform, to your profession, for the world out there, to keep this good, important work up is so very important. Be scholar practitioners as your president said. Henry David Thoreau, the author of the book Walden, famously wrote "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, live the life that you have imagined." Now there's no finer statement than that for a commencement, I don't think, especially here at Walden University, and I say that because I'm confident that each of you, each of you Walden graduates, dreams that you will have not only to benefit yourself, but the community around you and the life that you imagine, and one filled with hope and success not only for you and your family, but for all those whom you can have a positive effect upon.
As future leaders in your various walks of life, please take the time, then, to stand back, ask yourself what's happening in the world around you. What are the forces, economic, cultural, social, spiritual, historical, environmental forces, forces that have the capacity to change your life? Change your business? Change your community? And indeed the global society in which you live? You must gain perspective to learn to listen, to be wise and thoughtful, to recognize historical waves, economic trends, cultural movements and environmental changes, and then make the best decisions possible to help make our world more stable, more certain, more clear, and more understandable. In my view, worldwide, high quality education for all is the key to making that happen.
In addition to Walden's wonderful education graduates, you will teach students in our formal education systems. Each of you can be a teacher. Each of you can be a teacher. Each of you can be a mentor for your own children first, and then for other children and adults who need your assistance, since there's a great need for help in reading and math literacy at all levels. Also, you can help teach the next generation of young people the importance of being a global citizen. You have the capacity to expand the horizons of the next generation, and to give some sense of how the world is rapidly changing, and what each of them might do to help shape it. So, we all must work together to create a vision that is inclusive and is dynamic, one that is forward looking and global in its reach, in order to sustain America's greatness in this 21st Century.
Your Walden education has prepared and equipped you as Thoreau directed to go confidently in the direction of that vision, and live the life to help make it a reality.
Now, as I close, let me give each of you graduates, and perhaps your family and friends, too, what I consider to be some very good advice. It's a quote from William Perky, an author and professor with the University of North Carolina system, and he says this: " "Dance like there's nobody watching, sing like there's nobody listening, love like you will never get hurt, live like it's heaven on Earth." Once again, I give you my sincere congratulations. All of you graduates, all of your families and friends, and your achievement, I'm so confident that each one of you will have a bright and lively future ahead; but please as you leave this place, dance like nobody's watching, sing like nobody's listening, love like you'll never get hurt, and live every single day like it's heaven on Earth. Thank you so much.
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Kardashian, 33, and West, 36, drew a large crowd that followed them store to store on Monday, as they did some pre-wedding shopping in an upscale district in the heart of Paris.
The pair stopped by Balenciaga and Colette, on Rue Saint-Honoré, before grabbing a quick lunch bite and heading over to Avenue Montaigne, where they shopped at Yves Saint Laurent, Versace and Celine. The duo then went to Montaigne Market, which also features luxury goods.
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Sunday, June 29, 2014
Not since Hurricane Hugo has Berkeley County seen such destruction. Thats been a common refrain following the wicked February ice storm.
And like Hugo, the storm had its costs. However, in the amount of lives lost and cleanup, the February ice storm came in at only a fraction of Hugos cost (35 lives lost, $5.9 billion in cleanup).
One person lost his life in Berkeley County during the ice storm as he tried to heat his home with a charcoal grill and, so far, the storm has cost the county $5 million in cleanup.
Now the county is seeking reimbursement of the monetary expense.
Deputy Supervisor Kace Smith addressed Berkeley County Council during the June 23 regular meeting. Smith requested and unanimously received permission to apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency funds to reimburse up to 75 percent of the countys expenses.
Were not certain of the amount of reimbursement we will get, Smith said.
But one reimbursement the county definitely wont get is matching state funds, she added. In past times, the state would reimburse 12.5 percent but no county will get that aid following the storm cleanup, Smith said.
She said that the countys general fund will likely end up paying $50,000, and countys Water & Sanitation will likely end up paying $1 million.
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Iskandar Development Region and Real Reform
This article intends to examine his claims and to look at the real synergy which made the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region of Guangdong province the most dynamic region in the People's Republic of China since the start of China's reform initiative in 1979. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi claimed that the IDR was modeled after the PRD. However, the success story of both the special economic zones may differ due to several inherent attributes which are peculiar to the regions.
What was clear is that the PRD was established as a testbed for reform and to serve as a model for other jurisdictions in China. Before 1979, economic development in Guangdong paled in comparison with the eastern coastal development zones. Moreover, Guangdong was chosen as a special economic zone due to its proximity to both Hong Kong and Macau.
The PRC government saw several real advantages in this move. First, the PDR will tap both Hong Kong and Macau for the much needed investment funds. Second, PDR will allow Hong Kong to play a significant role in helping to modernize the region's economy and the rest of China. Third, the PRC government wanted to tap into Hong Kong, which has a matured jurisdiction, an efficient logistics hub and an advanced professional services sector, as an export and investment gateway of mainland China.
It is history that the decision wielded significant success to PRD. Since 1979, both Hong Kong and Macau accounted for 70 percent of the cumulative FDI in the region. Hong Kong manages almost 70 percent of both seaborne and airborne exports from the region to overseas. More than 90 percent of Hong Kong imports from the PRD were re-exported.
The integration between the two economies is significant and important. A study from the Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research showed that in 2000, the city state companies employed 11 million workers in PRD. By 2002, more than 52 percent of all manufacturing and import-export firms in Hong Kong had manufacturing operations in the mainland China. As an investment gateway to PRD, more than 82 percent of both Japanese and Taiwanese investors operated out of Hong Kong.
The success of PRD economic integration with Hong Kong is evident. From 1980 to 1999, the GDP of the PRD and Hong Kong grew by 15 times and 5 times respectively. PRD's economic success created spillover opportunities in the property, tourism and consumer sectors. Over 90 percent of the foreign tourists to PRD were from Hong Kong and in return 41 percent of tourists to Hong Kong were from the region.
An important question would be; "What are the contributory factors to the PRD?"
