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These bits of songs are rattling through my brain lately:

You know I’d go back there tomorrow
But for the work I’ve taken on
Stoking the star maker machinery…
~Joni Mitchell

If ever a system cried out to have “cluster-” as part of it’s description, this is it. The state of Florida is pushing for some type of performance-pay plan for teachers. One version of that is called STAR (Special Teachers Are Rewarded) and it was replaced by MAP (Merit Award Program) even before it was fully implemented. Today (on my own time and at my own expense) I sent two registered letters as part of the appeal procedure in my district’s (poorly planned and more poorly implemented) version of STAR. Aarrrgghhhh….

I hear you knocking
But you can’t come in
I hear you knocking
Go back where you’ve been
~Gale Storm

In addition to my site having been offline for several days recently I have been locked out of the administrative functions until today. Generally, my web hosting company provides reliable service and tech support has been quick and effective when there were problems. Until this time. I can get in now, but I still have no explanation for why I was locked out or why it took seven attempts before they finally reset my password. Aarrrgghhhh….

I’m not the kind of man who tends to socialize
I seem to lean on old familiar ways
And I ain’t no fool for love songs that whisper in my ears
Still crazy after all these years, still crazy after all these years
~Simon and Garfunkel

Except, of course, that I am frequently a fool. Aarrrgghhhh….