Emmy award season is upon us, then the talk will turn to the Oscars (and with that, the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards, the AFI awards, The People's Choice Awards and so on and so on - it's a lot of self-congratulation from January through March in Holly-weird.) As long as there have been award shows there have been celebrities saying the following eight words: "It is an honor just to be nominated." They even practice the face they make in case they lose:
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For years, I've wondered who the first celebrity was to utter those words. Well, regardless, I will not get a chance to make that face or utter the words in public. Because yes, I have been nominated; and yes, I am way beyond honored; "win" or "lose." The Academy of Education Arts and Sciences had to cancel the ceremony due to many factors. Read about it here.
Am I disappointed? Of course. Pretty gown, fancy shoes, sparkling jewelry, red carpet, hair and make-up, husband in a tux... what woman wouldn't be disappointed about missing out on a fun, fancy night in the nation's glittering capital city? However, I am still a nominee, along with four other gloriously talented School Technologists: Felix Jacomino @felixjacomino, Amanda Dykes @amandacdykes, Rafranz Davis @RafranzDavis, and Erin Olson @eolsonteacher and we have all won thus far, as far as I am concerned, so yes, it is an honor to be nominated among such company! Win or lose the actual award, I know we will all continue doing our best to make our students and colleagues positive, happy, fearless consumers of technology.
This is from Bammyawards.org: Perhaps the greatest threat facing all educators today is the relentless national criticism of America's public schools. The national narrative that is driving the negative public perception of education is leading to a decrease in public confidence and calls for reduced financial support. Today, educators face intense scrutiny and criticism, while what is right in American education is largely ignored. So, for the Academy, and for me, personally, this isn't about giving and receiving awards. This is about showing the world what's going right in education. My fellow nominees and I are what's right along with hundreds, no, thousands, of other educators across the country, connecting and collaborating across disciplines and grades and even schools and states! So it is more than not wearing the pretty gown and fancy shoes and walking a red carpet that disappoints me. It is the fact there is a lost opportunity to show the United States all that's good in education, and all that's right in education in a very public and exciting way. In a way that people will understand and connect with the way they do the Oscars or the Emmys.
Instead, my very good friends and 2015 Bammy Nominees for Middle School Principal, Dr. Donald Gately @donald_gately and Mr. Dan McCabe @danieldmccabe will be spending the evening at my home with their spouses and some of our other colleagues and friends, eating, drinking, laughing, and watching the live stream of the awards, hosted by other very good friends and fellow nominees Dr. Tony Sinanis @TonySinanis and Dr. Joe SanFelippo @Joesanfelippofc. Will there still be a way to share the fact that education in the United States is not the dismal miasma of uncaring individuals only out for paychecks and pensions and summers off? To show the world we are not the people Time Magazine criticizes or Governor Christie of New Jersey wants to "punch in the face?" That we are individuals who love our students, who spend our own money on our classroom supplies, who constantly give and take professional development to sharpen and redefine our skills, and collaborate on projects, connect on Twitter, and teach or administrate, despite underfunded schools, over-crowded classrooms, understaffed buildings, and tax caps. Well, I will continue to do what I am doing and share it with whomever I can, wherever I can and hope that it will spread. For that, I am honored to be a nominee, but more so, I am honored to be a teacher.
Am I disappointed? Of course. Pretty gown, fancy shoes, sparkling jewelry, red carpet, hair and make-up, husband in a tux... what woman wouldn't be disappointed about missing out on a fun, fancy night in the nation's glittering capital city? However, I am still a nominee, along with four other gloriously talented School Technologists: Felix Jacomino @felixjacomino, Amanda Dykes @amandacdykes, Rafranz Davis @RafranzDavis, and Erin Olson @eolsonteacher and we have all won thus far, as far as I am concerned, so yes, it is an honor to be nominated among such company! Win or lose the actual award, I know we will all continue doing our best to make our students and colleagues positive, happy, fearless consumers of technology.
This is from Bammyawards.org: Perhaps the greatest threat facing all educators today is the relentless national criticism of America's public schools. The national narrative that is driving the negative public perception of education is leading to a decrease in public confidence and calls for reduced financial support. Today, educators face intense scrutiny and criticism, while what is right in American education is largely ignored. So, for the Academy, and for me, personally, this isn't about giving and receiving awards. This is about showing the world what's going right in education. My fellow nominees and I are what's right along with hundreds, no, thousands, of other educators across the country, connecting and collaborating across disciplines and grades and even schools and states! So it is more than not wearing the pretty gown and fancy shoes and walking a red carpet that disappoints me. It is the fact there is a lost opportunity to show the United States all that's good in education, and all that's right in education in a very public and exciting way. In a way that people will understand and connect with the way they do the Oscars or the Emmys.
Instead, my very good friends and 2015 Bammy Nominees for Middle School Principal, Dr. Donald Gately @donald_gately and Mr. Dan McCabe @danieldmccabe will be spending the evening at my home with their spouses and some of our other colleagues and friends, eating, drinking, laughing, and watching the live stream of the awards, hosted by other very good friends and fellow nominees Dr. Tony Sinanis @TonySinanis and Dr. Joe SanFelippo @Joesanfelippofc. Will there still be a way to share the fact that education in the United States is not the dismal miasma of uncaring individuals only out for paychecks and pensions and summers off? To show the world we are not the people Time Magazine criticizes or Governor Christie of New Jersey wants to "punch in the face?" That we are individuals who love our students, who spend our own money on our classroom supplies, who constantly give and take professional development to sharpen and redefine our skills, and collaborate on projects, connect on Twitter, and teach or administrate, despite underfunded schools, over-crowded classrooms, understaffed buildings, and tax caps. Well, I will continue to do what I am doing and share it with whomever I can, wherever I can and hope that it will spread. For that, I am honored to be a nominee, but more so, I am honored to be a teacher.