Re: SPAH

["Tim Moyer - Working Man's Harps" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the support, Doug.  I loved my SPAH convention experience, and
would go back in a heartbeat.  I am suffering from the double-jeaopardy of
going to work in a school district that starts VERY early (students start
August 4th in Plano, TX., teachers the Monday prior).  It is probably
easier for a person under 18 to get away for a few days for a convention of
this type (provided the parents approve) than those who teach.  Getting a
week off just two weeks into the year is pretty much impossible for the
teacher.  

I enjoyed many of my experiences in the computer business, but when I look
back at the 20+ years I spent in programming, it was the eduational
products and projects that I enjoyed the most.  Working with research
libraries and elementary schools, librarians and classroom teachers,
creating tools, educational titles, and educational hardware was always the
most satisfying, if not the most financially rewarding.  I'm looking
forward to getting in to where the rubber meets the road, as they say.  And
yes, the money's not great, but I can always build harps to make up the
difference ;-)

- -tim

Tim Moyer
Working Man's Harps
http://www.workingmansharps.com/

At 03:19 PM 6/14/04 +0100, Douglas Tate wrote:
>At 16:03 14/06/2004, Tim Moyer wrote:
>
>>d.m.fairweather wrote:
>> > So who's going to SPAH this year?
>>
>>After just two great years, I'm not going to be able to go this
>>year.  I am starting a new career as a school teacher, and SPAH takes
>>place after the school year starts, I'll be working.  If the dates
>>don't move, I'll not see too many more harmonica conventions.
>
>This is a real problem and one which must come under review again.  If we 
>have the convention in the traditional place then we effectively rule out 
>anyone below 18.  If we have it before then we have other problems.
>Thanks for bringing this up Tim.  I believe that it is important that we 
>have the ability to meet people in education and also to provide a forum 
>for teachers to meet and discuss strategies in schools.
>
>Congratulations on the new career... I can attest that it's a great one.  I 
>went from being way up the tree in the European computer industry to 
>becoming a classroom teacher. Very little money to start off with but 
>immense satisfaction and the feeling that you are really contributing to 
>the community rather than making black boxes :))
>
>Douglas t 
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