Something's Better Than Nothing
Thursday got away from me in more ways than one. It did, but it didn't.
We live in the Spring ISD, but just barely. In the subdivision we live in, half of it rests in the Klein ISD and the other half: Spring ISD. (People will say that Klein has much better schools and that might be true, but I'm a Spring High School '84 graduate and I feel pretty good about the education that I received.)
Spring ISD had an "official" grand opening of its new Carl Wunsche, Sr. High School, which opened as a career academy for tenth- through twelfth-grade students in August 2006.
I picked Waverly up from her school and we got to Wunsche before most of the dignitaries, including Texas' Commissioner of Education Shirley Neeley, had begun their speeches. (If we are to stay in the district, Waverly has expressed of applying for and attending this school.)
After they were done, I introduced Waverly to Craig McClure, one of the school's two associate principals. "Mr. McClure" was my Chemistry teacher my junior year.
Then, I was completely humbled as I saw my Typing II and Business English teacher Nancy Hejl, who retired 7-8 years ago. (She is originally a "Wunsche".) I had a chance, of course, to brag on Waverly (who she met a number of years ago - too long ago actually - when she was a lot smaller.)
How was I humbled? She made the comment to another woman about her age, who I didn't know, that I was "one of her favorite students ... and so is his sister!" Holly graduated from Spring in 1990.
The stories you hear about one teacher making an impact in an individual's life is so true.
When I graduated, it was the last year before H. Ross Perot' House Bill 72 was enacted. Senior students, like myself at that time, were able to select Business English over English Literature. I can assure you that the things that I've been able to do in my professional career and my hobbies (such as sports media opportunities) have been a direct result of that direction and her instruction.
And, yes, she wanted to see many of the things that I have written from the Conroe Courier, Runner Triathlete News and Inside Texas Running.
It was kind of fun walking through the new building and telling Waverly who a number of people were. I introduced her to Ralph Eickenroht, who wrote Spring High School's school song and was the school's first Band director in 1958.
I pointed out to her Dekaney High School's new principal, Phil Eaton, who played high school basketball for Pasadena or Dobie High School against a good friend of mine that is now at Tomball HS, Art Cole.
So we had a great time!
After eating and giving my stomach a chance to settle, I made it to Bally's at about 9:05 p.m. and ran 50 minutes on the treadmill.
When I run on the treadmill, I try to mix things up a little bit. After a minute, I put in on 4.5 mph and an incline of 1.0 and upped it 0.1 mph every three (3) minutes until I ran the last 3-minute set at 5.6 mph. That got me to 37 minutes and then I backed it down to 5.0 mph for two minutes and then 0.2 mph every 2 minutes until the end to "cool down".
Like I said at the top, it was better than a '0'!
We live in the Spring ISD, but just barely. In the subdivision we live in, half of it rests in the Klein ISD and the other half: Spring ISD. (People will say that Klein has much better schools and that might be true, but I'm a Spring High School '84 graduate and I feel pretty good about the education that I received.)
Spring ISD had an "official" grand opening of its new Carl Wunsche, Sr. High School, which opened as a career academy for tenth- through twelfth-grade students in August 2006.
I picked Waverly up from her school and we got to Wunsche before most of the dignitaries, including Texas' Commissioner of Education Shirley Neeley, had begun their speeches. (If we are to stay in the district, Waverly has expressed of applying for and attending this school.)
After they were done, I introduced Waverly to Craig McClure, one of the school's two associate principals. "Mr. McClure" was my Chemistry teacher my junior year.
Then, I was completely humbled as I saw my Typing II and Business English teacher Nancy Hejl, who retired 7-8 years ago. (She is originally a "Wunsche".) I had a chance, of course, to brag on Waverly (who she met a number of years ago - too long ago actually - when she was a lot smaller.)
How was I humbled? She made the comment to another woman about her age, who I didn't know, that I was "one of her favorite students ... and so is his sister!" Holly graduated from Spring in 1990.
The stories you hear about one teacher making an impact in an individual's life is so true.
When I graduated, it was the last year before H. Ross Perot' House Bill 72 was enacted. Senior students, like myself at that time, were able to select Business English over English Literature. I can assure you that the things that I've been able to do in my professional career and my hobbies (such as sports media opportunities) have been a direct result of that direction and her instruction.
And, yes, she wanted to see many of the things that I have written from the Conroe Courier, Runner Triathlete News and Inside Texas Running.
It was kind of fun walking through the new building and telling Waverly who a number of people were. I introduced her to Ralph Eickenroht, who wrote Spring High School's school song and was the school's first Band director in 1958.
I pointed out to her Dekaney High School's new principal, Phil Eaton, who played high school basketball for Pasadena or Dobie High School against a good friend of mine that is now at Tomball HS, Art Cole.
So we had a great time!
After eating and giving my stomach a chance to settle, I made it to Bally's at about 9:05 p.m. and ran 50 minutes on the treadmill.
When I run on the treadmill, I try to mix things up a little bit. After a minute, I put in on 4.5 mph and an incline of 1.0 and upped it 0.1 mph every three (3) minutes until I ran the last 3-minute set at 5.6 mph. That got me to 37 minutes and then I backed it down to 5.0 mph for two minutes and then 0.2 mph every 2 minutes until the end to "cool down".
Like I said at the top, it was better than a '0'!
posted by WalkSports.com | 2:05 AM
1 Comments:
My senior year at Westchester, I took a grammar course of my own accord.
I enjoyed the class and made the most of it. There's a lot of difference between taking a class because you have to and taking a class because you want to.
Now, there I go messing up on my grammar by ending a sentence with a preposition. Please don't count off points.
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