The most important contributor was a flexible and non-restrictive economic policies adopted by the PRC government for the region. The special economic zone was created single-mindedly to integrate and tap into the vibrancy and dynamism of Hong Kong's economy. Hence, a generous corporate tax of 15 percent and tax holidays of up to 5 years was given to all investors.
Apart from that other incentives included the ability to repatriate corporate profits and capital investments after a contract period, duty-free imports of raw materials and intermediate goods used for exported products, exemption of export taxes and a limited access to the domestic market were implemented.
PRD was given greater autonomy to decide on its finance and fiscal matters, FDI rules and guidelines, commerce and distribution, allocation of resources, labour system and other market decisions.
Back to Lim's argument, his assertion of a lack of investment interest from Singapore can be analysed from a few angles.
First, the statement of purpose and intent to integrate IDR to Singapore is not as solid as the PRD and Hong Kong's integration. Moreover, it was launched at the time when the Singapore's investors are spoilt for choices to locate their manufacturing operations unlike the PRD. Hence, it is difficult to establish the IDR as the hinterland to Singapore's economic development.
The republic's economic planning, since the last two decades, did not include Johor as its key overseas platforms. For the first eight months of 2006, Singapore's investment in the state stood at a paltry RM209 million. In 2000, the republic cumulative investment in PRD was more than USD5 billion. Unless Singapore is consulted and involved in the planning of the IDR, it will be difficult to see a quantum jump in the investment from the republic.
Second, whilst PRD was created with the intent to serve as a testbed for reform, the IDR's investment relaxation and waiver of the controversial NEP was limited and subjected to only foreign investors operating within a small area of 1,780 hectares. In addition, the decision to exclude the FIC rules from the small area is seen as shaky and unsure.
The is also a burden of history in some of the politically overcharged corporate acquisitions made by Singapore's investors of some Malaysian firms for example the Pantai shares by Parkway Holdings Ltd. It is undoubtedly that political interference is seen as a business risk to foreign investors. The Shincorp saga will deter more Singaporean acquisitions in economies which demonstrated intense nationalism.
PRD's success can be largely attributed to its ability to foster a relationship of dependence and mutual support with Hong Kong. Hong Kong provided investors who are interested to invest in PRD with a reliable and efficient financial services, logistics support, information gateway, legal system and management expertise and knowledge on doing business in the region.
As a result, many enterprises from other countries employed a large number of Hong Kong professionals to help manage their PRD operations. Some economists argued that the transfer and exchange of management experience is even more important than technology transfer. Given the knowledge transfer from Hong Kong, the region was able to cultivate, groom and attract better local skilled workers to work in PRD.
It means that IDR must find a complementary synergy and a win-win partnership with Singapore. It must be given the autonomy to dictate its own relationship with the republic without the unnecessary political interference which is often filled with racial nuances and blinded ethno-nationalism. It must repair its image amongst Singaporean investors and policy makers. A credible action must go beyond the usual rhetoric of cooperation and mutual dependence.
I agree with Lim's third and fourth points on the need to balance 'software' (human capital development) and to exert policy consistency. Presently, we are not benefiting from the management expertise of Singaporeans but instead suffered a massive brain drain to the republic. It is estimated that there are close to 300 thousands Malaysians working in the republic in various knowledge based industries.
Malaysia must not only think of a way to stop bleeding more brains but to attract top brains to work in the IDR. Hence, the retraction of a Free Access Area originally pledged in IDR is a step backward. In PRD, a large number of people commute daily between Hong Kong and the region for work and meeting purposes. An easier access to IDR will facilitate other nationals who are based in Singapore to seek out opportunities in the region.
Given that the IDR initiative is a signature project under the present administration, the government should initiate serious policy discussions with relevant parties including foreign investment groups chiefly with the Singaporean investors and administration. A lingering uneasiness would still be the controversial NEP which is a bulwark of the 9th Malaysia Plan. Malaysia's past habit of fiddling with its policies had caused uneasiness with many foreign investors.
To rewrite our past records of failures and half successes, the government should emulate the PRC government's decision to use the PRD as a testbed for reform which has provided numerous lessons to other economic regions in China. A half hearted attempt at reform will ensure more failures. Moreover, the IDR is 30 years behind PRD and it should never be seen as a lesser attempt at reform compared to the latter.
On crime and safety, the threat of criminal activities is real but yet not as significant as the impact of bad policy direction and implementation to the IDR. Investors who have made forays into the PRD do have some horrible stories to relate as well. However, efforts must be taken to ensure that IDR is a safe haven for investors, workers and dwellers. What Johor need is an image clean-up and a stronger commitment to rebuild its credibility as a serious economic player in the region.
In a nutshell, the success of the IDR rested on several key decisions which may contradict the current administration's stand. A thorn in the flesh which invites uncertainty and uneasiness amongst foreign and local investors is the NEP. The government has called for a revival of the NEP target last year before the release of the 9th Malaysia Plan.
With the economy going through a real bottleneck soon and competition for FDI getting tougher, the government must decide between its race affirmative agenda or a more inclusive socio-economic policy which is acceptable to both foreign and local investors.
It is without a doubt that the race affirmative policy is more a hindrance than a catalyst for social engineering and economic development in the country.
(My interview with Reuters here.)
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This race dilemma is the creation of the British, a white neanderthal race. Of course it is a hindrance to such people and their cohorts(chinese).
The Malays are going into great lengths to share this great land but the immigrants want more. IWe cannot blame the Brits anymore as they were long gone and trying to preach democracy now. Btw not too long ago was the South Africa....
- Khoo Kay Peng said...
Melayu Raya,
I shall not go into in pre-history to tell you that this land belonged to others long ago. However, it is pertinent that all communities move on with changing times.
You can still blame others and insist on your birth right but the reality is you can never compete with others with this feudal mentality. To say that Chinese are the cohorts of the British, you are damned wrong. If you are still ignorant or refuse to acknowledge history..I shall remind you that similar accusations can be hurled on your race as well.
