My Teacher Webpage - Check It Out!!

http://www.edline.net/pages/Boys_and_Girls_Home/Classrooms/Christy_Fipps

Photographer’s Self-Portraits in Ballet Skirt Are Weapons in His Wife’s Breast Cancer Battle | Healthy Living - Yahoo! Shine

Photographer’s Self-Portraits in Ballet Skirt Are Weapons in His Wife’s Breast Cancer Battle | Healthy Living - Yahoo! Shine

This is AWESOME!!! Good for him :-)

Staying Motivated | Inside Higher Ed

Staying Motivated Inside Higher Ed

Ways to stay motivated while a graduate student

Indiana Mom Loses Legs After Saving Her Children From Tornado | Fox News

Indiana Mom Loses Legs After Saving Her Children From Tornado Fox News

Amazing story of a mother's courage to put her children first, no matter the cost..

Writing

This past Saturday, I spent the better part of three hours writing a simple 250 - 500 word summary of an educational summary.  Why did it take it so long to complete?  Well, I have not written in the APA style since undergrad, almost 12 years ago, for one thing.  I analyzed and over analyzed that I was plagiarizing my work as well!  Grand Canyon University has a policy in which all students submit papers to a website called Turnitin to check the validity of the student's work.  The lower the number, the better, just like in golf.  My first submission came back with a score of 3 - I was so excited!  I just hope that my next writing assignment will not take as long :-)

Modern Day Slavery

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/mansion-servant-enslaved-uber-rich-york-family-six-201707220.html

Modern day slavery - enough said.  What are your thoughts on this atrociousness?

I am so proud of my sister, Heather Nicole Fipps Hardee, for passing her first major exam in Nursing School!

My Relationship Horoscope for Today - Had to Share :-)

"Add a little method to the current madness, and you and your sweetheart will actually come out way ahead of the game. That means taking a more realistic view of the resources and goals you have in mind. "

     -courtesy of Astrology.com

A Major Decision

Hi, I am Christy.  I am a single mom to two wonderful children; Caleb, 8, and Anna-Grace, 4.  

I am in a fabulous relationship with a man named Harvey.  

I teach English, grades 6 - 12, with Columbus County Schools at Boys & Girls Home School.  

I just recently started graduate school to obtain my Masters in Educational Administration.  

This is a new adventure for me, and I thought, "What better way to keep my thoughts straight than writing in a journal.  And just not any journal, but a blog."  So, this is my foray into the world of blogging.  I may rattle at times, but that is me.  

I would love for you to follow my journey 
with me :-)