Quick Notes

Few quick things today:

There is an interesting conversation over at the RA forums with Sam Harris, author of Letters to a Christian Nation.

I recommend all teachers and potential teachers in North Carolina to check out the North Carolina Model Teacher Education Consortium, an organization whose mission statement describes themselves as:

"... a collaborative partnership which provides affordable, accessible, high-quality education/training to aspiring and practicing educators in participating school systems in North Carolina. This partnership will increase the quantity of highly qualified educators in the school systems. The Consortium is committed to increasing the number of minority educators within the service area."

Starting in January I will be in a graduate program through Duke University to get my AIG license add on. The NCMTEC will be paying for the entire program (I don't know what they cost, but four graduate course at Duke cannot be cheap), all of my books and even Duke's $75 dollar application fee. Also, there is a possibility I will get a stipend from them for the summer coursework. The only money I will ever spend for this is $40 for transcripts.

Finally, I suggest the Durham Art Walk to anyone in the triangle with some free time this weekend. We go every time and have always enjoyed the chance to be outside, get some exercise, and see some interesting artwork.