Failure turns to success

"Bill's Self-less Jayhawks do not miss a beat

By DOUG TUCKER,
AP Sports Writer

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) During his first year as a head coach, Bill Self's Oral Roberts team lost 18 games in a row and he recalls thinking, "Maybe this isn't going to be as easy as I thought."
He won only 10 games the next year. Then he stumbled to a 1-3 start the year after that.
"I'd been thinking we would find ways to trick people and win games," he said. "I realized real fast that players win games. That's when the light went on."
It hasn't dimmed since.
In the next 13 years, Self's teams at ORU, Tulsa, Illinois and Kansas have captured 10 conference championships and finished second twice. His worst season was 19-12.
After winning last year's NCAA championship, all five starters and the top seven scorers departed. Self would have to incorporate eight newcomers into the mix. The Jayhawks were picked no higher than third and as low as fifth.
But with guard Sherron Collins and center Cole Aldrich reaching star status and the others finding their roles, the Jayhawks brought home a fifth consecutive Big 12 regular-season title. Now they're back in the round of 16 for the third straight year in what could be Self's finest coaching performance. "
http://boston.stats.com/cbk/story.asp?i=20090325201304150000101&ref=hea&tm=&src=
(full article here)

NCAA Coach fails early, but is great late. hmm..... - I wonder if our kids might learn from failure.

Frustration - Questions that don't have great answers.

Why do kids today not value their education? I know this does not apply to all kids, but I am referring to regular high school kids. Not the ones taking Pre-AP or AP, just the ones trying to get by. Why does our educational system teach to the lower or mid tier? Why are we expected to find a way to pass the children. Why aren't they held more accountable?

Quote for the day -

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."-- Colin Powell

I don't think the kids today are learning from failure. I think they don't care or mind if they fail. They don't value their education.

Back in Action!

Spring Break is over and teachers all over Texas rolled back into work. It might have been harder for the teachers than the kids. I missed sleeping a little later, taking my time cooking breakfast for my kids and reading the paper and drinking my coffee at a relaxed pace. Kids got no breakfast at home, I did not read the paper, and coffee was made and drank on the run. Time never stops, but it seems to fly when you have a break and take forever when you have to work. Today seemed as long the whole spring break was.
Here is a quote I looked up to keep up with my blogging:

"The great successful men of the world have used their imagination…they think ahead and create their mental picture in all its details, filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building - steadily building."-Robert Collier

I found another one as I was surfing throught the blogs and websites:

"If you'll do today what others won't, you'll do tomorrow what others can't."

Unknown
Steve Jett
Strategic Employee Benefit Services,
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

This can relate to our blogs. :)




I am not sure who Robert Collier is, but I am going to try to steadily build my blog. Happy reading whoever takes the time.

Go Gators.

Back to work!

Spring Break ended much quicker than it began. March Madness (The NCAA Basketball Tournament) is in full swing, so I got to watch some decent basketball this weekend. I had a full week of vacation, and I wish I had another one. I read or heard somewhere that most successful people read every day, and write down much of the good things they hear. I am going to try to do that on my blog. Following one of the basketball blogs took me in that direction. The blogger just links posts to newspapers and you can read away. I am going to give it a shot this next week and see where it leads. Here is my first one. From Eric Mussleman's Basketball blog:

Be willing to share
"If you've found just one item of value on this blog over the last year or so, then it's been worth it. I've certainly enjoyed it. Even more, I've enjoyed interacting with so many great coaches, managers, and friends all over the world.For me, the blog was about sharing items that coaches and leaders might find meaningful or worthy or constructive. In many cases, it was something that someone had shared with me first. After all, that's the nature of coaching.Nearly all of the posts here have included at least one quote. This one will be no different. It comes from a blog reader who passed it along to me recently:
“The greatest difficulty with the world is not its ability to produce,but the unwillingness to share.”"

Spring Break

Spring Break is a wonderful perk associated with the field of education. Not many other professions get a week off in the spring. I can catch up on my book study work, fill out my brackets for March Madness, get to actually watch March Madness, and countless other activities. I am thinking about taking the kids to the zoo, and going to a Disney on Ice show as well. Currently this blog is still a personal diary type thing, but at least I am getting experience.
I have seen where some people update their blog hourly or more. Blogging seems to be an addicting activity to some.

Blogging can be slow but I still see the potential!

I guess it takes a little time to take off. Getting responses to blogs only come as quick as anyone follows. I am sure I will learn how to build my base of followers. I finished chapter 2 in our book study, so I am waiting for the next set of questions to answer. It is Friday night, I am bored, so I am blogging. Not the educational type of blog I guess, just an entry about my week. I really have been thinking about how a blog can work in my classes. I am sure only a trial will tell, but I am a little skeptical. I am excited about it, but will my students be? I have some lazy children that would much rather be hanging out with friends than blogging about English. At least that is my thought process currently. I really am worried that we don't have the technology at our school to make it totally effective. If the kids don't have it at home (computer) then the whole idea won't reach everyone.