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October 2009 
Something My Students Should See
Posted on Mar 22nd, 2009
by 
drechanteuse
drechanteuse
I wanted my students to see this video as we begin our unit on electricity and magnetism. Mark, the guy in the video, was my high school sweetheart. Barb was one of his wives. He's had, well, several now. That's ok.
There were two reasons I wanted to show it to my students. The first one is that they need to be really aware of the dangers of playing with electricity. That's obvious. The second one is that they are often so easy to give up. They just quit at the first sign of difficulty. If Barbara Guerra isn't the antithesis of that, than I don't know who is.
I, too, have had many hurdles to overcome in my lifetime, and I never quit, but my obstacles were never so obvious. I think Barbara is an amazing woman, even though it is weird is that the only way I even knew about her was because Mark's little brother Jason who used to be with us on Zaadz told me about the video.
Life is strange.
The video will give you an error message, but click on the box below that says it's from Montel, and you can watch most of it.
There were two reasons I wanted to show it to my students. The first one is that they need to be really aware of the dangers of playing with electricity. That's obvious. The second one is that they are often so easy to give up. They just quit at the first sign of difficulty. If Barbara Guerra isn't the antithesis of that, than I don't know who is.
I, too, have had many hurdles to overcome in my lifetime, and I never quit, but my obstacles were never so obvious. I think Barbara is an amazing woman, even though it is weird is that the only way I even knew about her was because Mark's little brother Jason who used to be with us on Zaadz told me about the video.
Life is strange.
The video will give you an error message, but click on the box below that says it's from Montel, and you can watch most of it.
Barbara Guerra
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Dear Andrea, I am laughing right now because I can not figure out how to get to “Montel”. When you press on the video there's about 12 photos underneath but none of them say Montel. The one that said DAE guy, I thought maybe that's him, but he's speaking in a foreign language. Sometimes it feels like I'm not a very tech savvy person at all, no way.
Am thinking about your blog in relation to something Sandra just said on DD. About not quitting, not giving up, when looking a the blank piece of paper. Something's clicking here, maybe not technologically-wise, but writing-wise.
OK! Love, Kathy
Kathy,
My mistake. Try the one that says, “A super mom without hands.” That is, if you ever get back to it. I think it's pretty inspirational, though.
Andrea,
How dare I ever complain about anything again! This is incredible!
What an inspiration. It proves the power of mind over matter and how focused intention works. I had a few teachers that were inspiring and I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that those who see this incredible story will never forget.
You greatly blessed all with this!
Namaste