Metaphor

I made sure to submit my literature review by last Friday because my parents booked the kids and I on a Camelback Mountain Adventure over the weekend.  My daughter and I completed a five hour tree top course (tight ropes, zip lines, and various other obstacles) that was 50 feet off the ground!  My son was too young for the big course but he went on a 1000' zip line and a mountain coaster--so cool! I recommend the course for anyone who wants to feel like they accomplished something. It was great for my daughter (and me!).
There were 6 courses to get through and I kept thinking it was a lot like our course--you have to tackle one problem at a time--you can't get too far ahead of yourself or you'll feel overwhelmed.

The lit review was a challenge--it was my major during the last 10 days.  I spent about 30 hours on it between research and writing. It was very difficult keeping my sources straight. I wish I had less. And even after I submitted, I kept thinking (and still do) of things I should add to it!

I also got the results of my survey. The teachers I targeted perceive PowerPoint and email to be their students' weakest skills. Tomorrow I test out my rating scale! I was supposed to do it last week but we had a fire drill that period so we had to reschedule.

Reflections:  I realized that at teacher conferences I have no idea what's going on in my kids' lives, probably because I'm usually at school until 7:30. It annoys me but I also recognize that this course is like a millimeter on the ruler of my life (ha! simile!).