Anxiety & Wiki's

I have issues with anxiety. Have I mentioned this before? The anxiety attacks started back at my first teaching job. I was teaching full-time, advising 4 groups after school and commuting to Iowa to maintain my relationship with Quinn's Dad, Luke. I had a lot on my plate and I have always maintained the highest expectations or hopes for myself. I've nearly always felt I had something to prove. So, it all started getting to me and Sunday nights I could hardly get to sleep, even though I had to get up around 5:30 to get ready to get to school by 6:45. Gracious. It's weird to think back about those days.

Nowadays, I regulate things better and so my best not to overload myself nearly so often, except, for weeks like this. With the dinner theater this week, there are hundreds of details to achieve. Not only that, but I will be gone this Friday and next Tuesday for my brother's wedding and birthday and I need to get Valleyfair squared away before I go-- and leave lesson plans for the nice fellow who will be here in my stead. Whew! That's quite a bit to do!

Now, to this week of work. I would like you to experiment with Wikipedia. For a long time, I had personal misgivings about Wikipedia and assumed that knowledge created by thousands of people had to be unreliable and yet, the more I investigated Wikipedia, the more I came to respect what it is. Many mechanisms are in place to triple check Wikipedia and it evolves faster than your typical encyclopedia, which means it is always current.

What to do?
First, I want you all to find out what WIKI means. Then, I want you to register with Wikipedia. You are going to add to the store of information that Wikipedia houses with your own knowledge and expertise. From the following categories, you are going to select a topic or idea, person or place, to research on Wikipedia and then, after submitting to me a short summary of what you found, I want you to ADD something to that page.

Here are the categories for each day of the week. You need to summarize and add to one page per day.

Monday- Something or someone you admired from your childhood
Tuesday- A career path or subject you want to pursue professionally
Wednesday- Some kind of spirituality, school of thought or religion that has influenced your thinking
Thursday- A beloved author, musician or artist
Friday- Your choice

Each day you will submit to me a summary of the page that currently exists and also note what you added and why. I will check the Wiki pages to confirm your work. Note: plagiarism means recounting information given to you by others without crediting their work. Be mindful of re-wording and crediting Wiki.

Remember: you have two flickr projects that- for some- are still not complete. Be sure this work is done SOON!