"To Reach My Destination"

“I think you mustn't tell your body, you mustn't tell your soul, 'I'm going to retire.' You may be changing your life emphasis, but there's still things that you have in mind to do that now seems the right time to do..”...Ruby Dee...
“It looks like [at this time] at the end of next year 2020, it will be my last year at West Shore...I came quietly in 2000, and plan on leaving quietly in 2020... and its' been a journey filled with many experiences, fond memories, people and great students”...and although I don't know if I have any more chapters left, time does march on, and now it seems just right to "close this particular chapter" on my tenure at West Shore at the end of next year 2020...and its been a "heck of a ride!"!
I am always looking for NOTEBOOK PAPER, PLASTIC FORKS/SPOONS, PAPER TOWELS, HAND-SANITIZER & KLEENEX TISSUES, and SMALL BITE-SIZE CANDIES for the class.    
Besides LECTURES, you are held accountable for any READ, REVIEW, REINFORCE or VIEW taskings which can show on QUIZZES, TESTS, or other EVALUATIONS. Any OPTIONAL resource is just that - optional and students will not be evaluated on that resource
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2020 NATIONAL EXAM

Da Nang Vietnam [1971]

APUSH COURSE & EXAM DESCRIPTION 2019

HYPERLINK on the IMAGE [directly below] to access the 2019 APUSH  COURSE & DESCRIPTION
ciFOCUS will be updated beginning this week, as we did not have much to evaluate last week.

I've noted that some of you can't find me?  Please go to your favorite search engine, type in Mr. Pustay, and it will give you an immediate option.  Hyperlink on it and there you go [off to the races].   I will show it again on Monday.

In addition, please EMAIL me to the school email, as I DO NOT monitor my PRIVATE EMAIL ACCOUNT daily.  The SCHOOL EMAIL is PUSTAY.JAMES@brevardschools.org.

This week, we begin an examination of Pre-Columbus, America.    Don't forget that we have a QUIZ just over your CONTENT from your TEXTBOOK READING [please note GOOGLE CALENDAR CHAPTER ONE.  There will be 23 QUESTIONS.  The EXAM is worth 50 POINTS.  You may use your PRINTED OUTLINE, VOCABULARY, and any HANDWRITTEN NOTES you write from CHAPTER ONE.

​See you Monday! 

 
 
2020 NATIONAL EXAM

​​Da Nang Vietnam [1971]

AP PSYCH COURSE & EXAM DESCRIPTION 2019

HYPERLINK on the IMAGE [directly below] to access the 2019 AP PSYCHOLOGY COURSE & DESCRIPTION

2019-20 AP PSYCHOLOGY UPDATE 

FOCUS will be updated beginning this week, as we did not have much to evaluate last week.

I've noted that some of you can't find me?  Please go to your favorite search engine, type in Mr. Pustay, and it will give you an immediate option.  Hyperlink on it and there you go [off to the races].   I will show it again on Monday.

In addition, please EMAIL me to the school email, as I DO NOT monitor my PRIVATE EMAIL ACCOUNT daily.  The SCHOOL EMAIL is PUSTAY.JAMES@brevardschools.org.

This week, we continue in an overview of relationships.    Don't forget that we have a QUIZ just over your TEXTBOOK READING [please note GOOGLE CALENDAR] of HISTORY [UNIT 1].  Don't forget too, that on WEDNESDAY, we will have a QUIZ only on your READING of the TEXT MATERIAL [but, please remember, it is your understanding at a higher level which the questions will be based.   In other words, do you not only understand the terminology & concepts, but do you know how its applications work.

​See you Monday! 
This coming year should be my "swan song" after 21 years of teaching AND 21 years of military service.  In psychology, we discuss many forms of stress, anxieties, fears, phobias and depression.  I really am an open book, so if you have any questions...please DO NOT hesitate to ask me.  For example, I don't like waiting in lines [macrophobia], nor being in large groups of people [agoraphobia].  That developed early in my military experience for reasons I will discuss this year.   Please take advantage and don't be "stand-off-ish" to old people.   We don't bite!   See you in August.     
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Should I get real comfortable with everything on your web site?    You can see (below) just about everyone knows the answer, right?

West Shore Jr. Sr. High School

Here is a video I found on YOUTUBE created by a former student at West Shore a few years ago.  You may enjoy taking a look.
Idiom of the Day

all bark and no bite

Full of talk that is more threatening or impressive than that which one can or will actually do.

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