Summer reading, part two: 1984 and a secretPosted Tuesday, July 14, at 1:03 PM Sometimes one must change tactics in order to get things done. Sam, my 13-year-old student, did not care for "The Catcher in the Rye." She stated it was boring and that nothing happened except that Holden, "complained a lot and was always hitting on girls." There is some validity in that statement. At least she somewhat understood what was happening, even if she thought it was nothing...
Summer reading, part one I'm reading "The Catcher in the Rye" right now and trying to get a 13 year old girl to read it with me. She's reading, I know, because we talk about it every couple days. I admit, I was more ambitious about it than she was. I thought together, we could read 30 pages every two days. It's been almost a month and she's just crossed the 100 page mark...
I'm looking at the current temperature in Mountain Home. See it? Up there in the right corner. "Mostly cloudy, 85 degrees," it reads. I think the overnight lows here in sunny Las Vegas (OK, Henderson, but if I said that, would you know where I was?), are in the 80s. I remember that being one of the reasons I left here and ventured north to Idaho in 2006. When the coldest it gets in a 24-hour period is 93, it is time to find new digs...
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From a small town in Utah, to Las Vegas, to the University of Idaho, back to Las Vegas and a few stops in between, I have been around. I've reached the age of 29 having had a lot of different jobs in different places. Somehow I have managed to keep my sense of humor and individuality. I have been able to maintain my small town ideals while experiencing the big, bad world.
Some people even gave me some awards along the way, including being a national finalist in the SPJ's student awards and twice the first place Idaho Press Club student review writer.
I was born on Halloween and have had an affinity for horror movies and books my whole life. Thankfully, I do read and watch other genres, too.
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