The more I read and learn the more I still find amazing the people that say money doesn’t help schools. Even on the basic level of salary, people say more salary doesn’t increase the quality of teacher. Recently a letter said that if I pay the same teacher more money, will they be a better teacher? Well, the answer is obviously no. But, over time, if you pay teachers more money, better people will become teachers. Further, the better teachers will come to your district.
I am reading a book about the best practices in education and the ideas they have are very clearly excellent, but they require money to implement. Usually it involves hiring more teacher (hence lowering the student to teacher ratio) so that more individualized attention can be given. There are people out there that believe that class size doesn’t matter, but that is absurd. Reasearch and common sense contradicts that logic. This is very frustrating.
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If you plan to read this book and don’t want to have it ruined you may want to not read this.
What an amazing book. J.K. Rowling really makes you feel the emotions of the characters in it. Having said that…
I feel empty inside, like a real person died. I can feel the pain that Harry is feeling. So much, that I really don’t want to be alone right now. It seems silly to me, but it is said. Dumbledore is dead and there is nothing we can do to make it stop and the people that did it are still at large. It is very upsetting.
I think the fact that a book can bring out such emotion is a true testament to the skill that Rowling has. It reminds me a lot of Star Wars III when you could feel the anguish and emotion that was going through Anakin.
I will say I was shocked that Snape was a Death Eater in the end. I was also please with the conflict that existed in Malfoy, very nice touch. I was surprised that there wasn’t a bigger deal made about how Harry was right the whole time about Draco though. Also, I don’t think the word FireBolt was used in the whole book, which is unusual, because Harry’s broom is always referred to as a FireBolt, and not just a broom.
Harry and Ginny breaking up was very reminiscent of Spider Man. I wonder if that is were she got the idea? I was also saddened by this, but I guess I understand.
I am not sure how Harry’s adventure is going to work out. He couldn’t even beat Snape, how is he going to beat Voldemort without more training?
I think these are my thoughts for now. Feeling a little better having gotten this off my chest. I will just have to try to remember the good times. 
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I am in Chapter 22, I think, and have some thought about Harry Potter.
I think Snape is a good guy. I don’t know why, but I just do.
I think Snape is the one who is going to die. I think this because dark arts teachers die after a year, also I think he will die helping Malfoy.
I am not sure who the Half-Blood Prince is. My leading candidates are Snape and Voldemort, but those seen too obvious.
That is all for now.
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One week ago today I started delivering pizzas at Papa Savario’s. It is an exciting job, I guess. I just drive around all night. I don’t mind this as I can listen to talk radio or listen to a book on tape, currently Journey to the Center of the Earth. I will share with all of you that on my first night of work I crashed into a garage door. I got out of my car and was in such a hurry that I forgot to put my car in park and it rolled into a garage door. Now, $540 later, I will hopefully make enough money this summer to pay for it. 
Anyway, at least it gets me out of the house.
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I have decided to write a book about running a summer camp. The main reason is that I feel I can do a good job. I just returned home from my camp and I have a lot of ideas in my head. I have all of this experience and knowledge about this obscure subject and I feel that should do something with it. So, I am going to do this!
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