More Holiday News

Hello,
How was your long Thanksgiving weekend? What did you do?
We visited with family in the Seattle area. Here is a picture of the cousins at Grandma's in Auburn.

This week is CASAS Testing and Pre-Registration Week. Don't forget to register for Winter Quarter classes and to ask about the Winterim classes being offered before Christmas (Writing in the morning, Financial Literacy in the evening).

It is hard to believe that we are entering the last month of 2008 already. What are your plans for the Christmas and New Year Holidays? What will you do? Will you travel, spend time with family, work, or just relax at home?

Have a great week!
Jason

Thanksgiving Week

Hello,

This is a picture of my wife, Maren, my oldest son, Jordan, and me in Seattle yesterday at the Seahawks football game. We lost again, but it was a great day anyway!

This is a very short week with only 2 days of classes (Monday and Tuesday). Thursday is Thanksgiving. A time when many families will get together, eat way too much food, watch football and talk about all the many things they are thankful for.

My wife and I talked about what we are thankful for with Calvin, our youngest. Our lists were all amazingly similar:

family

food

fun (toys)

dog and cat

Make a short list of the 3-5 most important things in your life.

Please leave your response by clicking on the "comment" link.

Also, don't forget to test your Turkey Knowledge by taking the Turkey Quiz at:

http://home.aristotle.net/Thanksgiving/trivia.asp

Learn more about Thanksgiving and other holidays at ESLhome.org

http://home.earthlink.net/~eslteacher/units/holidays.html#thanksgiving

Have a wonderful, long weekend and come back next week refreshed and ready for the CASAS Reading and Listening tests, pre-registration for winter quarter and the last couple of weeks of fall quarter. Time flies! :-) Ask your teacher about the two Winterim classes:

1. Financial Literacy: 6-9 p.m. at Chase

2. Writing: 9-11 a.m. on the main CBC campus

Take care,

Jason

Career Goals and Pathways

Good morning,
I hope you enjoyed the weekend.
This quarter is almost over and soon it will be 2009.
I know many of you are already planning ahead and thinking about the classes you will need to take in order to meet your career goals.
Please answer the following questions by clicking "comment" at the bottom of this post.

1. What is your "Dream Job"? If you could have any job in the world, what would it be? Why?
2. What is your long-term goal at CBC? Do you have an academic or class plan or have you talked to anyone about a Career Pathway?
3. If you are already retired, cannot work or are not interested in a job or career, what is your "Dream Day"? Describe what a perfect day of not working would be like for you :-)

CBC has many resources and programs to help you reach your academic and career goals. In other words, we can help you get from where you are now to where you want to be!
*Don't forget to ask your teacher about the special writing and financial literacy classes in December.
Have a great week!

What's Happening?

Hello,
I hope you had a great weekend!
Don't forget tomorrow is Veterans Day, so there will be no classes.
No matter what your politics and beliefs are, last week was an exciting and historic week.
How do you feel about Obama being elected the next president?
Can you find an article from any newspaper that is about reaction to the election?
Copy and paste the link in your response.

Here is my example:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008371554_obama10.html

Injuries and Accidents, oh my!

Hello,
This is a picture of my youngest son, Calvin, with his purple cast. A motorcycle tipped over on him and broke his leg. He has learned to move around pretty well with the cast, but we're all excited for it to come off next week!
Have you ever broken any bones? What was the worst accident or injury you have experienced?
Please take care of yourself!
Don't forget to vote! Tomorrow is Election Day!

Holiday Season

Hello again,
It is almost November and the holiday season will soon be here. Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas are very popular holidays in the United States. What is your favorite "American Holiday"? Why? What traditional holidays or customs from your home country do you celebrate here in the Tri Cities? Please click on "comments" to answer these questions.
Thank you!

Online English Practice

Hello,
What websites do you use to help you practice English?
"Agendaweb" is a good website with many free exercises.
Please comment to this post and leave the address of a website that you use to help you study English.

http://www.agendaweb.org/

Have a great rest of the week!

Sports!

Hello,

I have a soccer family. My two oldest boys play soccer in the fall and spring. Here is my family at TRAC in Pasco over the weekend. My 7 year old, Max, is playing goalie in the second picture. Did you play sports when you were a kid? What is your favorite sport to play or watch now?

Have a great week!

Weekend Ride

Hello,
I took a motorcycle ride Saturday afternoon and enjoyed the view of the Tri Cities (from afar) and the giant windmills south of Kennewick (up close!).
What was the best part about your weekend!

Did you watch the debate?

Hello,
Were you able to watch or listen to any of the final debate between McCain and Obama?
If so, what did you think? Who "won"?
What do you think is the most important issue that they discussed? What is the most important to you?
Click on the "Comments" link below to share your ideas and opinions.

Introductions

Hello! It is week 3 of the quarter already. Time flies!

Please reply to the following post with your own introduction. You can publish your post anonymously or sign in if you have a Gmail Account. Thanks and have a great week!


My name is Jason Clizer. I live in Kennewick with my wife, Maren, three wonderful boys, a dog and two cats. Our oldest son, Jordan is 12 years old and enjoys playing soccer. Our middle child, Max, is seven. He loves to read and is learning Spanish in the dual-language program at Edison Elementary school. Our “baby”, Calvin, is four years old. He loves to play Legos with his brothers and he also loves to tell stories to anyone who will listen!