I was absolutely delighted to read this article, and I couldn't be prouder of the woman who was always proud of me. This woman is the reason I knew that I wanted to be a teacher; she is a gift to the city of Trenton and has helped to shape many many MANY lives. I am so proud!
TRENTON: Elementary teacher receives district's Golden Apple award
By Francesca Chilargi
Patricia Mazure, a teacher at Taylor Elementary School in Trenton, was awarded the district's Golden Apple award.
TRENTON — Patricia Mazure loves teaching her fifth-graders.
The Taylor Elementary School instructor, 60, enjoys teaching the children language arts and social studies, working with them and their personalities, watching them grow and seeing the light of learning glow.
“You know that they’re getting something that you’ve been trying to impart,” she said. “I just love teaching.”
Mazure’s fervor for her students is one of the reasons she landed the district’s Golden Apple award.
She received her award at Monday’s Board of Education meeting.
Taylor Principal Janice Misko nominated Mazure for the award.
Anyone can nominate a teacher, coach, parents or anybody else for the award. The school district gives out up to seven annually and has been recognizing people since the 1970s.
Mazure, who nabbed her first Golden Apple award, is quick to point out that she can’t take all of the credit.
“I am very honored, but I really think everyone in our building is part of this because we all share the same family of kids,” she said.
Mazure has been teaching fifth grade for 15 years at Taylor and before that she taught at the now-closed Owen Elementary School.
Receiving the award surprised the city resident because it has been a while since a teacher from Taylor had been selected.
Growing up in the community, Mazure attended Trenton Public Schools and so did her four children.
She has no plans to retire any time soon.
“As long as I get up every morning, I continue to love my job and I feel I am doing my job well, I don’t see a reason to retire,” she said. “Why would you want to leave something like that?
“I am very fortunate I have a career that I love because so many people just work a job. It’s like a gift and I am not going to turn my back on it now.”
I'm trying really hard right now to think positive about everything, and I decided that I needed to blog about some positive experiences. I've yet to write about Dave's birthday, so here we go:
Dave's birthday was a two parter. About a week before his birthday, I decided that we needed to surprise him. I threw together a trip to Dave and Buster’s as a surprise for him. It almost wasn’t a surprise, and I’m not quite sure it actually wasn’t, but Dave says he didn’t know. I made a facebook event to get everyone there and I forgot to make it a secret for about two hours, oops! At any rate, everyone came over, and we watched the GI Joe videos while we waited for Dave to call me. Dave called and about 8 men shoved their way into my bathtub to hide. What a surprise, haha…
We drove up and had a total blast. What a cool place! We pooled all of our tickets together and Dave got some really great stuff. I got a mug!
The day before Dave’s birthday we went to dinner at PF changes which was super yummy and then set off to go to see Coldplay at DTE! They are his favorite band, and they totally rock, so I was really happy to go. I got a little carsick on the way, and Dave was so sweet to let us stop and get a coke so I could burp it out, hahaha! I hope he always remembers our first birthday together as the one that I burped for an hour in the car. We got to the show and it was a blast! These pictures will show you, this band puts on one HELL of a show! So many props, Chris Martin was AMAZING live…just a total blast.
I always thought I'd know what songs I would want to be "our songs" when I found the one, but I think the moment that I found "our song"...or at least what I think is one of ours. I have never found words that fit us more than this song, and really the moment was just perfect. I've always liked this song, but in that moment it just made so much sense and was so beautiful. It means so much more now that all of this craziness is in my life. Wow, that was mushy. :)
Fix You - Coldplay When you try your best but you don't succeed When you get what you want but not what you need When you feel so tired but you can't sleep Stuck in reverse.
And the tears come streaming down your face When you lose something you can't replace When you love someone but it goes to waste Could it be worse?
Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you
And high up above or down below When you're too in love to let it go But if you never try you'll never know Just what you're worth
Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you
Tears stream, down your face When you lose something you cannot replace Tears stream down your face and I...
Tears stream, down on your face I promise you I will learn from my mistakes Tears stream down your face and I...
Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you
...it's not his crustache, it's not his weak/playgroud attitude of going dramatically into the locker room any time he gets checked, or even the obviously favoritism that ever announcer and member of the NHL's counsel has for him...
THIS proves, Sidney Crosby is a world class douche bag.
