(07-20-2018 10:35 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 06:15 PM)ghostofclt Wrote:  clt says a straw trophy is very problematic in today’s society with the plastic straws hurting millenials.

Maybe a dyson trophy?

For the other folks in our conference, dyson is a higher end vacuum that you cannot find at Walmart.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dyson-DC33-Mu...m/53676024

clt says online doesn’t count. Joke is only applicable in store.

(07-20-2018 09:38 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 04:31 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 03:36 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 03:09 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 03:02 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  Everyone's favorite subject: math. lol

God bless you. That is one of the toughest subject to teach. Math and Special Ed teachers have my utmost respect.

+3 for you. Might be the first time I've given a + to a UTSA poster.

Wow, well I'm honored!! Thank you very much! I teach in Houston at a Title I school (meaning most of our students are economically disadvantaged), and I actually have nearly all the SPED kids from my grade level mixed into my math classes because Texas has been mainstreaming most of their SPED kids into regular classes with the thought that they'll get more out of school that way, rather than being isolated into separate SPED classes.

My wife teaches middle school English in the same school, and our school also has the highest percentage of ESL (English as Second Language) students in our district. Every day is different, and it's never boring. lol

I know all about Title I schools. I have never taught at a school that wasn't Title I. I'm an Art teacher. I've taught elementary, middle, and currently high school art. Inclusion has certainly changed the dynamics of education, but my job is much easier then yours.

North Texas and TCU have sent me several student teachers, and I always tell them the same thing up front.... If they are in education for the summers off, find another career. If they need someone to come around and tell them good job, find another career. I also tell them that the job isn't always fun, but it is never boring. And, just when you think you've seen it all, just wait, something even more unbelievable is certain to happen.

Enjoy the rest of your summer, and I wish you a great school year. It will be here soon.

Good advice you're giving those student teachers! Btw, you don't have it easy with Art either though. Granted, a lot of kids want to take Art, so you'll have a higher percentage of willing participants, so to speak. But at our school, the Art classes sometimes have 35 students or more, and it can become a zoo. One thing I'll say is that they do try to keep our math classes at a more manageable number (25 or so).

Gonna give you a +3 also. Always cool running across fellow teachers from time to time on these boards. I've never taught elementary btw, but I've taught 6th grade math all the way up through HS Geometry and enjoyed them all.

Thanks. Years ago when I taught elementary, I would regularly see kindergarten classes with 40 kids. That was difficult, but I learned a lot about how important time management, classroom structure, and organization is in teaching.

Now, I have it really good. I have a few Art I classes, but they only have around 20-25 students in each. My upper level Art II, Art III, and Art IV classes are much smaller, and usually have between 10-15 students in each. My school just built me a new art studio. It's wonderful. It has large 10 foot windows on the northern side, that provides great natural light for painting, and it has a large courtyard just for the art classes. Right now I'm designing a manicured garden for the space. It is actually nicer then some college art facilities I've been through. Since I am a sculptor they accented the room with Carrara marble, which I thought was a nice although unnecessary touch. My district is very good to me.

(07-21-2018 09:43 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 09:38 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 04:31 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 03:36 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 03:09 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  God bless you. That is one of the toughest subject to teach. Math and Special Ed teachers have my utmost respect.

+3 for you. Might be the first time I've given a + to a UTSA poster.

Wow, well I'm honored!! Thank you very much! I teach in Houston at a Title I school (meaning most of our students are economically disadvantaged), and I actually have nearly all the SPED kids from my grade level mixed into my math classes because Texas has been mainstreaming most of their SPED kids into regular classes with the thought that they'll get more out of school that way, rather than being isolated into separate SPED classes.

My wife teaches middle school English in the same school, and our school also has the highest percentage of ESL (English as Second Language) students in our district. Every day is different, and it's never boring. lol

I know all about Title I schools. I have never taught at a school that wasn't Title I. I'm an Art teacher. I've taught elementary, middle, and currently high school art. Inclusion has certainly changed the dynamics of education, but my job is much easier then yours.

North Texas and TCU have sent me several student teachers, and I always tell them the same thing up front.... If they are in education for the summers off, find another career. If they need someone to come around and tell them good job, find another career. I also tell them that the job isn't always fun, but it is never boring. And, just when you think you've seen it all, just wait, something even more unbelievable is certain to happen.

