March 10th, 2011 
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Romantic Beaches, Fort Desoto Park, St. Andrews Sra, Sand Key Park
Author: Nancy Bryan
Fort Desoto Park.
St. Andrews SRA.
St. Andrews SRA beach is situated in the State Recreation Area. In 1995 it was announced aThe World’s Best Beacha. Why? Because of its white sand beaches and unusual color of water – light green! It proposes various types of activities, the most popular among them are snorkeling and fishing. It has unsurpassed marine world, so it attracts a lot of divers.
Sand Key Park
Sand Key Park is a large complex of entertainments. It was opened in 1984. This park offers nearly 100 acres of incredible activities. Sand Key Park is situated in natural conditions and its beach is one the most attractive sightseeing, as every year it is possible to find here sea turtles deposit eggs.
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About the Author
My name is Nancy and I adore travelling! I visited a lot of places and countries and I invite you to experience the world through my eyes!
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What is your opinion on SRA Corrective Reading and Math Program for students withSpecific Learning Disability?
I need to know the pros and cons of the SRA Corrective Reading and Math Program for students with Specific Learning Disability.
They work for some kids and not others. They bore all kids senseless. Here we have a group of kids that don’t like reading or math anyway, and we are going to feed them dry, boring stories.
I prefer a literature based program like Success For All, which is research based and had highly entertaining leveled readers. When my whole school used the program, we had amazing results and we were in a ghetto school. One of my boys went from reading at Gr1 to G5 by the end of the year.
Interestingly, when you look at research that is neutral, there are no significant gains using SRA. Almost all of the research that shows wonderful outcomes is somehow related to McGraw Hill, which publishes the program.
People should use the teaching program that fits their personality and skill level. SRA is good for new teachers or teachers who need a scripted approach. I am playful and wildly imaginative and that kind of teaching does not work for me. I want my kids to see how wonderful reading can be and SRA does not get the job done.
where can I find information about a reading program called SRA?
Try here:
https://www.sraonline.com/products.html?PHPSESSID=a369f22c6d9919d8ec6c18a7a3aa1478&tid=1
or here, if you’re in England:
http://ww.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/sra/readingmastery.htm
Advice of Air Force AFSC retraining or career path?
I am currently a 5-level SRA at luke afb, AZ. I do Tactical Aircraft Maintenance and although overall the job is alright, there are things I do like and things I don’t like.
*LIKES*
-I like the fact that Luke AFB is a training base and deployment / reassignments are virtually non existent. We just occasionally go TDY to different places for short periods of time. This makes married life alot easier.
-I like the relaxed environment between Officer and Enlisted members on the flightline.
*Dislikes*
- You constantly work outside 12 hours a day and in AZ it is either extremely hot or extremely cold.
- There is no such thing as a lunch break, you eat when you have time or dont eat at all some days.
- The job holds enormous amounts of responsibility with Quality Assurance, signing your name to everything you do, and having a T.O in your hand for daily washing of the canopy.
- With such a large squadron someone is always f**king something up and instead of holding the individual responsible, its always squadron punishment. It gets very annoying when its something you have no control of preventing as well.
- And most of all, there is no special hazard pay like other shops get, even though we are always the ones directly exposed to all of the hazardous chemicals/mishaps.
I am looking into either going guard or reserve, using my GI Bill to go to school full time and get bah pay. The only disadvantage to this is the almost 50% reduction in pay and I dont know the differences between guard and reserve and which would be a better choice.
The second option I am looking into is to retrain into another afsc that I actually enjoy doing. This is what I am looking for:
- Prefer Non-Deployments / Reassignments
- Prefer an indoor or partial indoor job that doesn’t require me to suffer through the extreme environments all day.
- Prefer a job that is non mechanical (turning wrenches)
- Prefer something computer based but not a boring scheduling job.
- Prefer a job that would station me in southern california ( that is where i am from )
- Prefer a job where I can work a normal 8-10 hour day, go home and hang out with my wife and not have a out of control schedule.
I am interested in Los Angeles AFB – Space and Missile Systems Center. They have a Space Superiority Systems Wing that sounded like it had a exciting mission. I started looking into Space Systems Operations Apprentice but when I started reading about the job on forums everyone talks about you could get stuck in missile warning 12 hour shifts that are 6 days on 3days off or you could get command and control ofsatellitess which is more rewarding. Another thing everyone kept talking about being stationed at bases in colorado but no one every mentioned anything about being stationed in Los Angeles, CA.
If anyone can comment on any of the topics discussed above, provide any AFSC that I may be interested in, or any advise to help me make a decision that would be great. Also if anyone has been stationed at Los Angeles AFB, what jobs might most fit my needs.
I am really interested in the Air Force Space program though. I would enjoy exploring space through video and images, controllingsatellitess, discovering new things and more. Maybe someone can even provide a rewarding career path where i go guard or reserve and use my Gi Bill to get into something like that.
Thank you for any input you give.
I suggest you just get out and away from the military.
1. No base is perfect, no job is perfect. I’m sure you could get your dream job and dream base and still gripe about something.
2. You’re a SRA… get over it! You will answer to your superiors and to your TO at all times, because if you mess it up, someones life is at stake!
3. Arizona.. cold? Honey, come on up here to Minot, ND. Currently a warm and fuzzy (-10), and that’s warmer than the temp on the flight line! Oh, and did they mention that you could get Minot with space/missiles?
4. EVERYONE deploys. You’ve been blessed for these first few years, but everyone is deployable, either in your career field or as an augmentee. Even our space folk deploy as augmentees.
5. Everyone would love a normal 8-10 hour day, even your commander and your chief. And their wives would love it as well.
6. As for special duty pay… only the fuel shop guys dealing directly with the hydrazine get that measly $150 a month. And for that I sent my hubby to work every day for 6 years, praying that nothing would happen and there would be no spills, while he lived day in and day out with those fuel bladders.
So… best bet… get out! Quit and go find a nice comfy job in the outside world where they can give you all of that.
I need help !!?
Does anyone know where on the internet I can find research that supports using the Wilson reading program for dyslexic children? My son’s school is using SRA in his reading resource room and I’ve just heard that SRA may actually be counteractive to Wilson which is what he gets at tutoring. I need all of the evidence I can get if I’m going to convince his ignorant school of anything. They act like dyslexia is a dirty word.
Your son’s tutor might be the best resource for this type of information, as they are actually using the program with him. I would talk to the tutor, explain the program they are using at school, and see what she says about it before doing anything else. It may not even be true that SRA works counter to Wilson – where did you hear that?