Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Too many high school clubs!?

My oldest daughter has really gotten into the "high school" thing--she is into not just a couple, but *four* different clubs! It stems from a strange couple of details of the logistics of getting to and from school each day.

She has a friend who lives just a couple of houses away in her mom's neighborhood. Each day, either her mom or I drive her and her friend Natella to school, and Natella's mom picks them up in the afternoons. However, because of the time at which Natella's mom can do that, the two of them have some extra time every afternoon. So, she joined Spanish club, Art club, Stand (which supports environmental initiatives, I think), and GSA (Gay Straight Alliance). She's big into helping out other people and supporting people's rights.

I feel great that she is getting socialization time and gets to particpate in things outside school in which she has fun.

She started out the session struggling again. It's been a few years, but unfortunately it's back to checking her work every day again. Sigh.

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Martin works as an Application Developer and Technical Lead at a large manufacturing company in the Phoenix valley. In that role, he writes and maintains a quality application that checks the quality of the materials used in the manufacturing process. He has a variety of programming skills in various web, batch processing, and database languages. He has been developing computer applications professionally at five companies since graduating with his Bachelor's in Computer Information Systems from DeVry in 1985. He has additional professional interests. He participates in a variety of safety teams as an office ergonomics assessor, emergency response team leader, and safety communications. He also teaches classes about agile thinking and database unit testing. Outside of work, he occasionally teaches and performs as a middle eastern drummer, lift weights, and spends time with his wife and two daughters. He's an avid supporter of the U.S. Bill of Rights 2nd Amendment, a National Rifle Association (NRA) life member, certified NRA instructor for five NRA classes, shooting range life member, Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL) member and volunteer, and runs 2nd Amendment Shop, L.L.C.