Enjoy the rest of your summer, and I wish you a great school year. It will be here soon.

Good advice you're giving those student teachers! Btw, you don't have it easy with Art either though. Granted, a lot of kids want to take Art, so you'll have a higher percentage of willing participants, so to speak. But at our school, the Art classes sometimes have 35 students or more, and it can become a zoo. One thing I'll say is that they do try to keep our math classes at a more manageable number (25 or so).

Gonna give you a +3 also. Always cool running across fellow teachers from time to time on these boards. I've never taught elementary btw, but I've taught 6th grade math all the way up through HS Geometry and enjoyed them all.

Thanks. Years ago when I taught elementary, I would regularly see kindergarten classes with 40 kids. That was difficult, but I learned a lot about how important time management, classroom structure, and organization is in teaching.

Now, I have it really good. I have a few Art I classes, but they only have around 20-25 students in each. My upper level Art II, Art III, and Art IV classes are much smaller, and usually have between 10-15 students in each. My school just built me a new art studio. It's wonderful. It has large 10 foot windows on the northern side, that provides great natural light for painting, and it has a large courtyard just for the art classes. Right now I'm designing a manicured garden for the space. It is actually nicer then some college art facilities I've been through. Since I am a sculptor they accented the room with Carrara marble, which I thought was a nice although unnecessary touch. My district is very good to me.

Wow!! That sounds fabulous! It sounds to me like you've earned a good measure of respect, and that the district recognizes what they have in you. One thing I can't stand about our school is that we have very thin slits for windows, so almost no natural lighting anywhere at all in the building. And the Art rooms are on the interior, so no windows at all for them. It was built about 35 years ago at a time when I'm told the philosophy was that large windows distract students from their learning because they'll spend too much time looking out.

All the newer schools in our district have nice, large windows, so that philosophy has thankfully gone by the wayside, because a school that resembles a prison doesn't exactly give students a warm, welcoming feeling. Would love to see your sculptures sometime. I'm half-German (German mother and American father, and my first language was German), and I have a couple relatives on the German side of my family who are pretty good painters. Another of my German relatives is also a movie director who won a couple awards at an international short film festival in New York about a year ago, and is now working on his first full-length film. No sculptors though.

(07-20-2018 09:01 AM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 06:34 AM)Magic95Fan Wrote:  This thread is fantastic. Im actually excited for September 15th now. Ive GOTTA know who sucks more.

If you think that's important check out the Nov 3rd Rice/UTEP struggle.

Rice is the only school we have any history with in this conference, even though it’s a new one at 22 years. It’s the only conference game I look forward to. Well, I really like Southern Miss as well followed by UAB and Marshall.

(07-21-2018 12:33 PM)UTEPDallas Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 09:01 AM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 06:34 AM)Magic95Fan Wrote:  This thread is fantastic. Im actually excited for September 15th now. Ive GOTTA know who sucks more.

If you think that's important check out the Nov 3rd Rice/UTEP struggle.

Rice is the only school we have any history with in this conference, even though it’s a new one at 22 years. It’s the only conference game I look forward to. Well, I really like Southern Miss as well followed by UAB and Marshall.

While I would definitely agree that UTEP and Rice are more of rivals than UTEP and North Texas are, we have a slight amount more history of games played against yall (26) then you have played against Rice.

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(07-21-2018 11:29 AM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(07-21-2018 09:43 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 09:38 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 04:31 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 03:36 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  Wow, well I'm honored!! Thank you very much! I teach in Houston at a Title I school (meaning most of our students are economically disadvantaged), and I actually have nearly all the SPED kids from my grade level mixed into my math classes because Texas has been mainstreaming most of their SPED kids into regular classes with the thought that they'll get more out of school that way, rather than being isolated into separate SPED classes.

My wife teaches middle school English in the same school, and our school also has the highest percentage of ESL (English as Second Language) students in our district. Every day is different, and it's never boring. lol

I know all about Title I schools. I have never taught at a school that wasn't Title I. I'm an Art teacher. I've taught elementary, middle, and currently high school art. Inclusion has certainly changed the dynamics of education, but my job is much easier then yours.