But such accusations will not be fair to all Malays because there are many enlightened ones.
As a Malaysian, I will fight racism and I will stand up against people like you.
The Malay Archipelago has long been known and still is. The Chinese ( immigrant)came here through and during the British colonial time. Earlier on there were the babas and nyonyas who are really a mixed race and seemmed assimilated. But the subsequent ones are a pain in the neck destroying the land ( Tanah Melyu)in the name of 'development'. So as to move with the changing time pl move on and leave the Malays here to manage our land. Remember somehow a past PM did let go singapore so that we awere to be left in peace, but you want more. Enough is enough
- Khoo Kay Peng said...
I do not know if you are ignorant or blatantly racist. I am a baba. My family tree can be traced back to 400 years ago in Malaya and we are one of the most established baba-nyonya families in Penang. But I am NOT a mixed race.
My late grandma and grandpa wore sarong, munched sirih, enjoyed sambal belacan and were ardent fans of P.Ramlee. We speak good Malay. But we are not a mixed race. Culturally, we accepted the Malaysian way of life. This is not assimilation but acceptance and integration.
The past PM, coupled with the extremist pressure group in his party, had to kick Singapore out because LKY had espoused a Malaysian Malaysia which was seen as a direct ideological challenge to the Malay-centric "Ketuanan Melayu" ideology - which fortunately are not share by many of my Malay friends who see themselves as Malaysians.
I am not an ardent supporter of LKY and many of his views but I do believe in the need to create a true Bangsa Malaysia. I support the Vision 2020 which called for the creation of a just, equal and fair Bangsa Malaysia.
The Vision 2020 was a brainchild of the past UMNO president too.
Now, another Malay leader - Anwar Ibrahim - is calling for a New Malaysian Agenda to replace the racist NEP.
These propositions came from current and ex-UMNO leaders.
Where were you when these ideas were made? Did you stand up to protest? Or you did so only when another non-Malay is espousing it?
Are you a racist?
Baba and nyonya came about when a chcinese traders (male) married a local (malay female) I consider this as mixed marriage. Of the current ones are so diluted that you would not want to admit to the mixed race idea - and I dont really care at all.
The ouster of singapore was decided by the ex-PM in London if you know the history.
What is Bangsa malaysia? -there is no such thing as malaysian race! Malaysia is a country brought about by the fedration of Malay and some states in Borneo. So be clear about what is race and what is citizenship.
You ask whether I am a racist - no, I am a nationalist trying hard to protect my identity as a Malay in the only land that I know. Unfortunately with the vitriolic rhetorics from the chines race I have no alternative but to face to the reality that this is a dangerous game I am faced with. Ehh, the Indians seems accomodative or are they waiting to just swing like a pendulum to whichever side they deem fit? Your Malay friends are in agreement with you? I wonder...
OOps I miss out on your Anwar. My view is that he is a has been politician.He did not perform well when he was in govt and I dont think he'll learn now that he is in sunset. Politician talk and promise the sun and will not deliver simply because he is a political animal. I have no affiliation to any political body , So it is straight talking for me
- Ko-chi Wai said...
Khoo, this guy is a troll. And when he mixes racism with stupidity there is no point in engaging with him. Perhaps he's one of those new govt cyber-officers out to "police" the blogs. If he is, the govt better find better ones.
History has shown many a times - Internal fighting has destroyed many civilisations, kingdoms and empire.
Why are we talking about race superiority internally when the fight for superiority is outside the wall of the nations ? Grow the pie or the cake and we will have enough to share amongst us. Wouldn't this be a better idea than try to fight each other internally ?
Will it make you look better/superior or feel better by driving someone out from where they currently live ? What if this happens to you when someone come and drive you out ?
As long as we refused to see the Bigger Picture, we will be focusing on this is mine or owing mentality.
Underneath each of us, our blood is dark red in color irregardless of our race and we are made up of the materials. We are all Malaysians and we have a desire to live in peaceful & harmony.
We are all humans and infighting will not benefit anybody. Yes, we need to find a way to expand the economic cake and to share it so that nobody feels deprived. Let the govt agent or whatever form give their piece of mind but we'll show them we are straight talking and not unreasonable as to close our heart to other people's ideas. Wai, no need to label people as troll as this will only prove that you are a bigger troll yourself. Show that DAP members are open minded and ready to face challenge in the most fair manner. To this govt agent pl continue to speak up and also give us a solution that we can all live with - win-win solution
I am deeply sad and concern about what melayu raya comments. His view represents most of bumi thinking now. I am a chinese and guess i will have to say i am an immigrant with no where else to go since my mother give birth to me at this 'wonderful' land. But i had all this while thinking i am a proud malaysian but now?? i am deeply puzzled. I don't see a future of my children anymore! Good luck to 'melayu raya' once they have the full(whole) cake for themselves. Wish all brother and sister of bumiputera kaya raya when the days come. Thanks.
The saying goes... Racism starts in the mind and it is this place where it should end.
If you still regard yourself as Chinese, Indian or etc, then you are no different from "Melayu Raya". We are all MALAYSIANs and we live in the true spirit of MALAYSIA.
The silver lining in the cloud is that nobody can win all or no one will loses all. For example, human are definitely unique. They performed much better when the odds are stack against them and when being given a lot of luxury, they will waste them away.
In order to change the world, we have to start with ourself and leave the people with the "owing mentality mindset" behind. They will be co-erced by the environment to change when the time comes. Remember, the only constant in life is CHANGES !!!
Let it all ends where it begins - The MIND.
- Khoo Kay Peng said...
I am not sure if I do agree with you that if I regard myself as a chinese then I am a racist.
It is a cultural and biological fact that I am a chinese but MALAYSIAN FIRST.
I respect my language, culture and heritage as much as I am interested to learn the culture of my fellow Malaysians.
At the pre-Uni level, I did both Sastera Melayu and Bahasa Melayu and did very well in both subjects. I was a student of Sejarah Islam too.
