Oh Nuts

The other day, while doing another round of searching for more blogging prompt ideas. I came across the following question and I posted it on my personal Facebook page as well as in a FB group that I am a part of and on my Twitter page. If you were able to change one school rule, what would it be and why would you change it? After receiving several answers to the above questions I saw that standardized testing was the main topic that kept popping up in the answers. Even though I have heard of standardized testing and the discussion surrounding it, I haven't ever taken the test. So I decided to do some research so that I could add more to the conversation. Instead, I decided to let the following responses that I received to the question to the talking. Photo by  moren hsu  on  Unsplash Brooklyn - "I would change the enforcement of test lol. Why? Because it’s a waste of time. Instead, there should be more class discussion to test the knowledge and level of learning

Gospel Reading: Luke 1:36-38 https://www.catholic.org/news/national/story.php?id=54667 "Mary said, 'Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.  May it be done to me according to your word.'  Then the angel departed from her." (Luke 1:38) Pray the Angelus, or a prayer of your choosing, for the courage to place your trust in God's providence as did the Blessed Virgin Mary.* *Taken from the 2019 Lenten Daily Devotional from the Basilica of The National Shrine of The Immaculate Conception.

The day I first started blogging was November 8, 2009. Yes, that long ago, though it doesn't feel like it some times. My first blog, which has since been closed and deleted, was called "Shieldmaiden of God." Some of what I have shared here has been similar to what I had written there. taken by me in Panera Bread Part of the reason why I got into blogging was that my sister and a long time family friend both had blogs at the time and I enjoyed reading what they wrote. In the 4 years that I had my first blog, I had fun learning about creating a blog as well as finding a niche of sorts to write it. I believe credit for the name of my first blog goes to my older sister, but I don't remember if she came up with the exact wording or of she suggested some ideas and I created the wording. Either way, my first blog was called "Shieldmaiden of God." When I first created this blog my original plan was to mainly share writing-related things. And while I still

Ash Wednesday Day of Fasting and Abstinence Found on Unsplash Gospel Reading: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 "When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearance, so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you may not appear to be fasting, except to your Father who is hidden." (Matthew 6:16-18) As Lent begins, ask Our Lord for His Guidance in your daily practice of prayer, fasting, and good works through the Lenten season.* *Taken from the 2019 Lenten Daily Devotional from the Basilica of The National Shrine of The Immaculate Conception.