North Texas and TCU have sent me several student teachers, and I always tell them the same thing up front.... If they are in education for the summers off, find another career. If they need someone to come around and tell them good job, find another career. I also tell them that the job isn't always fun, but it is never boring. And, just when you think you've seen it all, just wait, something even more unbelievable is certain to happen.

Enjoy the rest of your summer, and I wish you a great school year. It will be here soon.

Good advice you're giving those student teachers! Btw, you don't have it easy with Art either though. Granted, a lot of kids want to take Art, so you'll have a higher percentage of willing participants, so to speak. But at our school, the Art classes sometimes have 35 students or more, and it can become a zoo. One thing I'll say is that they do try to keep our math classes at a more manageable number (25 or so).

Gonna give you a +3 also. Always cool running across fellow teachers from time to time on these boards. I've never taught elementary btw, but I've taught 6th grade math all the way up through HS Geometry and enjoyed them all.

Thanks. Years ago when I taught elementary, I would regularly see kindergarten classes with 40 kids. That was difficult, but I learned a lot about how important time management, classroom structure, and organization is in teaching.

Now, I have it really good. I have a few Art I classes, but they only have around 20-25 students in each. My upper level Art II, Art III, and Art IV classes are much smaller, and usually have between 10-15 students in each. My school just built me a new art studio. It's wonderful. It has large 10 foot windows on the northern side, that provides great natural light for painting, and it has a large courtyard just for the art classes. Right now I'm designing a manicured garden for the space. It is actually nicer then some college art facilities I've been through. Since I am a sculptor they accented the room with Carrara marble, which I thought was a nice although unnecessary touch. My district is very good to me.

Wow!! That sounds fabulous! It sounds to me like you've earned a good measure of respect, and that the district recognizes what they have in you. One thing I can't stand about our school is that we have very thin slits for windows, so almost no natural lighting anywhere at all in the building. And the Art rooms are on the interior, so no windows at all for them. It was built about 35 years ago at a time when I'm told the philosophy was that large windows distract students from their learning because they'll spend too much time looking out.

All the newer schools in our district have nice, large windows, so that philosophy has thankfully gone by the wayside, because a school that resembles a prison doesn't exactly give students a warm, welcoming feeling. Would love to see your sculptures sometime. I'm half-German (German mother and American father, and my first language was German), and I have a couple relatives on the German side of my family who are pretty good painters. Another of my German relatives is also a movie director who won a couple awards at an international short film festival in New York about a year ago, and is now working on his first full-length film. No sculptors though.

I always disliked those small windows too. Kids need sunshine.

Sounds like you have a talented family. Be sure to tell your relative that Denton hosts a documentary film festival every year called the Thin Line Film Festival. If he every makes a documentary he should consider submitting to it. Here is a link.

https://thinline.us/

My district is very good to me, and if I have my way, I'm sure I will stay there until I retire. Here are a couple of photos of sculptures I've done.

This is a bust of Joe Greene from his college years. I made it a few years back for the athletic department at North Texas, and it's located in the AD's office.



This is a bust of Ida Jarvis. I made it for TCU's College of Education. It's located on the ground floor of Palko Hall.

(07-21-2018 05:31 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(07-21-2018 11:29 AM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(07-21-2018 09:43 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 09:38 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 04:31 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  I know all about Title I schools. I have never taught at a school that wasn't Title I. I'm an Art teacher. I've taught elementary, middle, and currently high school art. Inclusion has certainly changed the dynamics of education, but my job is much easier then yours.

North Texas and TCU have sent me several student teachers, and I always tell them the same thing up front.... If they are in education for the summers off, find another career. If they need someone to come around and tell them good job, find another career. I also tell them that the job isn't always fun, but it is never boring. And, just when you think you've seen it all, just wait, something even more unbelievable is certain to happen.

Enjoy the rest of your summer, and I wish you a great school year. It will be here soon.

Good advice you're giving those student teachers! Btw, you don't have it easy with Art either though. Granted, a lot of kids want to take Art, so you'll have a higher percentage of willing participants, so to speak. But at our school, the Art classes sometimes have 35 students or more, and it can become a zoo. One thing I'll say is that they do try to keep our math classes at a more manageable number (25 or so).