Racism is not born. It is neither a mental illness. Racism is breed, cultivated and carefully institutionalised. In many instances, our politicians are the biggest culprits. They manipulate racism to hegemonize their own race.
Hence, I urge you not to run away. We are Malaysians. We must fight these racists so that they will never be elected to power.
- Khoo Kay Peng said...
Melayu Raya,
You can choose to define Baba&Nyonya the way you wanted. It remained a fact that Baba&Nyonya families are not mixed race. Many of them are Buddhists or Christians. And very much Chinese but peranakan Chinese.
you are not ignorant. you are just blatantly mischevious in order to serve your own racial prejudice. You sound like a true blood Umno putra.
Wye is right and so is melayu raya. Don't be sad wye your kind has many billionaires in this wonderful land not to count the ownership of most of the residential houses strategy located in the prime areas. Melayu raya is not even demanding for the whole cake - just 30% now and later 70% in line with the population ratio.But anonymous is not happy, he wants more. That's kiasu. He wants malays to be like the red indians or the abos. But unlike these people they are in the minority and cannot voice out thru votes or guns. And chinese is the most global race that melayu raya can think of, always able to survive anywhere, just ask any of your rich brothers who travel abroad - there's always chinatowns in cities all over the world. And the melayu raya kind is not homogenous, for example those in kedilan will always remind melayu raya to share our home under the social contract.
KK Peng,
My definition of Babanyonya is based on what I have read in the past - if it is wrong it is fine with me. Any way simply because they are budhist or christian does'nt mean thay are not mixed race. I read somewhere too that the malays were also once a hindu, and there's still pockets of them in indonesia. Ok we are all not ignorant and I respect your point of view too . On the other point raised, I am NOT Umno putra - don't associate me with them.
I think this is a good debate and I thank the host here for being civil.
One more KKP don't fall into the dap trap. I can see your approach is more enlightened as compared to the kochi wai who only speak ill of others and only wants to listen what he wants to hear. See I am not the mischievious type but just laying down facts to give you the big picture and rethink your idea
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Melayu Raya,
The big picture is you must see the world as a competitive landscape.
No one is taking anything away from you here. For your information, your community still own 75% of the land in this country.
90% of the civil sector, 85% of the GLCs board members, more than 75% of the cabinet members and more...
However, the Malay community must learn to compete and acquire knowledge. If you make them believe that 70% of the wealth in this country is their birth right but failed to address the intra-community wealth gap, then you will find 80% of your community still living in poverty.
In this era, we should not look at race-affirmative action anymore. We must address class difference.
What you read, I am afraid, are propaganda or ill-conceived facts.
You tend to equate religion to race. Yeah...baba&nyonyas are chinese. but some of them may be either buddhists, muslim or christians.
by race, we are chinese.
mind you, not all chinese are billionaires and capable of surviving anywhere. have you seen poor chinese? if you havent, i can show you.
just as I am angry of wastages and corruption..i am also sad to see the poor bumiputeras who are neglected.
i only ask you to sympathize the same for the poor chinese, indian, orang asli etc.
if you are ignorant, i hope you will learn. if you are a racist, you can be sure that i will fight you.
I am am shocked that a person with such educational background can be so manipulative in the quotation of statistics simply to justify the ends - 75% land are owned by malays, so what ? Whats the valuaation like? Lets take Kedah, the padi lands are probably owned by Malays but the rice mills and sundry shops are mainly by the non Malays and the value is disproportionately higher. Likewise the massive houses in Puchong has muuch higher valuation thnn the kampung lands in Ulu Langat. Likewise the civil service sector staffings are mainly the clericals. But then even the graduate level officers are paid much lower than in the private sectors. Just ask around.
On the race religion issue pl read again what I have said. The chinese babas can be budhist or christian, and it is a non issue to me. He remains a chinese. No, I am not a racist here, but merely stating facts.
By way of logic you seem to agree with the 70% share but due to administrative issue it could be 80%. So the contention here is implementation so that 70@ does not overrun to 80% due to inefficiency.
Now to solve the poor chinses sector will be the distribution of the 20% cake. The indian will share the other 10%. Aah, the orang asli, the champion say? The Malays will share the 70% with them.
So we know have worked out broadky or in principle the distribution of wealth amongst the diverse races. There is no need to create the Malaysian race pretext now, because it 's just a political ruse by some has been politicians and those with real racist intent.
Therefor I cannot be a racist because I have actually suggested a proportinate sharing of wealth amonsgt all races. No need to create another race malaysian of malaysia which is just a political recognition of citizenship.
This is of course very conditional as it is a total package deal. You can't just take away something from any one race and not compensate it with another - a sort of new social contract. If we can convince our respective race on this it looks like we don't have a fight after all.... peace be upon you
Melayu Raya deserves the contempt that he gets in this blog.
Typical of racist trolls who shout pendatangs to every non-Malay he spots in cyberspace.
Wonder if he has the guts to do it in person.
Whilst racism should be punished as a criminal act since it incites violence in some cases, maybe we should ask "Who are the true bumis in Malaysia?" They are not Malays, Indians, Arabs, Chinese, Baba Nonya, etc. but orang asli. Why not go back all the way rather than just chosing points in history to suit each of you. I am Malaysian, but belong to none of the above ethnic groups, and your racism is deplorable. Stop this time wasting talk and get on with creating a stable base and foundation for racial harmony in a country where we are all stuck with each other, like it or not.
is it true that orang asli are the real bumis?? i don't think so.. speak with facts.. find and show the facts that they are the real bumis.. don't just speak with your emotional..


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Apparently there were no 12-year-old girls voting this year.
But those boys weren't the only ones snubbed by voters: Nicki Minaj and Lionel Richie both failed to get recognized for their hit albums Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded and Tuskegee, respectively. Richie, teaming up with country stars to remake his hits, appeared to have sure-fire bait for album of the year.
With no Adele in 2012, the wealth was spread.
