Running for public office for some may be a "piece of cake," "a walk in the park," a hmmm...
I'm done with that. I don't feel that way. It's a large responsibility, and I run a business. I know I am capable of working both jobs, but Mama implanted a meme in my head that makes that a challenge. It came from Proverbs and goes like this, or something like this: Whatsoever your hands find to do, do it with all your might. That means no short changing at the home front, Midtown Cycles or Osceola District Schools, hence, some trepidation.
That's not, in any way, a reason not to run for school board for district 5. It's time for me to do this, and I will do the best I can to run a wholesome, honest race and to work the job with passion. I'm well qualified for this job on many levels, and I have a lot of energy. I'll be fine with the new pace. I picked up my packet at the Supervisor of Elections office this morning, and as I stood at the table, it made me almost want to tear (water from the eyes, not ripping up my packet) up a bit. My journey in the world of education has been filled with great personal rewards and extremely painful experiences, all of which have made me stronger. I would not take any of them back, except maybe some of the "stupid" mistakes I made as a first year teacher. If you have ever been a first year teacher and are reading this, you know what I mean, but I passed that test in spite of a lack of experience, and I worked with "all my might" to be the best classroom teacher and District Resource teacher I could be. I believed in my work so much, I sacrificed my job for a set of principles I could not deny. Those principles involved giving our children the best education possible to prepare them for the
"real" world. Because I spoke up against an expensive, poorly developed writing initiative that set our high school students back in writing instead of propelling them forward, my position as writing resource teacher was taken away, and I was placed in the IMC for the remaining months of the 2009 school year, my fifteenth and last year in education. I'm not running on vindication. I've forgiven all involved. They were only following there principles. ( I want to make a principal comment here, but I'm going to pass) I'm running on an idea, a spark that made me speak up and use my voice then, and that idea never died, it has just moved me into a new arena. I have to follow it.
Enough of that serious "stuff."
I'm just beginning my planning, and my sister Ruthie and Mary Beth came up with this for a slogan:
"From the rubber room to the board room." I'm not so sure about putting it on my signs, but it's just too good not to share. If you have any good suggestions email me at lboliverio@gmail.com. Also, I'm looking for teacher's opinions about "Common Core Curriculum". I would love to hear from you.
An intelligent mind acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. Proverbs 18:15
I'm done with that. I don't feel that way. It's a large responsibility, and I run a business. I know I am capable of working both jobs, but Mama implanted a meme in my head that makes that a challenge. It came from Proverbs and goes like this, or something like this: Whatsoever your hands find to do, do it with all your might. That means no short changing at the home front, Midtown Cycles or Osceola District Schools, hence, some trepidation.
That's not, in any way, a reason not to run for school board for district 5. It's time for me to do this, and I will do the best I can to run a wholesome, honest race and to work the job with passion. I'm well qualified for this job on many levels, and I have a lot of energy. I'll be fine with the new pace. I picked up my packet at the Supervisor of Elections office this morning, and as I stood at the table, it made me almost want to tear (water from the eyes, not ripping up my packet) up a bit. My journey in the world of education has been filled with great personal rewards and extremely painful experiences, all of which have made me stronger. I would not take any of them back, except maybe some of the "stupid" mistakes I made as a first year teacher. If you have ever been a first year teacher and are reading this, you know what I mean, but I passed that test in spite of a lack of experience, and I worked with "all my might" to be the best classroom teacher and District Resource teacher I could be. I believed in my work so much, I sacrificed my job for a set of principles I could not deny. Those principles involved giving our children the best education possible to prepare them for the
"real" world. Because I spoke up against an expensive, poorly developed writing initiative that set our high school students back in writing instead of propelling them forward, my position as writing resource teacher was taken away, and I was placed in the IMC for the remaining months of the 2009 school year, my fifteenth and last year in education. I'm not running on vindication. I've forgiven all involved. They were only following there principles. ( I want to make a principal comment here, but I'm going to pass) I'm running on an idea, a spark that made me speak up and use my voice then, and that idea never died, it has just moved me into a new arena. I have to follow it.
Enough of that serious "stuff."
I'm just beginning my planning, and my sister Ruthie and Mary Beth came up with this for a slogan:
"From the rubber room to the board room." I'm not so sure about putting it on my signs, but it's just too good not to share. If you have any good suggestions email me at lboliverio@gmail.com. Also, I'm looking for teacher's opinions about "Common Core Curriculum". I would love to hear from you.
An intelligent mind acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. Proverbs 18:15
And I took the rode less traveled...
Peace. Love, Linda
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