http://pekurney5.edublogs.org Public Education-It is not just a job, it is an adventure!!! Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:35:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our school has decided that one of the issues we wanted to address was the issue of how to better communicate with our students' parents.  I'll just never understand why parents feel frustrated or even confused with their child's school.  For all you parents out there that might be reading ... http://pekurney5.edublogs.org/2008/09/19/no-hablo-educationish/ I don't claim to be the smartest person in the room.    However, due to the recent string of events involving hurricanes I do believe I have a better plan.  It seems to me that FEMA is having a problem convincing people to evacuate a potential danger area.  This undoubtedly leads ... http://pekurney5.edublogs.org/2008/09/16/if-i-was-in-charge-of-fema/ Yesterday I discovered something about myself-I'm a terrible father. Yep, I said it, I am a terrible, terrible father.  There I was dropping my oldest son off for his first day of Kindergarten and then I realized I was not even concerned about his TAKS test.  After all, the 4th grade TAKS was ... http://pekurney5.edublogs.org/2008/08/26/lemonade-stands-and-colored-poop/ I really wanted my first posting to be something mind blowing, earth shattering, emotionally moving, or at the very least insightful.  However, I finally realized I have nothing even remotely close to moving, insightful, or mind blowing.  As my wife would say, "Your such a guy."  She often sees me sitting in ... http://pekurney5.edublogs.org/2008/08/01/you-dont-always-get-what-you-deserve-thank-god/