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My quotes can be found on Goodreads...
"Bert McCoy Goodreads"
"Bert McCoy Goodreads"
This website is a file cabinet of random resources for teaching...
I realize there are many video which are no longer available - My apologies.
I realize there are many video which are no longer available - My apologies.
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mccoyb@cvuhsd.org
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This website is my file cabinet of materials and ideas I use to best meet my teaching goals for my students which are to...
*Be present and in the moment
*Be an active listener and participate
*Be a part of all discussions
I do realize there are many videos that are no longer accessible...My sincere apologies!
- Be Good Human Beings
- Have Confidence in Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, and Thinking
- Be Happy in Life
*Be present and in the moment
*Be an active listener and participate
*Be a part of all discussions
I do realize there are many videos that are no longer accessible...My sincere apologies!
Interesting website...Reference 1984...Brave New World.
http://crisiscast.com/
http://crisiscast.com/
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
~Rabindranath Tagore
Welcome to English 12...I’m glad you’re here!
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to some of the major British and American authors, to help discover a rich cultural heritage, and to develop a genuine appreciation for some of the most time-tested works of art in the English language. I’m hoping we can have some fun. The more deeply you understand yourself, the more deeply you will understand great poetry and great Literature. Exploring a great piece of poetry/Literature is really exploring a great part of your Self. That being said, Let's begin our Self-realization journey.
~Bert McCoy
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Coffee before or after a nap?
I'm interested - I love napping!
We've all had a cup of coffee after a nap. But maybe we've been doing it all wrong. Maybe we should put the cup of coffee before the nap. It sounds counterintuitive. But apparently the coffee nap--a cup of joe followed immediately by a quick nap--has some scientific merits and unexpected health benefits.
Over at Vox, they've summarized the findings of researchers at Loughborough University in the UK, who found that "when tired participants took a 15-minute coffee nap, they went on to commit fewer errors in a driving simulator than when they were given only coffee, or only took a nap."
Or "a Japanese study found that people who took a caffeine nap before taking a series of memory tests performed significantly better on them compared with people who solely took a nap, or took a nap and then washed their faces or had a bright light shone in their eyes."
The accompanying Vox video above explains how the coffee nap works its magic. The biology and chemistry all get discussed in a quick two-minute clip.
I'm interested - I love napping!
We've all had a cup of coffee after a nap. But maybe we've been doing it all wrong. Maybe we should put the cup of coffee before the nap. It sounds counterintuitive. But apparently the coffee nap--a cup of joe followed immediately by a quick nap--has some scientific merits and unexpected health benefits.
Over at Vox, they've summarized the findings of researchers at Loughborough University in the UK, who found that "when tired participants took a 15-minute coffee nap, they went on to commit fewer errors in a driving simulator than when they were given only coffee, or only took a nap."
Or "a Japanese study found that people who took a caffeine nap before taking a series of memory tests performed significantly better on them compared with people who solely took a nap, or took a nap and then washed their faces or had a bright light shone in their eyes."
The accompanying Vox video above explains how the coffee nap works its magic. The biology and chemistry all get discussed in a quick two-minute clip.
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The Boiling Frog Theory
It's really no theory but sounds like one.
- Put a frog in a vessel of water and start heating the water...- As the temperature of the water rises, the frog is able to adjust its body temperature accordingly...- The frog keeps on adjusting with increase in temperature...- Just when the water is about to reach boiling point, the frog is not able to adjust anymore...- At that point the frog decides to jump out...- The frog tries to jump but is unable to do so, because it lost all its strength in adjusting with the water temperature...- Very soon the frog dies. What killed the frog?
Many of us would say the boiling water...But the truth is what killed the frog was its own inability to decide when it had to jump out...
We all need to adjust with people and situations, but we need to be sure when we need to adjust and when we need to confront / face or even consciously move out/ on...
There are times when we need to face the situation and take the appropriate action...Fight it & do it with all your honestly, sincerity and full force.
On the other side, if you are 110% sure that environment is beyond control or the objective is not providing adequate incentive…leave your ego, quit and move on to more productive cause in life.
Not only this will avoid your unnecessary suffering, this make you a better and balanced leader of your life and task in hand.
So, decide when to jump, adjust, or continue to boil yourself down...
It's really no theory but sounds like one.
- Put a frog in a vessel of water and start heating the water...- As the temperature of the water rises, the frog is able to adjust its body temperature accordingly...- The frog keeps on adjusting with increase in temperature...- Just when the water is about to reach boiling point, the frog is not able to adjust anymore...- At that point the frog decides to jump out...- The frog tries to jump but is unable to do so, because it lost all its strength in adjusting with the water temperature...- Very soon the frog dies. What killed the frog?
Many of us would say the boiling water...But the truth is what killed the frog was its own inability to decide when it had to jump out...
We all need to adjust with people and situations, but we need to be sure when we need to adjust and when we need to confront / face or even consciously move out/ on...
There are times when we need to face the situation and take the appropriate action...Fight it & do it with all your honestly, sincerity and full force.
On the other side, if you are 110% sure that environment is beyond control or the objective is not providing adequate incentive…leave your ego, quit and move on to more productive cause in life.
Not only this will avoid your unnecessary suffering, this make you a better and balanced leader of your life and task in hand.
So, decide when to jump, adjust, or continue to boil yourself down...
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/11-12/
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When you
Concentrate on the mistakes of others
Concentrate on what you don’t have
Concentrate on why you can’t be happy
Concentrate on the past
Concentrate on the future
Concentrate on what’s wrong with this very moment
How can you be happy?
~B McCoy
When you
Concentrate on the mistakes of others
Concentrate on what you don’t have
Concentrate on why you can’t be happy
Concentrate on the past
Concentrate on the future
Concentrate on what’s wrong with this very moment
How can you be happy?
~B McCoy
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