Read this article and then watch the video. He's so young, and it shows. How rude. Loss, Crosby’s snub leave Wings with bitter taste
DETROIT (AP)—The Red Wings can accept that Pittsburgh is the Stanley Cup champion. Getting snubbed by Sidney Crosby(notes) is another matter.
After watching Pittsburgh hoist the Cup on Detroit’s ice, the Red Wings lined up to shake hands with the Penguins as is custom in the NHL playoffs.
Detroit captain Nicklas Lidstrom(notes) was up front, followed by alternate captain Kris Draper(notes), congratulating many of the new champions while waiting for Pittsburgh’s captain.
“Nick was waiting and waiting, and Crosby didn’t come over to shake his hand,” Draper told an Associated Press reporter a couple hours later as he was leaving Joe Louis Arena. “That’s ridiculous, especially as their captain, and make sure you write that I said that!” ADVERTISEMENT
Crosby eventually skated over to shake hands with the Red Wings, but many had already headed for the dressing room. Detroit forward Johan Franzen(notes) and Crosby exchanged words and Crosby then shook hands with goaltender Chris Osgood(notes) and some other Detroit players.
The Penguins were unhappy with the accusation, especially since Crosby was photographed going through the line.
“Nobody respects the traditions of hockey more than Sidney Crosby,” team vice president Tom McMillan said. “It was a young team celebrating its first Cup and some of the guys might have been a little late getting into the handshake line.”
The losing team almost always leaves the ice quickly following an elimination loss, especially during the finals, and it was uncertain how long Lidstrom waited.
Pittsburgh didn’t need Crosby to finish off the Red Wings, beating them 2-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals without the superstar healthy enough to play for the whole game.
Detroit was bitter about blowing 2-0 and 3-2 leads in the series, but the previous champions gave the Penguins their due.
“You’ve got to give them credit,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said.
Goaltender Chris Osgood agreed.
“We’re not stunned,” he said. “They had a good team.”
The Red Wings were good, too, just not good enough to overcome hurt or misfiring stars in the finals.
They swept Columbus, survived a seven-game series against Anaheim and skated past Chicago in five games as MVP finalist Pavel Datsyuk(notes) missed several games with a foot injury and Marian Hossa(notes) scoring in just three games.
But the Red Wings couldn’t hold on to hoist the Cup for the second straight year and fifth time in 12 seasons when Datsyuk was out early in the finals and Hossa mustered only three assists against his former teammates.
“Any time you win three games in a final, you have a chance,” Babcock said. “We just didn’t have enough to get it done.
“The guys that were injured on our team this year never got their game back to the level it could be. And they were significant players for us.”
Hossa wasn’t hurt.
He was just ineffective.
Hossa seemed to crumble in the spotlight after turning down a lucrative, long-term contract last summer to stay with the runner-up Penguins to take a one-season shot at the Cup with the defending champions.
Hossa is eligible to be an unrestricted free agent again, but he wasn’t ready to talk about his plans.
“I can’t think about that now,” he said. “I’m sure we’ll have some talks.”
The Red Wings will have some interesting decisions to make this offseason because they probably can’t keep Hossa along with key free agents such as Jiri Hudler(notes), Mikael Samuelsson(notes), Tomas Kopecky(notes) and Ville Leino(notes).
Detroit general manager Ken Holland answered some of the franchise’s questions during the regular season by signing Henrik Zetterberg(notes) to a contract through the 2020-21 season and Franzen to an 11-year contract.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the deals, which are set up to pay the players much less toward the end of the contracts, don’t circumvent the salary cap.
“The rules allow what the Red Wings have done,” Bettman said during the playoffs. “But if I was running a team, which I’m not, I would opt for shorter-term contracts.
“If they keep doing it, some of the contracts will probably turn out to be great and some will lead to people scratching their heads.”
Zetterberg likes his team’s chances of competing for a championship next June and in the years to come.
“We still have a good team,” Zetterberg said shortly after shaving his two-month thick beard. “It’s going to make us stronger. We’ve got a great group of guys here that are going to be around for a number of years.”
I've learned it through life experiences, through changes toward happiness. I've learned it through crass remarks, and ludicrous phone calls.
I'm learning more every day, but I'm glad this is something I already know: I wouldn't let the color of my skin, the way I look, where I was born, or what others think of me define me;
I sure as HELL will NEVER let a piece of paper define me or the ones that I love.