Six artists were tied for the most nominations: the Black Keys's Dan Auerbach; FUN; Jay-Z; Mumford & Sons; Frank Ocean; and Kanye West each scored six. But with Jay-Z and West mostly relegated to the rap categories, it's really all about the other four, who all are up for the prestigious album of the year.
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Same as jacking off, but in addition: Any time a mechanical device is temporarily malfunctioning, especially in an erratic motion fashion, it is beating off. See also on the rag and otr for malfunctions of a 5-7 day nature
Bill, the tachometer in you GTO is beating off. (wiggling erratically between 1400 and 3600 RPM)
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My September Top Ten List: Back to School We Go!
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5
I am so excited to be blogging for Scholastic again this school year! While I will continue to share my ideas with all of you, my role will be a bit different this year. I will be creating a "Top 10" list at the beginning of each month for my readers to enjoy. It will include timely lesson ideas, instructional videos, technology tips, management tools, links to cool Web sites, and, of course, a window into my own classroom so that you can see what I am doing with my students each month.
READ ON to check out my first "Top 10" list of the year and discover the things I am most excited about this month. Printables and links to useful Web sites are included.
Why not make your students' first day back to school after the long summer a celebration? In past years, I have purchased New Year's Eve hats, blowers, and other decorations when they were on sale in January. I saved them for the following school year and threw a "New School Year" party on the first day of school. When students walk into the classroom, they find a New Year's hat and blower on their desks, and the song "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang is playing. Their first task is to then write New School Year resolutions similar to the ones people make at the beginning of a new year. I encourage students to make their resolutions related to the school year. If you want to do this, consider visiting a local party supply store and asking the manager if they have any New Year's Eve supplies in the back. (Oftentimes they keep them in boxes until December.) If you have already started school this year, stock up on New Year's Eve supplies once they go on sale in January and plan this fun event for next school year.
Building community is a huge goal for me each school year. I want my students to feel as if they are part of a close-knit family when they are in my classroom. To help students get to know each other and really feel as though they are brothers and sisters, I ask them to bring a baby picture to school on the first day. I request that they put it in an envelope so that other classmates do not see the picture. I then create a bulletin board in our classroom entitled "Who's That Baby?" Each baby picture is on the board along with a number. After the pictures are up for a week or so, students are given a blank sheet of paper. They number the paper and try to guess each baby. It is fun for the students, and it creates a sense of family to have all of their baby pictures hanging in our classroom.
3. Use Student Art to Decorate a Wall
On one of the first days of school, I give each student a white tile. (I purchase the most inexpensive individual tiles I can find at Home Depot or Lowes.) Students use permanent markers to write their names on their tiles and draw pictures of things that represent who they are (hobbies, pets, food, etc.). Once the students are finished, I attach a self-adhesive business card magnet to the back of the tiles and arrange them on a magnetic wall in our classroom. It makes for a beautiful wall display and adds a personalized component to my classroom design.
4. Partner Clocks
partner clock idea, and download a partner clock from Scholastic Printables.I ask students to work in partnerships quite often in my classroom. While they have assigned partners in Reading and Writing Workshop (based on reading level and other factors), there are certainly times when I want them to quickly find a partner with whom they can complete a task or do an assignment. If I ask students to find a partner, feelings often end up getting hurt. Some students are excluded by others, or they may complain about working with a particular student. For this reason, students make "appointments" with their classmates for each hour on the clock. I can then quickly say, "Work with your 10 o'clock partner for this activity. This management tool saves a lot of time and hassle. Read more about my
5. Reaching Out to Parents
parent questionnaire to help guide their responses.Developing a positive relationship with my students' parents is incredibly important. The school year runs much more smoothly when parents know that I care about their child and that I have their child's best interest in mind. For this reason, I write parents at the beginning of the school year asking them to write a letter to me about their child telling me anything that may help me be the best teacher that I can be to them. I encourage parents to tell me about their child's personality, interests, talents, learning style, etc. Not only does this letter help me get to know my students so much better, but it also sends a positive message to parents. It tells them that I value their input and want to alter my teaching to best meet the needs of their child. You might also send them a simple
6. Read-Aloud Books for Launching Reading Workshop
You set the tone of Reading Workshop in your classroom during your launching unit. For this reason, it is important to choose read-aloud books that both reinforce the behaviors you are teaching during your mini-lessons and promote a love of reading.
(Click on each book for more information about the story.)
For more on Reading Workshops, read a detailed blog entry and watch a video showing how it works in my classroom.
7. Cool Tool for Creating Random Groups
At the beginning of the year, I find it hard to form groups before I really know my students and how they work together. Instead of having them count off in numbers or drawing sticks, I found this neat online tool at a site called Super Teacher Tools that will randomly group my students for me. It allows you to create a class list and then choose how many students you want in each group. It automatically creates the groups with just a click of the mouse. (In addition to Group Maker, this Web site also has cool online review games and management tools you can use with your students.)
8. Have Students Personalize Their Writer's Notebook
My students write each day in their Writer's Notebook during Writing Workshop. They are given a blank composition book at the beginning of the year and I ask them, in class and with a letter to their parents, to bring things from home (photos, sticks, postcards, souvenirs, etc.) to decorate both the front and back of the notebook. While this may just seem like a fun art project, it is so much more than that! Allowing students to personalize their notebooks helps them truly take ownership of the writing that will soon cover the pages of their book. The photos and other things they choose to put on their notebooks often give them ideas for new notebook entries as well. I have parent volunteers cover the notebooks with contact paper when they are done decorating them.
9. Creative Activities for the First Days of School
I am always looking for new ideas when it comes to planning for the first week of school. Some great resources I've found for getting to know students and welcoming them to the classroom include an article "Top 5 Ways to Welcome Students Back to School," this page of getting-to-know-you" activities, and these getting-to-know-you printables.
