"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
 This coming year as you can probably tell will be my last [but, I've learned never to "burn all my bridges"] year.   I'm just getting really, really old, and I already spent 21 years in the military AND now teaching 21 years in the teaching profession.  I think I am beginning to wear out [not mentally, as I still feel 25 here, but physically, as I feel 85[.   Kind of makes sense to retire.   

The [LEFT, DOWN] photo places me at nearly 19 years old in Da Nang, Vietnam in 1971.  Vietnam vets are slowly going the way of the WWII & Korean vets - getting old, fading and passing away.   

​If you have any questions on what any of my experiences were there, or interested in the jungle war, or my career [please skim my biography]...please DO NOT hesitate to ask me questions next year.  

When you come back, I'll be interested in understanding who your 8th grade history teacher was, how much did you learn, what are your study skills like [middle school level? or, college level like?].  I always like to begin at world history, what drove explorers to the West, how did technology change, and how did England, France, Spain, Netherlands & Sweden migrate here.  Also, in 8th grade, you learned the U.S. Constitution, so what do you remember?   

Don't worry, I will bring everyone along to a common baseline before we start digging into our APUSH material.         
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 

AP Psychology is undergoing updates for the 2019-20 school year to make things clearer for both my students and myself, as the teacher.  I will not have the key information until summertime...but...I will update my online website to reflect a greater accuracy in terms of the new structures.   However, even with the changes, the syllabus doesn't change, it is more to help students better prepare for the national exam.   So...you can still get ahead if you want to by looking at the menu for the year. 

I will update you as I change any language or webpage.   

Okay, I like to take a few weeks to take psychology terminology, topics, concepts, famous experiments and discuss them in terms of things students have a little understanding.  It is important to have students grasp the applications, and be able to apply them to different scenarios.  This demonstrates to the students psychology is everywhere. 

​See you in August.
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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