A Science Guy’s Almanac: Introduction
The blog that follows this in 30 minutes is the first of a new, continuing series. I’ve titled the series A Science Guy’s Almanac—mostly because each post will focus on a specific day and year. What you are reading in this Introduction is a bit of background of me and the concept. All remaining Almanac posts will go up at 0700 Pacific Time
The blog that follows this in 30 minutes is the first of a new, continuing series. I’ve titled the series A Science Guy’s Almanac—mostly because each post will focus on a specific day and year. What you are reading in this Introduction is a bit of background of me and the concept. All remaining Almanac posts will go up at 0700 Pacific Time
Almanac posts are
significantly different in content and style from the other posts in A Day In The Life Of A Science Fiction
Writer.
Day In The Life
postings deal with issues of authorship, writing as a profession, and related
topics. Those posts appear on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.
Those posts will continue on those days. I suspect they will be shorter in
length starting than in the past, but the content will not change.
Almanac postings
are an eclectic collection of short articles on life—mine and life in general.
These posts will be the first and third Mondays of each month.
You’ll have to check on Monday and Tuesday of any 5th
week in a month to see what I’ve decided to post for that week.
I started teaching high school in September of 1973. My last
day in a high school classroom was in June 2012. During the 39 intervening
years, my life happened.
Between 1996 and 2004, I was full time faculty in
Teacher Education and Biology at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego,
California. From 1973-1996 I taught all levels of biology and Coordinated
Science at Monte Vista High School in Spring Valley, California. Beginning in
2004 and ending at my retirement in 2012, I taught biology and Global Science
at Great Oak High School in Temecula, California.
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| Top: October of 1973 at Monte Vista. Bottom: June of 1012 at my retirement party. |
All three of my teaching experiences were wonderful. I
wouldn’t trade any of those days away.
Since I am a teacher, the firs blog post in the Almanac
relates directly to teaching. I hope you enjoy this initial post…
And those that follow.
P.S. Check my blog every Friday for another NEW series of
blog posts: Expressions of Faith.
This series of posts—averaging 100 words each—are very short devotionals consisting of combinations of thoughts,
observations, admonitions, and prayers. They present a view into a very
important part of me! They should make you think. I hope you enjoy them.
See you in 30 minutes.
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I’d appreciate your thoughts about these A Science Guy’s Almanac posts
Feel free to email me at: dr.d@engage-in-science.com
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