I'm doing 42 things
Keep my NY state teacher certification valid by taking 175 hours of professional development before June 30, 2017 (read all 9 entries…)
Session on teacher evaluation and brainstorming for Regents prep – 1 hour
Jeff Welton's Life List
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1. Learn sign language
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2. Increase my vocabulary
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3. Visit Ireland and England (do some genealogy)
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4. Write a full length play and have it produced
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5. Travel the United States with my one-man show
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6. Be more fluent in German
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7. Improve my posture
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8. Photograph things with letters on them to spell out my name
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9. Be a tourist in my own town (visit 20 sites I have never been to before)
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10. Meet all my neighbors
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11. Take singing lessons
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12. Visit a shut-in
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13. Karaoke more often
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14. Play trombone again
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15. Pay off school loans
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16. Become a better photographer
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17. Visit Crater Lake and climb the cinder cone
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18. Do the Couch to 5k running plan
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19. Get down to 170 pounds
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20. Know at least one person from each state
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21. Climb the Koln Cathedral again and eat a potato pancake in the plaza
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22. Read 100 classic novels of the 20th Century to my daughter
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23. Buy a good camera for long range bird photos
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24. Learn additional swing dance steps
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25. Watch all of the movies in the AFI top 100 list
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26. Get accepted to the Honeywell Advanced Space Academy
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27. Visit Oleg in Russia
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28. Go to Schlitterbahn Water Park in Texas
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29. Teach at the Nature Pilgrimage
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30. Create and sell stamp advent calendars
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31. Perform my "continuous" theater idea
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32. Do research on the 10-year rule
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33. Keep my NY state teacher certification valid by taking 175 hours of professional development before June 30, 2017
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34. Play Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie and Franz Liebkind in The Producers
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35. Get a NYFA grant
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36. Find out where William Porter Welton (Great Great Great Grandfather) came from
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37. Visit Evegeny in Leipzig
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38. Figure out how to make Sauerbraten out of chicken
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39. Get chimney swifts to nest in our yard
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40. Create an award winning display for the PSS Convention
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41. Read all of the books on The Friendswood library list of 150 Best English Language Novels of the 20th century
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42. Watch a live taping of Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me in Chicago
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: I selected 11 people that I admired and respect their opinions. I carefully selected each person for a unique perspective including family, friends, my thesis advisor, historical figures and even fictional characters. I then sent the list with images to an artist on Etsy and had her sketch the picture for me. Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: I used an alternative educational program here in NY that allows people to change careers quickly rather than going through the undergraduate degrees and student teaching. First you take a year of courses while working your regular job. Then you get a Transitional Certification and teach for two years while taking classes and being mentored. Then you get your Initial Certification and teach for another year on your own. Then you need… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Read all of the books on The Friendswood library list of 150 Best English Language Novels of the 20th century (read all 4 entries…)
“A Passage to India” by E.M. Forster. It was interesting – especially from an outsiders perspective. It’s easy to dislike both the English and the Indians at times. It was also intriguing to understand such a different mind set.
The man who wrote the book on Axe makers of Canada contacted me because his friend is selling a William Porter Welton axe. I wasn’t sure how to accomplish this goal but it might just happen soon!
