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unforth ([personal profile] unforth) wrote2006-06-02 01:22 pm

Some Good News

HEC won the Teaching American History grant that I did some work on. This isn't the crazy Early Childhood one that had me nuts a couple of months ago, but I did a fair amount of editting on it, and it's pretty awesome - 1 million dollars in federal money for the Bronx. :)

Edit: This is our fourth TAH grant, and we love winning them because they represent such a subversion of the intended purpose of these funds. The Teaching American History money is meant as a sort of conservative response thing, the money is meant to emphasize teaching AMERICAN history, that sort of thing, but we love winning them cause instead of using it in a conservative fashion, we use it to teach a really hands on history bit, getting kids access to museums and lots of cool stuff. :) So yeah. Here's to subversion! ;)

[identity profile] mistress-sin.livejournal.com 2006-06-02 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
nice!

*points to the fact that she's behaving*

[identity profile] unforth.livejournal.com 2006-06-02 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
:) Does it count when you have to point it out?

[identity profile] kniedzw.livejournal.com 2006-06-02 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Given how much work you put into that, that's really good news. Congratulations! :)

[identity profile] unforth.livejournal.com 2006-06-02 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, like I said, this isn't the one I wrote and put a crazy number of hours into, this is a different one that I did several major editting runs on and rewrote small sections of. I did have a distinct hand in it's creation, though. :) (yay, resume!) ...I still don't actually think we are going to get the one that I wrote, not because I wrote it but because it's VERY competitive. If we do win it, I'll hold a celebration of some sort. :)

[identity profile] kniedzw.livejournal.com 2006-06-02 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Bah. I refuse to listen to this argument. It's clearly that grant that you put hours and hours into working on. This I maintain, and you cannot dissuade me, for my will is mighty and my sanity lacking.

[identity profile] d-c-m.livejournal.com 2006-06-02 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
YAY!!!

[identity profile] unforth.livejournal.com 2006-06-02 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
yay! :)

[identity profile] buzzermccain.livejournal.com 2006-06-03 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
More yay!

(In the back of my head runs the refrain "Eleven o'clock, I have an interview, and all is well.")

-K

[identity profile] unforth.livejournal.com 2006-06-03 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, the interview is "teh awesome" :)

Go us! ;)