What would you do?

Lately I have been completely enthralled by shows such as Survivorman and Man Vs Wild. I have also read a couple books about survival after a shipwreck (The Custom of the Sea) and a plane crash (Alive: The Miracle of the Andes).

In both the shows and the books, in order to survive, people have to resort to eating things that they might not normally consider for food: insects and people (both of which are repellent to me). In The Custom of the Sea, survivors of a shipwreck draw straws to determine who will be sacrificed for the survival of the others. In Alive, they survive on the flesh of those already dead (and frozen).

So my "survey" is one question:You are in a situation where you will die unless you eat either bugs or human flesh (like the survivors in the Andes, they are already dead - no drawing straws). You can eat your choice cooked or raw.

What do you do?

PS - I am finding that the answers are running roughly 50-50, with no discernible pattern to the choices.

Everybody has an opinion!

I love reading people's comments - whether they are letters to the editor or comments on a blog - I like to see what people think.

The internet is full of websites that let you do exactly that. Even the world of education is not immune to web-based criticism.

Two interesting sites are:

Rate Your Teacher - students and parents can rate (or grade - turn the tables) their teachers

Great Schools - the site provides demographics and test information, but parents, teachers, and students can put in their two cents.

Summertime...and the livin' is easy...

As a kid, I don't know that I ever gave much thought to what teachers did with their summers off. I probably thought they got rolled up and stored in the janitor's closet until the fall, when they were dusted off and cleaned up for teaching in September.

While I didn't go into teaching "for the summers off" I have to admit it is a nice perk of the job (although I tend to look at it as more of a comp time for all the lost nights and weekends spent grading). One of the things I like best is being able to spend time doing and learning cool new stuff. Last year, I went to Brazil to learn some Portuguese, went on a family vacation to Tybee Island, and took a class. This year I am attending two conferences (leadership and technology), takig two classes (my students are often stunned - what? you're going to SCHOOL in the SUMMER and you don't HAVE to?), as well as going on a family vacation to Hilton Head Island - I love the beach!

So what are your plans?