Mr. C.’s Random Thoughts

Ryan Velting could have taken this in my front yard except for the fact that there’s only one dandelion and the grass is neatly mowed!

If you’re into photography, he’s got some cool stuff at Ryan’s Calamity.

First off I would like to take a minute and say how honored I am to be the first contributor to Mr. Culbert’s blog. Thus said, I would like to take a minute and warn you young underclassmen about hackers….This is coming from an experienced business computer programmer. I would like to warn you about a few things that will be the death of your computer; Spyware, Ad-ware, and viruses. This weekend I logged on to my home computer only to find that I could not use Windows XP. The dialogue box said that my version of Windows was pirated. It then asked for my name address and credit card number. It said the credit card would not be charged but I thought that this looked a little shady. I entered my cell phone number hoping that I would be able to continue. I could not. After a little research I found that this was a scam and addressed the issue, but I was left with tons of ad-ware and spy-ware. The next morning my cell phone had been deactivated. Pretty Scary. This is just a warning to you to be careful what you download, and don’t download anything on Culbert’s computers. He will get very angry.

Have a good day,

CHS19666

bibme.org will generate a bibliography for you. Although research paper season has come and gone for this year, some of you might use this over the summer in summer school or in the fall.

Click here if you want a reason why all of your teachers are in such a foul mood from Spring Break to the end of school.  But, thanks to Websense, you’ll have to click on your own time and at home!

Photos by me!

 

 

…and if you haven’t gotten your mom anything, shame on you! Before I had kids, I had absolutely no idea how much parents pour into their kids. So, tell your mom you love her…it’ll be her favorite gift this year.

I spent last Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Austin with the state UIL academic team. It was the first time I have taken kids to Austin and I had a great time.

Congratulations to Kevin Elliott, who placed 4th in 3A in Computer Applications. This is the first time any Canyon student has advanced to state in Computer Applications!

We also took:

• Matt Hadley, who placed 1st and Tops in Texas in News Writing,
• Kylee Olson, who placed 1st place in Lincoln-Douglas Debate,
• Seth Allison, who was named to the One-Act Play All-Star Cast,
• Matt Hinders, who was named to the One-Act Play Honorable Mention All-Star Cast,
• Amanda Say, who was also name to the One-Act Play Honorable Mention All-Star Cast,
• Tyler Mahan, who competed in Informative Speaking,
• Krislyn Wurtz, who competed in Feature Writing,
• the cast and crew of Taming of the Shrew, the first one-act play to advance to state since 1964!

Enjoy these pictures!

If you’re a student at Canyon HS, you know what I’m talking about when I say “sad day.” Death is not an easy thing to deal with. Especially the death of a young person, and suicide is one of the hardest.

But I want you all to know some things. They may sound obvious but it’s necessary for you to hear them:

1. Suicide is not the answer.
2. When you are processing the death of someone you cared for, there are no wrong emotions. It is normal to feel sad, confused, and angry all at the same time. Some people are unaccustomed to processing the huge torrent of feelings that these circumstances unleash and need help with it. That’s OK.
3. There are people here that want nothing more than to help you with what you’re going through. Some of us are trained in crisis intervention and grief counseling, others of us (like me) just have life experience in dealing with this kind of sadness. If we don’t feel like we can provide the right kind of help for you, we will make sure that you will get to someone who is. You do not have to go through this alone. If you’re hesitant about reaching out, I want you to remember that something that I heard on the radio a couple of weeks ago:  “counseling is NOT for a specific type of person, it’s for a specific type of circumstances.”
4. Routine is your friend. As odd as it sounds, sometimes just going through the motions of a normal day can be comforting. I’m not saying that taking that vocabulary quiz in Spanish is going to solve all of your problems, but it does help to get reconnected back a sense of normalcy.

I wish I had a lot of wisdom to impart but I don’t. But I do know that it’s hard to deal with (I lost my best friend from high school to suicide 3 1/2 years ago) and I want to help you if you need it.