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| The George W. Bush puppet has spoken, this time on gay adoption. McCain, speaking to the New York Times in an article published on Sunday July 23, 2008, "said flatly that he opposed allowing gay couples to adopt. 'I think that we’ve proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don’t believe in gay adoption.'"
While trying to bend to the Christian "right" that makes a HUGE portion of the Republican voting bloc, McCain has overlooked findings of major medical and psychological assocations that differ in their opinions.
For example, the American Psyhcological Assocation in its Resolution on Sexual Orientation, Parents, and Children (adopted in July of 2004) states: "there is no scientific evidence that parenting effectiveness is related to parental sexual orientation: lesbian and gay parents are as likely as heterosexual parents to provide supportive and healthy environments for their children"; and "research has shown that the adjustment, development, and psychological well-being of children is unrelated to parental sexual orientation and that the children of lesbian and gay parents are as likely as those of heterosexual parents to flourish."
Further, the Department of Justice in Canada writes in their July 2006 report Children's Development of Social Competence Across Family Types that: The strongest conclusion that can be drawn from the empirical literature is that the vast majority of studies show that children living with two mothers and children living with a mother and father have the same levels of social competence. A few studies suggest that children with two lesbian mothers may have marginally better social competence than children in traditional nuclear families, even fewer studies show the opposite, and most studies fail to find any differences. The very limited body of research on children with two gay fathers supports this same conclusion."
As well, there is the question of if a kid is raised in a two mom/two dad household, that the children are prone to become homosexual. Many studies have show that those raised in single sex parenting households have no greater chance of their children becoming gay than those raised in male/female parent households. | | |
| It feels like there is a piece missing. For the past year and a half, I have been focusing on trying to find a full time teaching position (7th and 8th Grade History in San Diego...I leave in 6 weeks or so to San Diego). While the focus to finding a job came and went as time progressed, because of hiring seasons for teaching. But during the fall, work is busy at Gap, and during this past winter, it was working as a long term sub. During that time, I've been dating people, hanging out friends, so and and so forth.
Now that I have the job, now that I have aspect of my life checked off, now that things are a little more settled, it feels like that I have another piece missing. That piece of the puzzle is having someone as a boyfriend, a companion, a best friend. In the season of friends getting married and having kids, It is getting a little repititive to spend nights by myself. It's coming up on a year being single, since I broke up with Andrew. He has moved on, dated other people, why haven't I? It hurts even more that I'll be moving cross country to a "new" town (I say new, because I was not out the last time I lived in San Diego); it just makes me feel that much lonlier.
Let me make one thing explicitly clear however, this is not one of those "nobody loves me" type of posts. I know I have friends that care about me and my well being. With the move, it puts a lot of things in perspective when you have to leave everything behind to move to a new town.
Here's to looking forward to what lies ahead... | | |
| i just feel like i have alot in my head, and that if I don't type it out somewhere, in order to have me actively think about it, I a) won't be able to get to sleep b) won't calm down my heart rate, which is above comfort level in order for me to get to sleep.
this has been a shitty week to say the lest. The ultimate down fall was the agreement by andrew and myself to end our relationship. It was something we both agreed on with heavy hearts. We just could not continue causing pain to each other and to ourselves with the constant pangs of loneliness and longing for the other to be right next to us. I hope he knows that I do miss him. I wish that I was not such a disappointment because I was not able to get a teaching job in Arkansas. I feel like an even more disappointment for not getting a teaching job at all. There are times were something will just hit and I want to cry. Or other times, where I feel absolutely numb.
I found my American Revolution unit plan I did for my social studies methods class I had in Winter of '06. It was really good, I wish I was able to do it for an actual classroom; not the classroom I imagine in my head, decorated on one wall with a collage of TIME Magazine covers (to help with current event discussions), a world map, that is both upside down and centered on the pacific, not atlantic ocean. There are many things I wish for right now.
work has also been somewhat annoying. It's weird, there are times where I absolutely love it, other times where I wish I just was not even there.
Tonight was decent, I'm glad I didn't feel like a third wheel most of the night. But a friendship has definitely changed and will not be the same like it was before.
It's 47 degrees and I've got the shivers, so I guess it's time for me to try to sleep
At least one team is expected to win tomorrow. | | |
| Don't Be So Hard On Yourself...
...but it's hard not to. So far I have applied to the following school districts:
Bentonville (AR) Schools (My Number One Pick)
Fayetteville (AR) Schools
Springdale (AR) Schools
Rogers (AR) Schools
Arlington (VA) Schools
Township (IL) Schools
O'fallon (IL) Schools
Breck (MN) School
League City (TX) Independent Schools
San Diego (CA) Unified Schools
Sweetwater (CA) Unified School District -- the school district I graduated from
Prince William County (VA) Schools
Regional Education Application Placement (REAP) - US, Michigan, Missouri and Texas
The reason why I italicized San Diego Unified is because they are the ONLY school district I have heard back from, to tell me that they did not have any openings with my certifications opening anytime soon. Not one interview has been scheduled, not one call back. To hear from a staff member at the School of Education and former principal of 14 years look over my portfolio and say that I would get hired in an instant 4 months ago, makes the fact that where I'm at now suck even more. I've already pretty much given up trying to get to Northwest Arkansas, which hurts a lot, but there is nothing down there. It was a hard realization to start looking across the country, but i'm focusing on metro areas near NW arkansas...st. louis, Tulsa, Dallas and pretty much anywhere in the country. I have a possibility of O'fallon, but after two weeks of "we are still reviewing applications" they have not called back yet. Fayetteville High School has a one year social studies position open, which would put me, at work, 5 minutes from Andrew. However, they previously had two social studies positions open with coaching assignments attached, and I called to make sure I had everything in, only to find a week later the positions taken down. For those positions, they already had staff members in mind, probably like the Arlington Middle School Position I applied for in February, that was posted for a week. It's not fair, they should have blind applications for any position like that, to even the playing field. The prospects of me becoming a teacher next year are fading day by day :-\ I do have the possibility of a job at the 'U' that I do not feel comfortable talking about now, one) because the job is not posted and two) I do not know how much of a chance I will get it. There is also Gap Inc. and a management position but there is nothing in the district (twelve oaks, briarwood,laurel park, orchard lake, and a few others) but my general manager did say that she would recommend me if a position opened here, in our district, arkansas or anywhere else I wanted to go. So I have that to fall back on.
I still feel like the cards are stacked against me... | | |
| Ok, this is work related but my biggest pet peeve...when I am at the register...or, let's change this to your view point as the shopper:
If you come up to the cash register and are ready to be rung out, make up your freaking mind before you come up. Do NOT stand up there deciding back and forth and just look at an item to figure out You were supoosed to do that on the floor, or in the fitting room when you were looking at yourself in the mirror....not in at the cash register when there are people waiting in line....on the busiest day we've had in months!!!!
Working again tomorrow 7am-4pm, new Kid's Stuff.
For my loyal readers, Gap started their "Really Big Sale" today...the stuff will probably be gone friday! Product Red Stuff too!
Tonight: Aut Bar for the L Word Season Finale! | | |
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