And on the Eighth Week...

Caleb brought his blog project to a close. I feel like maybe there should have been more resting in there somewhere...

Well this week's topic (which was done after my final, which was a funny trip) involved everyone's favorite thing: MONEY! Oh what a joyous occasion, discussing how to get it... fo FREE. I mean free money for free. That's good, right? In the words of the great Wayne, "SHA!" Of course, most people aren't going to just throw it at you. You have to work at it. Like a college scholarship. On steroids. Twice.

It's only logical. It really is an investment in the classroom. A grant is only going to go to a classroom where a person feels there will be a great benefit. If a business or organization doesn't feel that their money will do a whole lot, why would they give it away? Ca-razy. The work involved is more than just a "do you really want it" process. Their goal is to make you prove that you aren't tossing their money away for no reason. I think it's a great encouragement and motivator. The only downside is that even when teachers really will put the money to great use, the task of getting the money is so daunting that they feel like they couldn't ever get it, and so give up before they even begin. But that's something they have to deal with on their own time, because I'm getting that money. Aw yeah.

And thus ends this little project. It's been a ride. A fun one. A short one, as well. At least as far as classes go. An actual ride that took eight weeks is a little crazy. That would be better tagged a "trip." Bring snacks, kids. But I digress. It's been fun, and I look forward to toying with the bloggifier and finaggling with the whose-a-whats-its to achieve full blogdom. Yeah.

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