Sunday, February 26, 2012

2 weeks post-op

About two weeks ago I had shoulder surgery on my right shoulder. It had been hurting me for about 2-3 years, maybe longer, and it had finally become such an issue that I had to have it fixed. I would wake up numerous times during the night unable to move my arm because it hurt so bad. I had already tried two cortisone shots and taken a total of about 6-8 months off from rock climbing and mtn. biking in that 2-3 year time span. So I really just needed to have it operated on and get it fixed. In talking to my surgeon he said that it would be about one month before I would be able to comfortably reach out and grab anything and another two months before I could mtn. bike ride, and yet another month after that before I could get back to climbing. So all in all about a four month recovery. I figured no problem, this is a great time to deal with that since I have no life during the credentialing program anyways. So a few weeks back I underwent the operation; a subacromial decompression. Basically, he was going to relieve the pressure on the tendon in my shoulder by shaving down the bone and smoothing out the tendon. That was two and a half weeks ago and I was on my mtn. bike today for about 2 hours! It was an easy ride at the Santa Rosa Plateau, but I was out riding for about half an hour when I realized that my shoulder did not hurt at all. So much for waiting three months to ride again. I think I will give it another few weeks before I hit the climbing gym just let it recover some more, but I am really amazed. I am completely pain free and sleep better than I have in years. So, if you need a good surgeon for shoulder injuries I have the guy for you! I would recommend him in a heartbeat. 

Friday, February 24, 2012

Meeting Joe Jones

For those of you that do not know who Joe Jones is let me fill you in. He is a fictional student that drops out of H.S. in the ninth grade at the age of 17. He has essentially been let down by everyone in his life that could have been a support mechanism. I met Joe as part of an activity I did in my credentialing program at CSUSM. We read a short story about Joe and the many things that led to his dropping out of school. After the reading we were asked to rank from 1-11 the factors that were most responsible for his dropping out. The factors included his mom, Joe himself, his teacher, his first grade teacher, his principle, counselor, society, curriculum, etc. After we ranked them individually we had to form groups and come to a consensus on our rankings. To say we were in the spread formation would have been an understatement. My group of three had one item that was ranked #1 on one sheet and #11 on another so coming to a consensus was difficult. The real value in doing this exercise for me is in looking at all of the times and people in the educational "system" that could have made a difference and for one reason or another didn't. Joe was failed at at every level. As a teacher, as a person, I can only be responsible for my actions and I know that some day Joe is going to walk into my class, possibly late, and I sure hope I greet him with "I'm glad to see you today, let's get you up to speed!" I hope you do too!

Saturday, February 4, 2012


About Me


Rookie Blogger Alert!!!
The author of this blog is not responsible for boring or useless information. Actually I am, but I am not responsible for you taking your time to read it!!!

Now that I have that out of the way here I go... 

My name is Kevin Eagleton. Hence, the name of the blog. So why a blog? Well it is pretty simple. I am currently a student at California State University San Marcos pursuing my teaching credential and as part of our course work we are required to create a blog. The intent is for this site to become a place that I can reach out to and interact with the education community beyond my limited personal location. Beyond this, I would like to be able to integrate, if not this blog, a separate blog into my everyday classroom teaching. It is my belief that as teachers we need to be able to keep up with our students and right now our students are on the cutting edge of technology usage. We need to integrate this technology into the classroom daily as a means of making not only the information relevant but also the method of delivery. I hope the tools and skills from this course will help me do this in an effective manner.

I am married to a beautiful woman that has given me two beautiful children (all of which you can see in the sidebar), ages four and seven. My family loves to be outdoors. We especially love to camp and rock climb, which is what we do whenever we have the opportunity. My son and I love to backpack and I can't wait to get my wife and daughter going with us. My son Aaron plays the piano and my daughter loves to do ballet and tap.