10. Using a Classroom Economy to Manage Behavior (and Teach Economics) in Your Classroom
Teachers often ask what behavior management looks like in my classroom. I use my classroom economy to teach economic concepts, but it also serves as my behavior management system. It is so important to introduce the economy during the first days of school, so I am including a link to one of my favorite blog posts from last year. In this post, you will find out how to set up an economy in your classroom and use it to effectively manage behavior in your classroom. Creating class rules and determining class jobs are done right at the beginning of the school year, and they serve as the catalyst for this dynamic classroom economy. Read more about my classroom economy/behavior management system.
Check back next month for my October Top Ten List. It will include new resources for Reading Workshop, a video of my classroom makeover, ideas for celebrating Halloween in your classroom, and much more!
Comments (61)
Highly descriptive article, I enjoyed that a lot. Will there be a part 2?
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Hi-Ya! siblings just loves your terrific editorial and pls stick at it
Excellent teaching ideas.
Beth, you are an inspiration! Although I, too, feel as though I'm unable to do many things I want, such as some of your suggestions because of requirements of testing, I hope to use one or two to spice up my classroom.
Thank you.
I just found your blog and other info on Reading Workshop, etc. I really like what I've read so far and love your 'style' for visual displays! (I also really hate it when good things get lost in comment 'garbage' =-( -- hopefully somebody will notice and be able to get rid of it!!) It's inspiring for me to see other teachers great ideas, so thanks for that!
Happy 2011-2012 School Year Beth..
Sometime ago there was a post requesting the labels in the word study pocket chart. I tried opening the link and it wasn't there any more. When you get time will you post the link for the labels. I've made most of the games. Also, found the pocket chart.
Beth I've tried opening the link but nothing is there. Will you post the link near the pocket chart area, so I can download them? Thanks in advance.
Beth, Thank you very much for sharing your wonderful ideas. I am using a version of your rock star theme in my classroom and I am wondering what photo enhancement software you used to make it look like your students are on stage. Thanks again for sharing! My students are loving this wonderful way to start the year!! Lana S.
AZING!!!! I was wondering if you did anything special for birthdays?
Beth, Wow! You are my teaching hero. i have been doing Reader's Workshop in my classroom for years, but the way you have your program organized is truly astounding. I've gotten so many wonderful ideas from your website and your contributions to Scholastic.
While I love all your ideas for September, as the mother of two adopted children, I would discourage any activities which require students to bring in baby photos. There may be children in foster care or who were adopted as older children who have no photos of themselves as infants or toddlers and who would feel left out of such activities.
Keep up the AMAZING work! I honestly don't know where you find enough hours in the day to do everything you do!
Are all your signs and posters available on your website for teachers to use? I saw some, but not all of the displays that are in your video. For example, the bucket filler signs and Who's that Baby? Thanks! What a great website!
Hey Beth, I love your website and while I was working for a year as an assistant in Maine after graduation (I couldn't get a job cause I was new) I dreamed of using so many of your ideas. Well I moved to Virginia and I feel like I am in teaching hell! Everything I do has to be to the test that the students have to take at the end of the year. We spend 4 weeks of the year just on testing! So many of your great ideas I can't use and so many of my own ideas get tossed away because they don't go with what the district wants. I have several students that are extremely advanced and I have to read easy books with them just because I have to do what they tell me to do (one girl read Twilight last summer but has to read picture books with 10 words per the 10 pages in the book and then answer 5 questions about it). Do you have any advice for a teachers these days with all this teaching to the test and NCLB?
Sherri (comment #46),
Please see comment #44 for an answer to your font question. I'm glad you like my posters!
Beth, Your classroom posters & charts are amazing. Where did you get the font for your posters. Love the print on everything your use...from your library to your book nook chart. Thanks, Sherri
Hi Beth,
Just wondering how you choose your mini-lessons...I know you use the state standards and curriculum, but I am curious how you choose what lessons to teach and in what order. Do you have a list of the order you address/teach reading strategies? I love your website!!! It has been a great resource.
Vanessa (comment #42),
The label covers for my classroom library baskets are actually self-adhesive floppy disk holders. I purchased tons of them at Office Max. However, I am guessing they may now be hard to find since floppy disks are a thing of the past!
In answer to your question about fonts, I have downloaded all different types of fonts that I use to create posters for my classroom from many different places on the Internet. However, I think that the font you are referring to is called LD Circles. I got it on a "School Fonts" CD from Teacher Created Materials years ago, but when I checked their website it was no longer available.
Here are a few additional websites where you can download more fun (and free) teacher fonts:
I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help! Thanks for reading my blog!
Tara (Comment #34),
Thanks for your comments! I am honored to be your 1st bookmark! I just updated my class website with some photos from this school year and additional links on my teacher resource page. Enjoy!
I have been a 5th grade teacher for the last 3 years and have now switched to a new school teaching 4th grade. My classroom library is in shambles and it is driving me crazy! I wanted to know where you got the label coverings for the baskets? Also, I have been searching high and low for the font you use for the different genres. The one with the dots at the tips of each letter. Do you know where I can find that font? Thank you so much!
Hi Beth! I am such a huge fan of yours. I have you as my 1st bookmark on my school and home computer. You are awesome! I have become a better teacher because of your sharing. I refer to your website in every professional discussion about innovative ideas. Thank you for all that you do for kids and also thank you for sharing all of your fantastic ideas and resources.
I am a 4th grade special education teacher needing to build my personal classroom library. Many of the books in my library are not "just right" books. Do you have lists or suggestions of books for red readers? I have students reading on these levels who really want to read small chapter books. Thanks so much, and I have enjoyed incorporating IDR into my class!
Amy (Comment #36),
I fixed the lesson plan link on my website, so you should now be able to download a copy of my sample weekly lesson plans. I'm sorry about that!
Sarah (comment #35),
Doesn't it feel great to know that you are doing everything you can to meet the needs of all of your students! I'm so glad that math workshop is going so well for you. Good luck with your continued success, and thanks for posting your comments on the blog!
Kay (Comment #34),
You asked if I will be blogging about writing workshop this year. My goal is to write about what teachers are interested in reading about, so I will be sure to add more information about writing workshop in my monthly Top Ten Lists this school year!
