March 2017

We are now in the middle of March and spring time is upon us.

By now we have adjusted out clocks to Daylight Savings time as we Spring forward towards the few final months of the school year.

As educators we try to avoid becoming as mad as the March Hare as students begin to feel that summer is getting near.

We take a day to honor "our" Irish heritage by wearing green and sporting shamrocks and trinkets that add to the festivities of St. Patrick's Day.

College basketball fans fill and check their brackets as the many tournaments take place.

Soon, there will be baseball fans that go "root-root-root for the home team", as teams wrap up their Spring training and get set for the season.

March marches on and we go along with it as we dig deep down for that last stretch of education that leads to graduation, promotion, and placement into classes for the next year.

Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator

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A Winter Lesson for Education

The last few days of Winter are upon us.
Gone will be the days with long nights and little daylight.
Soon the sun will go back to its highest place in the sky.

Here in California,
If there is one word to describe this past February,
Precipitation would do the job.
In both forms: Rain and Snow.

The snow accumulated in the mountain tops.
The rain made the grounds became saturated.
Excess water flowing into the smallest creeks and streams,
Filling up rivers and canals, lakes and reservoirs,
In some cases a little too much to soon,
Causing us to make important decisions,
Based on the need for safety and security.
Bringing to light forgotten problems,
In need of new solutions.

So it is with education.
Education is the precipitation that students learn,
Its two forms are skills and knowledge.
Two great decision making tools to have.
Two great problem solving tools to use.

So learn, study, and develop your education,
And increase the storage capacities,
And clear the drainage passageways,
And decide how to solve those problems,
In the best and brightest possible way.



Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator

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