Gonna give you a +3 also. Always cool running across fellow teachers from time to time on these boards. I've never taught elementary btw, but I've taught 6th grade math all the way up through HS Geometry and enjoyed them all.

Thanks. Years ago when I taught elementary, I would regularly see kindergarten classes with 40 kids. That was difficult, but I learned a lot about how important time management, classroom structure, and organization is in teaching.

Now, I have it really good. I have a few Art I classes, but they only have around 20-25 students in each. My upper level Art II, Art III, and Art IV classes are much smaller, and usually have between 10-15 students in each. My school just built me a new art studio. It's wonderful. It has large 10 foot windows on the northern side, that provides great natural light for painting, and it has a large courtyard just for the art classes. Right now I'm designing a manicured garden for the space. It is actually nicer then some college art facilities I've been through. Since I am a sculptor they accented the room with Carrara marble, which I thought was a nice although unnecessary touch. My district is very good to me.

Wow!! That sounds fabulous! It sounds to me like you've earned a good measure of respect, and that the district recognizes what they have in you. One thing I can't stand about our school is that we have very thin slits for windows, so almost no natural lighting anywhere at all in the building. And the Art rooms are on the interior, so no windows at all for them. It was built about 35 years ago at a time when I'm told the philosophy was that large windows distract students from their learning because they'll spend too much time looking out.

All the newer schools in our district have nice, large windows, so that philosophy has thankfully gone by the wayside, because a school that resembles a prison doesn't exactly give students a warm, welcoming feeling. Would love to see your sculptures sometime. I'm half-German (German mother and American father, and my first language was German), and I have a couple relatives on the German side of my family who are pretty good painters. Another of my German relatives is also a movie director who won a couple awards at an international short film festival in New York about a year ago, and is now working on his first full-length film. No sculptors though.

I always disliked those small windows too. Kids need sunshine.

Sounds like you have a talented family. Be sure to tell your relative that Denton hosts a documentary film festival every year called the Thin Line Film Festival. If he every makes a documentary he should consider submitting to it. Here is a link.

https://thinline.us/

My district is very good to me, and if I have my way, I'm sure I will stay there until I retire. Here are a couple of photos of sculptures I've done.

This is a bust of Joe Greene from his college years. I made it a few years back for the athletic department at North Texas, and it's located in the AD's office.



This is a bust of Ida Jarvis. I made it for TCU's College of Education. It's located on the ground floor of Palko Hall.

Nice!!! Very impressed!! Must be quite an honor to have your work on display in an AD office for the school you graduated from, and in TCU's College of Education. Do you have a connection to TCU also, or did they approach you or something about maybe doing a sculpture for them? I'll let my relative know about the documentary film festival also. He's young and upcoming (only about 24 or 25 in age) and just got married this past week. My wife and kid and I recently went to Germany for 10 days and spent part of our time there with him and his wife. They live in München (Munich), showed us around there, and also joined us for our visit to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Zugspitze (Germany's highest mountain).

(07-22-2018 12:10 AM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(07-21-2018 05:31 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(07-21-2018 11:29 AM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(07-21-2018 09:43 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 09:38 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  Good advice you're giving those student teachers! Btw, you don't have it easy with Art either though. Granted, a lot of kids want to take Art, so you'll have a higher percentage of willing participants, so to speak. But at our school, the Art classes sometimes have 35 students or more, and it can become a zoo. One thing I'll say is that they do try to keep our math classes at a more manageable number (25 or so).

Gonna give you a +3 also. Always cool running across fellow teachers from time to time on these boards. I've never taught elementary btw, but I've taught 6th grade math all the way up through HS Geometry and enjoyed them all.

Thanks. Years ago when I taught elementary, I would regularly see kindergarten classes with 40 kids. That was difficult, but I learned a lot about how important time management, classroom structure, and organization is in teaching.

Now, I have it really good. I have a few Art I classes, but they only have around 20-25 students in each. My upper level Art II, Art III, and Art IV classes are much smaller, and usually have between 10-15 students in each. My school just built me a new art studio. It's wonderful. It has large 10 foot windows on the northern side, that provides great natural light for painting, and it has a large courtyard just for the art classes. Right now I'm designing a manicured garden for the space. It is actually nicer then some college art facilities I've been through. Since I am a sculptor they accented the room with Carrara marble, which I thought was a nice although unnecessary touch. My district is very good to me.

