For Your Amusement

In Theatres Now:

American Gangster
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Dan in Real Life
Enchanted
Fred Clause
Into the Wild
Lions for Lambs
Michael Clayton
The Mist
No Country for Old Men
This Christmas
Awake

Coming Soon to Theaters:

*Juno - December 5

*The Golden Compass - December 7

*Grace is Gone - December 7

*Atonement - December 7

*The Walker - December 7

*The Perfect Holiday - December 12

*I Am Legend - December 14

*Alvin & the Chipmunks - December 14

*LOOK  - December 14

*The Bucket List - December 18

*National Treasure: The Book of Secrets - December 21

*Charlie Wilson's War - December 21

*Sweeney Todd - December 21

*Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - December 21

*P.S. I Love You - December 21

*The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep - December 25

*Alien vs Predator Requiem - December 25

*The Great Debaters - December 25

*There Will Be Blood - December 26

*Cassandra's Dream - December 28

*One Missed Call - January 4, 2008

*In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale - January 11

*Mad Money - January 18, 2008

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Food for Thought:

What do Teachers make?

The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. 

One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education.  He argued, "What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?"

He reminded the other dinner guests what they say about teachers: "Those who can, do... Those who can't, teach."

To stress his point he said to another guest, "You're a teacher, Bonnie.  Be honest.  What do you make?"

Bonnie, who had a reputation for honesty and frankness, replied, "You want to know what I make? (She paused for a second and then began...)

"Well, I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. 

I make a C+ feel like the Congressional Medal of Honor.

I make kids sit through 40 minutes of class time when their parents can't make them sit for 5 minutes without an I-Pod, Game Cube, or movie rental.

You want to know what I make?"  (She paused again and looked at each and every person at the table.)

I make kids wonder.

I make them question.

I make them apologize and mean it.

I make them have respect and take responsibility for their actions.

I teach them to write and then I make them write.  Keyboarding isn't everything.

I make them read, read, read.

I make them show all their work in math.  They use their God given brain, not the man-made calculator.

I make my students from other countries learn everything they need to know about English while preserving their unique cultural identity.

I make my classroom a place where all my students feel safe.

I make my students stand, placing  their hand over their heart to say the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, One Nation Under God, because we live in the United States. 

Finally I make them understand that if they use the gifts they were given, work hard, and follow their hearts, they can succeed in life.

Bonnie paused one last time then continued.

"Then, when people try to judge me by what I make, with me knowing money isn't everything, I can hold my head up high and pay no attention because they are ignorant ....You want to know what I make?

I MAKE A DIFFERENCE.  What do you make Mr. CEO?"

His jaw dropped, he didn't say another word.

Quotes for Thought:

"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows."

~Sydney J. Harris

"If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers."

~Edgar W. Howe