Christa left this morning at 7:05AM for her last day as a long-term substitute teacher at Fond du Lac High School. She has been looking forward to this day for a long time. She has worked with some difficult students, dealt with some difficult situations and sometimes came away disillusioned with the teaching experience.
I am proud of Christa for sticking with it. Even though there were some pretty trying days and frustrating moments in this experience, she made her way through it. She toughed it out. She gained some valuable experience! She will get to celebrate with some buffalo wings from BW3s! :-D
Tomorrow, she meets with the owners of Settler's Mill to begin her job as supervisor for the mini-golf course in Oshkosh. She will be stepping out of one position and into another, but this is a position that she is looking forward to. She will be the supervisor for all of the employees of the facility. She will have a greater role in how the operation is run. I can see this being a wonderful new opportunity for her.
I know Weaver will appreciate having Christa home more often. Leaving at 7:00AM and not returning until close to have caused some separation issues ;). It will also give me the necessary time to be able to run in the morning. Christa and I will also be able to see each other more often. And...we'll both be less crabby because we don't have to get up so early!
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Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, August 27, 2009
What Do We Value?
I am working my way through Too Small to Ignore, and I came upon a quote that addresses something that has bothered me for a long time. Wess Stafford writes:
"In our [modern] society, when a guy flips a basketball through a ten-foot-high hoop can make as much money in three hours as a school teacher, who is shaping the lives of the next generation, does in a year, something is horribly wrong with our values."
I could not agree more. And it's tough to agree with that statement, especially being the fan of sports that I am. I have seen the breakdowns for athletes who make over $20 million a year. The amount they make per game is just sickening. These athletes have talents and gifts that few of us have. So many of us enjoy seeing those gifts in action that we allow them to get paid an incredible amount of money to do it. And I suppose those chosen few with the right skills deserve to be paid for those skills.
There is no National Football League or Major League Baseball for teachers. Our most talented and gifted teachers don't necessarily get paid much more than other teachers and certainly don't get the same recognition. Yet teachers do some critical work in the formation of our children. How does this happen? I suppose athletes are the business of entertainment. People want to pay (and pay they do) to see them in action. Watching a teacher could be exciting, but most likely not to the same degree.
This may read funny coming from someone who appreciates what a capitalistic system does for us. Even with its flaws, it's a system that I believe works...and works well. I applaud any athlete that I read about that is willing to take some of their money and give it back to the community. Hey...live a good life, and put some money away for the part of your life when you can't be an athlete anymore. Not enough athletes are sound financial planners. But, with what's left...what do you need with it? What are you going to do with your $250 million contract?
Imagine all of the good that could be done with that money if they made some serious donations. I am not calling for socialism. Not at all. I am also not asking for them to be taxed more. What I am asking is that those who make way more money than they really need should share of their own accord.
When athletes are interviewed after a great performance in a game, they often thank God for giving them the abilities that they have. Well, that's good...and I applaud that. It was God that gave them that talent that they developed. How about you take on God's call to love your neighbor and take some of the million dollar salary and give it back to those in need. I know many athletes give to charities and many give quite a bit of money. But, you can't tell me there isn't a little more to give.
Please understand, we all could probably stand to give more to charity...I am no exception. But, it is my wish and my prayer that athletes, entertainers and others could see it in their hearts to take their blessings and be a blessing to others.
"In our [modern] society, when a guy flips a basketball through a ten-foot-high hoop can make as much money in three hours as a school teacher, who is shaping the lives of the next generation, does in a year, something is horribly wrong with our values."
I could not agree more. And it's tough to agree with that statement, especially being the fan of sports that I am. I have seen the breakdowns for athletes who make over $20 million a year. The amount they make per game is just sickening. These athletes have talents and gifts that few of us have. So many of us enjoy seeing those gifts in action that we allow them to get paid an incredible amount of money to do it. And I suppose those chosen few with the right skills deserve to be paid for those skills.
There is no National Football League or Major League Baseball for teachers. Our most talented and gifted teachers don't necessarily get paid much more than other teachers and certainly don't get the same recognition. Yet teachers do some critical work in the formation of our children. How does this happen? I suppose athletes are the business of entertainment. People want to pay (and pay they do) to see them in action. Watching a teacher could be exciting, but most likely not to the same degree.
This may read funny coming from someone who appreciates what a capitalistic system does for us. Even with its flaws, it's a system that I believe works...and works well. I applaud any athlete that I read about that is willing to take some of their money and give it back to the community. Hey...live a good life, and put some money away for the part of your life when you can't be an athlete anymore. Not enough athletes are sound financial planners. But, with what's left...what do you need with it? What are you going to do with your $250 million contract?
Imagine all of the good that could be done with that money if they made some serious donations. I am not calling for socialism. Not at all. I am also not asking for them to be taxed more. What I am asking is that those who make way more money than they really need should share of their own accord.
When athletes are interviewed after a great performance in a game, they often thank God for giving them the abilities that they have. Well, that's good...and I applaud that. It was God that gave them that talent that they developed. How about you take on God's call to love your neighbor and take some of the million dollar salary and give it back to those in need. I know many athletes give to charities and many give quite a bit of money. But, you can't tell me there isn't a little more to give.
Please understand, we all could probably stand to give more to charity...I am no exception. But, it is my wish and my prayer that athletes, entertainers and others could see it in their hearts to take their blessings and be a blessing to others.
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