Thanks for your comment!
I would love to hear about writers workshop and see videos of
your students and you in action. I'm doing a project
about writing workshop in my own classroom and would benefit
from any hints/tips you have about which programs
you model your lessons after. I'm guessing that it's
a combination. Thanks again!
Beth, Your website has helped me so much! Thank you for all you do. Just one question... I was trying to click on the link for your plan book template and am not able to. I am looking for a better way to plan this year and was hoping to see what you do. Anyway you could send me this information? Thanks in advance.
Thank you for the links to yours and Alice's EM workshop info. I am going to begin the workshop model on Monday! I have also emailed our staff and asked if anyone else wanted to join with me! I have to say THANK YOU to you for all you do. I am now individualizing every subject for every child in my room except for science and social studies. Through the spelling, Reader's Workshop, Writer's Workshop and now, EM Workshop, I am confident that I am actually meeting my kids where they are! I love that feeling! Thanks again!
Dear Beth, I am reading all your posts because I just discovered this website. Will you talk about writing workshops this school year? I loved all the information you gave us on how you work with readers workshops. Thanks for all your posts!!! Kay
Nicole M. (comment #31)
Thanks for your comments! I'm so glad to hear that math workshop is going well for you! Since you are using Everyday Math in your district, here is a link to Alice Murphy's website where she provides EDM lesson plans to use in your math workshop. http://alicesmathworkshop.weebly.com/
It sounds like your school year is off to a great start!
Heather (comment #30),
The type of Reader's Notebook that my students keep would certainly be very difficult to duplicate in kindergarten, but I am not sure what a kindergarten reading notebook would look like since so many students at that age are not yet "writing." Perhaps it would allow students to illustrate their favorite part of a book or fill in blanks for skills like predicting. (I think _________ will happen.) I will ask some other teachers in my district what they expect in terms of reading response in a kindergarten reading workshop.
A great book for learning more about reading workshop in the primary grades is Kathy Collin's "Growing Readers." I would suggest checking out this resource to learn more about what reading workshop looks like in a kindergarten classroom.
I wish that I could be of more help, but I have no personal experience teaching students at that level. I am hoping Kathy's book will help you out!
Beth, I just have to tell you how your ideas on Scholastic have helped me so much. I loved your description of math workshop so much (our school uses Everyday Math also), that I emailed the article to my principal and asked if I could do math this way this year. She loved it so much, she sent it to other teachers and several decided they wanted to teach that way as well. I am loving teaching this way! It just makes so much sense and I feel like I am able to reach all levels. Thanks! Nicole Missouri
WOW! I have been so impressed with your pictures and lessons. I would love to be in your classroom everyday. I have a question about reader's workshop. What do you recommend for Kindergarten? Would you use some kind of notebook? Do you know of a teacher that does reader's workshop in Kindergarten? I look forward to your responses. Thank you so very much for sharing your incredible ideas!!
Pam (comment #24),
Thank you so much for posting your message! It made my day! It is always so nice to hear from fellow teachers who are trying out some of my ideas and finding them to be useful in their classrooms. I enjoy sharing my resources with others and am appreciative of those teachers who also share with me! As teachers, we all have the same goal of helping our students as learners. When I find something that works well in my classroom, I enjoy sharing it with others. Hopefully you will find more useful resources in my future posts this school year.
Roni (comment #21),
You asked about the literacy center materials I have on my website. I make almost all of my literacy center materials myself. In the next couple of months, I will be writing a post about the word study program in my classroom. In that post, I will try to include some templates that you can download so that you can create your own games and activities.
Check back often!
Anne (comment #20),
I'm so glad that you have found my articles on Top Teaching to be useful! I plan to post more exciting ideas in my monthly Top Ten lists this year. Check back at the beginning of each month to read my new posts.
Melanie (comment #19),
You asked if it is time-consuming for my students to have to go get their book boxes and binders before heading to the carpet for reading workshop. I did worry about this the first year that I decided to use a reading binder. However, it has not been a problem. I usually call tables separately to go retrieve their binders and book boxes so that it does not become too congested by the binder/book box shelves. Each child also has an assigned spot on the shelves so that there is never any arguing about where a student will put his book box & binder each day. This also saves times because students do not spend any extra time looking for their book box. This year (because we have so many students), our binders are actually stored in two separate places in the classroom. This is helpful because all of the students are not in one area when retrieving their binders.
I hope my suggestions help!
Corinne and Sarah,
The "Math Workshop: Using Developmental Grouping to Differentiate Your Instruction" post that I wrote last year can be accessed here: http://blogs.scholastic.com/top_teaching/2010/05/math-workshop.html
I'm sorry the link was broken for a few weeks.
You can also find great information about Math Workshop on Alice Murphy's website: http://alicesmathworkshop.weebly.com/
Beth, I have been following your blog and website for years now. You are truly an inspiration. When I get down or have a bad day, I read something you've written and it lifts my spirits and makes me want to try something new...or lots of new stuff. Thank you for sharing with all of us. Lots of teachers have fantastic ideas, all beneficial for kids, but do not want to share because they don't get the "credit". You are not like that. So again, thank you so much!
Beth (and folks)- I found a blog and "weblog" that summarizes (but gives credit to Beth) the Everyday Math Workshop. I, too, wanted to try this workshop and couldn't access the blog on scholastic...frustrating! Anyhow, I took a gamble and did a Google search and found the info. Here are the links:
http://thecaffeinatedteacher.blogspot.com/2010/04/differentiating-math.html and http://jasztalville.net/weblog/?p=243
Thanks, Beth, for coming up with this idea--I'm sure it will work wonders in my quest to continue to individualize education for my students. I switched from teaching 7th grade to 3rd grade for that reason, and, thanks to you, I've been able to use your ideas by tweaking and personalizing them for Reader's Workshop, Writer's Workshop, Spelling, and now Math. I now have one other teacher who ditched the basal and implemented RW and two others who are VERY interested in what I do! Your hard work and willingness to share encourages me to continue to do what is best for my kids even when difficult. Thanks again!
