How to Encourage Young Teenage Students to Dress Modestly

So I think there must be some connection with Google, but I just stumbled across an interesting website: "wikiHOW" While wikipedia is an online editable encyclopedia, wikiHow is an online editable "How-to" guide. It's rather comical at points. I saw some interesting how to articles on "How to kick a door in" and "How to survive a shark attack" reminiscent of the trendy "worst case scenario" handbook.
As I perused the site, I saw some potential for great usefulness. As the title of this blog suggests, there was one article that showed a great progression. Initially, some well-meaning author with a tactless idea (something to the effect of, 'get some fat ladies to dress up in skimpy outfits and tell the teenage girls that this is what they look like... that will get them to start dressing modestly'). Once that article was posted, the wiki-community descended and a dialogue ensued. Ultimately, the article as it now appears, reflects some helpful and insightful ways to deal with and understand the issue of dress in schools. If you elect to check it out, make sure you click on the "History" tab to view the article as it was initially published, and then check out the "Discussion" tab to see the development of the article as it now stands. Good stuff.

Googletopia

So we are now officially in Oregon. After the move, one of the transitions has been that of email addresses. My primary work email at school is changing, and even my personal email through our internet service with sbcglobal will go as well. So that means I'm left with trying to find something standard in the mean-time. I've used Yahoo in the past, but they don't provide POP service. Since I'm all about checking my email on the go from my Treo, I've got to have that feature. Low and behold, Google's free mail service with Gmail offers free POP access. So in making the transition, I started to realize that I'm becoming slowly indoctrinated into the googlesphere. My blogs are through google (Blogger), Thusly, I use Google's picture service (Picasa), and we've already talked about Google Reader in a previous blog. I'll eventually probably just embrace it and make the transition from bloglines. Even as I type this blog, my Internet Explorer shutdown... have no fear. Blogger saves your drafts automatically. While something feels strange about becoming so dependent on one engine, it is eerily simple and streamlined. I think I'm going to just consider myself a google convert.

What do teachers make?

My favorite line: "You don't have to go to the bathroom; you're just bored."