acarya's Projects

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Change Education, Change the Future

Change the teachers, change the education of our young, CHANGE THE WORLD.

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acarya's blog

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slow but sure

Well, I have been on here only a few weeks and I have made a few friends and posted a few responses here and there. I am hoping people recognize how important it will be to educate the children to continue our mission that we are trying to accomplish. Education is the "now what" for when the adults that are too closed minded have children, we can help their children open their minds...

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Social networking with a purpose... AWESOME!!!!

Let me introduce myself. I am an educator in Allentown, PA, USA; licensed in art education in both MA and PA.

I have been subbing and just barely eeking out an existence with my wife and two children on the meager money that substitute teaching pays... but art positions have come and gone and others get hired.

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"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders

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About Me

Bio

I have lived in Pennsylvania most of my life, with a couple of years in New York at Syracuse University, and a couple years' stint in Massachusetts during my previous marriage, a very short stay in South Carolina for basic training and another very short time in Virginia for advanced training for the National Guard.

I am probably going to stay in Pennsylvania, but I love the Great Smokies and Asheville sounds awesome and I have never been west of Pittsburgh, PA, but Colorado sounds really great, too. I would probably move for a full time teaching position if offered one.

I am spiritually bound to a hybrid "path with no name," having read Tibetan, Mahayana, and Zen Buddhism; Taoism, Shintoism; Greek, Roman, Norse, and Egyptian Mythologies;
Wicca, Witta, and other pagan traditions, Judeo-Christian traditions, Native American myths and traditions, and a bit about Hinduism and yoga. I practice ashtanga yoga whenever possible. I have also read Dan Millman's works extensively, especially Way of the Peaceful Warrior. So, combining many different and concurrent ideas from all of this, I have an open minded spiritual path. The only thing I shy from is closed-minded, dogma based traditions.

Skills and talents
Teaching. Computers. Watercolor Painting. Pencil Drawing. Calligraphy. Subtractive Sculpture. Hiking. Camping. Mountain Biking. Rock Climbing. Ashtanga Yoga.
Interests
Climbing, comparative religions, green living, reading, simple living, teaching, Yoga
What I'm Listening To
Krishna Das, Tina Malia, Miten and Deva Premal, Ubaka Hill, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Website I'm Into
Integral Life - Ken Wilber

Education

High school
Parkland High School
College
Kutztown University
Graduate school
n/a

Work

Employer
Allentown School District
Position
Substitute Teacher