Wow!! That sounds fabulous! It sounds to me like you've earned a good measure of respect, and that the district recognizes what they have in you. One thing I can't stand about our school is that we have very thin slits for windows, so almost no natural lighting anywhere at all in the building. And the Art rooms are on the interior, so no windows at all for them. It was built about 35 years ago at a time when I'm told the philosophy was that large windows distract students from their learning because they'll spend too much time looking out.

All the newer schools in our district have nice, large windows, so that philosophy has thankfully gone by the wayside, because a school that resembles a prison doesn't exactly give students a warm, welcoming feeling. Would love to see your sculptures sometime. I'm half-German (German mother and American father, and my first language was German), and I have a couple relatives on the German side of my family who are pretty good painters. Another of my German relatives is also a movie director who won a couple awards at an international short film festival in New York about a year ago, and is now working on his first full-length film. No sculptors though.

I always disliked those small windows too. Kids need sunshine.

Sounds like you have a talented family. Be sure to tell your relative that Denton hosts a documentary film festival every year called the Thin Line Film Festival. If he every makes a documentary he should consider submitting to it. Here is a link.

https://thinline.us/

My district is very good to me, and if I have my way, I'm sure I will stay there until I retire. Here are a couple of photos of sculptures I've done.

This is a bust of Joe Greene from his college years. I made it a few years back for the athletic department at North Texas, and it's located in the AD's office.



This is a bust of Ida Jarvis. I made it for TCU's College of Education. It's located on the ground floor of Palko Hall.

Nice!!! Very impressed!! Must be quite an honor to have your work on display in an AD office for the school you graduated from, and in TCU's College of Education. Do you have a connection to TCU also, or did they approach you or something about maybe doing a sculpture for them? I'll let my relative know about the documentary film festival also. He's young and upcoming (only about 24 or 25 in age) and just got married this past week. My wife and kid and I recently went to Germany for 10 days and spent part of our time there with him and his wife. They live in München (Munich), showed us around there, and also joined us for our visit to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Zugspitze (Germany's highest mountain).

Thanks. I feel very fortunate to be able to give back to North Texas. The university was very good to me and provided me with the education I needed to live out my dreams. When I taught in Fort Worth we often had professional developments at TCU. That is how I was approached about the commission.

I went to some places in Europe when I was a younger man, but not Germany. I think it is a beautiful country and someday hope to visit. Glad you were able to take your child to Germany and visit family. That is something special many people never get to do.

In 2019 UTEP will be playing their annual rivalry game with NMSU the second to last week of the season. It’s unusual for us to play them so late in the year. We’re giving little brother a hand with their schedule since they’ll be independent and it’s easier to find opponents earlier in the season. Maybe CUSA can build our own version of rivalry week during that week.

http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-19/2019-...hedule.php

(07-20-2018 09:25 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 06:53 PM)THUNDERGround Wrote:  

(07-20-2018 02:45 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  Trust me, I'm anything but a trash-talker. lol

Except when it comes to UTSA vs Punch U

Is Punch U LA Tech? I'm asking because I honestly don't know. A lot of my UTSA buddies dislike certain other schools with a passion, UNT and LA Tech being among them, but I'm completely honest in saying I really don't harbor ill will toward any school. I'm a season ticket holder for our home games even though I live 2 1/2 hours away in Houston, I also go to many away games.

The only school I've been to where I had any issue with opposing fans was New Mexico in Albuquerque. The first time I went there, a couple of groups talked smack while I was walking to the stadium. And when I went there again for our bowl game, a couple more guys were yelling obscenities at my 70-year-old mother and I as we were walking back to our car after the game. Granted, they were drunk, but still.

Been to many other stadiums, including LA Tech, UTEP, UNT, whom we're supposed to have budding rivalries with, and I had no issues. My feeling on it is if you're looking for trouble, you'll probably find it. Call me crazy, but I don't understand how people who are college-educated can get so oppositional towards other teams' fans for no other reason than they're there to support their school.

Yeah. A couple of years ago there was a classic thread about that game. And I mean classic.

Now if we could just add Marshall-Ohio to that...