Beth, Over the summer I read a great post that you wrote about Everyday Math Centers. Before I could print the blog it was gone. How can I get a hold of this blog? Thanks for your help. Corinne
dear Beth, I was very interested in your literacy center activites that you rotated the children through. Are these center activies pre-made purchased items or are they self-made. Could you share some of the templates for these or the names of the supplier and games you purchased. Love your site-thanks for sharing Roni
Beth, I am so thankful for your articles and wonderful website. I have used many of your ideas successfully in my classroom. My favorite thus far has been math workshop. This has been a wonderful way to teach math. My students and parents are happy!
Thank you again! Anne H.
Your ideas are awesome and I especially love how you use buckets and binders for your reading workshop. I have decided to implement this into my reading workshop this year. I wanted to ask about the management aspect. Do you find it very time consuming for the kids to gather their materials. Do you call them table by table or all at once? I am concerned there will be a stampede each time or it will take to long to get ready. Thanks!
I am not sure why the newsletter download link is not working for you. I tried it on my own computer and my husband's computer just to see if I had the same problem, but I was able to open it. My only suggestion is to right click on the link, choose "save target as," and save it to a location on your computer (instead of just left-clicking and opening it). After saving it, go to the file location and attempt to open the file that way.
I hope this helps! Unfortunately I can't email the file because it is too large.
Hi Lora,
You asked about the word lists/word study program we have implemented in our classroom. The mix of daily lessons and word study activities/games really help students apply the patterns they learn each week.
Two years ago we created our own lists. Each week a challenge list and a regular list is sent home based on students' performance on a pre-test. Students also have individualized words to study based on spelling inventories of high frequency words given at the beginning of the year. On the final test, students are given ten additional words that they are not able to study so that we are able to determine if they have mastered the application of the pattern taught for the week.
After implementing the program for two years, my teaching partner and I are still reviewing each list and making some changes. Since the program continues to be a work in progress, we are not posting the lists online until we feel that they are "perfect."
The books/programs we used to help us create the lists and determine our sequential teaching of specific patterns for our third graders are Words their Way by Donald R. Bear and Word Study Lessons (Grade 3) by Fountas and Pinnell.
Words their Way: http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_bear_words_3/
Word Study Lesssons: http://www.heinemann.com/products/002132.aspx
I hope these resources will help you and provide you with lists to use with your students!
Thanks for posting on the blog!
I have been trying to download your sample template for newsletters. I even bought Print Shop and Winzip to make it work. But, every time I try to open the file, it won't open! Could you please help me troubleshoot this?
Beth-I read this summer about your Math Workshop that you run. However, I can't access it from your class website or find it on this one. Could you post a link, please?
I was wondering if you have a preferred list of spelling words for the school year? I am not sure if you have a pre-determined list that you could share? Thank you so much for all that you are doing!
Hi Beth, You had wonderful detailed information posted about how you set up your math centers. That link is now gone. Can you please help with that? I am trying to set up math centers without the aid of an assistant in 4th grade and your plans seemed ideal. I need to share the information with a colleague and review it for my own benefit. Thanks for all you do!
I absolutely love your idea of making "Back to School Night" like a press conference! Can you tell me more about that? Do the kids write their own script? Are the questions rehearsed? It sounds like such a cool way to introduce parents to your classroom.
Thanks for adding your solution to the tile wall. Using white paper and making it more like a quilt is a great alternative if a teacher does not have a magnetic surface to use.
I hope you have a great school year, and I look forward to hearing more about your "press conference" idea!


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while having sex in the "doggy style" position, you then take one of your index fingers and stick in your partners anus and then hook the corner of their lip with the same finger.
My Girlfriend got mad when I gave her the rusty fish hook.
από Tim 15 Νοέμβριος 2003
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Similar to the shocker, but afterwards the poo-laden finger is inserted to the womans or mans(in prison) mouth in a hooked fashion.
Susan knew what her ass tasted like after I gave her a rusty fishhook.
από Anonymous 8 Μάιος 2003
When you hump doggy-style and after putting your index finger in her butt you stick it in her mouth and pull her cheek.
Amazing way to end up with an angry girlfriend. Stick your finger in her butt, then pull her cheek. She is a fish. You are the fisherman. You control the rusty fish hook.
από Stefan W 29 Αύγουστος 2007
The act in which an individual first puts their index finger into an anus, covering it in fecal matter, then scrapes it along the insides of a victims mouth, causing a jagged wound that will likely become infected
Joe ran up to the man and gave him a Rusty Fishhook.
από AlphaGusterTwo 10 Ιούλιος 2008
Derogatory sex position: The act of sticking a finger in the butt of a women during doggy sex,reaching for her face and hooking her mouth like a fish. Possibly originating from a man obsessed with fishing.
"I gave it to her from behind and before she could notice, I gave her the old rusty fish-hook..."
από Detective Spencer 13 Δεκέμβριος 2007
Similar to the Dirty Sanchez. While pounding your girl(or guy, whatever your pleasure), you rub and make slow semi-circles around her asshole and the without warning you JAM your finger in her ass. When she turns around to yell HEY!! you give the ole' fish-hook. The shit on your finger resembling rust on a hook. You can go for the Double Rusty Fish-hook, but you need to stick another finger in your own ass right before you jam it in her and then WHAM-O!
Dude, I was railing the chick the other night and she was moaning so damn loud that I had to give her the rusty fish-hook just to get her to shut up...
από WhiteKazel 27 Φεβρουάριος 2007
when a male inserts his 2 index fingers into a females anus during the doggystyle position, then removes them and reaches forward and hooks the corners of the mouth and pulls back violently.
i gave that slut the rusty fish hooks last night, when i was slamming her doggystyle
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- Vals Thermal Rock Spa – thermal spa built by the star architect Peter Zumthor out of dark Vals quartzite.
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