Comments for Girl with dog and torch http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:48:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Draft/timeline by Jan http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/drafttimeline/#comment-379 Jan Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:48:09 +0000 http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/?p=540#comment-379 Sometimes don't you just wish you had a super power where you could put your hand on a child's shoulder and click your fingers or something and know what causes them to be the way they are and what you could do to help? Feeling helpless is such a difficult thing to cope with when you want to do all you can do. I feel that way with my Mom sometimes, but knowing there is nothing you can do is hard to accept. Sometimes don’t you just wish you had a super power where you could put your hand on a child’s shoulder and click your fingers or something and know what causes them to be the way they are and what you could do to help? Feeling helpless is such a difficult thing to cope with when you want to do all you can do. I feel that way with my Mom sometimes, but knowing there is nothing you can do is hard to accept.

]]> Comment on Small thankful by Christy http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/small-thankful/#comment-378 Christy Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:27:36 +0000 http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/?p=507#comment-378 Great story. I love the pick up line. So funny! Great story. I love the pick up line. So funny!

]]> Comment on Small thankful by Jan http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/small-thankful/#comment-377 Jan Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:51:28 +0000 http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/?p=507#comment-377 So cool. You have to take the good when you can get it and goosebumps that is just great. Just remember Mr. Holland's Opus, you never know how you are affecting these kids and what will pop out of their little mouths years from now that came from you. Just last week someone asked me something and I heard Mrs. Leydecker (fifth grade) speaking the answer through my mouth. Amazing. So cool. You have to take the good when you can get it and goosebumps that is just great. Just remember Mr. Holland’s Opus, you never know how you are affecting these kids and what will pop out of their little mouths years from now that came from you. Just last week someone asked me something and I heard Mrs. Leydecker (fifth grade) speaking the answer through my mouth. Amazing.

]]> Comment on School days by Lee http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/school-days/#comment-376 Lee Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:00:25 +0000 http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/?p=504#comment-376 Get a book called "Games for Actors and Non-Actors" by Augusto Boal. It will change your world. Get a book called “Games for Actors and Non-Actors” by Augusto Boal. It will change your world.

]]> Comment on Camille Doncieux Monet by Stephanie Cowell http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/camille-doncieux-monet/#comment-375 Stephanie Cowell Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:35:03 +0000 http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/?p=331#comment-375 I loved your words about this! I wrote a novel about Camille and Monet called CLAUDE & CAMILLE which will be published by Crown in April 2010. My web site is http://www.stephanie.cowell.com. The novel goes from around the time of their meeting to her death. Again, I do so love your words!! I loved your words about this! I wrote a novel about Camille and Monet called CLAUDE & CAMILLE which will be published by Crown in April 2010. My web site is http://www.stephanie.cowell.com. The novel goes from around the time of their meeting to her death. Again, I do so love your words!!

]]> Comment on School days by spyder5 http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/school-days/#comment-374 spyder5 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:20:50 +0000 http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/?p=504#comment-374 It's dads_skrink Just wanted to say that I wish I had known then what I know now.... cause I wasn't a happy 7th grader. Wish someone like you had been there to encourage me. These kids will realize that now or sometime in the future. Those lucky ducks. It’s dads_skrink
Just wanted to say that I wish I had known then what I know now…. cause I wasn’t a happy 7th grader. Wish someone like you had been there to encourage me. These kids will realize that now or sometime in the future. Those lucky ducks.

]]> Comment on School days by Jan http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/school-days/#comment-373 Jan Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:15:11 +0000 http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/?p=504#comment-373 I would love to be a fly on the wall. When I was 12 I was silent. There is no way you would have gotten me to say much of anything and write? forget that. If only we could assure them that they will survive and when they look back this time in their life will not be the worst time ever. But how do you explain to a girl who is just getting her period what hot flashes are like and cramps are preferable or to a boy that wakes up erect and is so embarrassed about that, a day will come when "it" won't stand up for love nor money. Viagra anyone? The view back through the years is almost always one where we shake our heads and wonder what we were thinking when we were (insert whatever age you want). Someone said the other day that she would love to be back in high school. No way! Maybe 35 but I doubt I would want to return to an age much younger then that unless it was to re-experience my children as babies. Glad things are working out and hopefully you are sleeping well enough to be ready for those long days. See you next week. I would love to be a fly on the wall. When I was 12 I was silent. There is no way you would have gotten me to say much of anything and write? forget that. If only we could assure them that they will survive and when they look back this time in their life will not be the worst time ever. But how do you explain to a girl who is just getting her period what hot flashes are like and cramps are preferable or to a boy that wakes up erect and is so embarrassed about that, a day will come when “it” won’t stand up for love nor money. Viagra anyone? The view back through the years is almost always one where we shake our heads and wonder what we were thinking when we were (insert whatever age you want). Someone said the other day that she would love to be back in high school. No way! Maybe 35 but I doubt I would want to return to an age much younger then that unless it was to re-experience my children as babies.

Glad things are working out and hopefully you are sleeping well enough to be ready for those long days. See you next week.

]]> Comment on School days by Christy http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/school-days/#comment-372 Christy Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:37:06 +0000 http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/?p=504#comment-372 I am so happy for you. And for them! I am so happy for you. And for them!

]]> Comment on Oh, Joseph K. by Christy http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/oh-kafka/#comment-370 Christy Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:45:16 +0000 http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/?p=498#comment-370 If I could express how much I understand this stuff, because my husband is a teacher, I would express how much I really understand! Its maddening! I don't understand it! Children need you!!!! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you AND the children. If I could express how much I understand this stuff, because my husband is a teacher, I would express how much I really understand! Its maddening! I don’t understand it! Children need you!!!! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you AND the children.

]]> Comment on Oh, Joseph K. by Jan http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/oh-kafka/#comment-369 Jan Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:18:56 +0000 http://girldogtorch.wordpress.com/?p=498#comment-369 You need to write the Obama administration with your woes. It is absolutely ridiculous that good teachers can't teach and lousy teachers are ruining the future generation or sitting around wasting money doing nothing while children rot. The system is broken, you are so lucky to find a principal who is willing to work outside of the box to find good teachers for his kids. How do we teach children the love of learning that will carry them through their entire lives if teaching is just a job, just a way to get a pay check? It is all so frustrating and I am not even trying to buck the system myself. Our fingers are crossed, our prayers are floating upward, and we are using that old power of positive thinking. You go girl. You need to write the Obama administration with your woes. It is absolutely ridiculous that good teachers can’t teach and lousy teachers are ruining the future generation or sitting around wasting money doing nothing while children rot. The system is broken, you are so lucky to find a principal who is willing to work outside of the box to find good teachers for his kids. How do we teach children the love of learning that will carry them through their entire lives if teaching is just a job, just a way to get a pay check? It is all so frustrating and I am not even trying to buck the system myself. Our fingers are crossed, our prayers are floating upward, and we are using that old power of positive thinking. You go girl.

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