Time for a New Gas Cabinet

May 28, 2011

Is your gas cabinet showing signs of wear? It may be time to consider replacing them. After so many years these cabinets may start showing signs of deterioration that could leave their abilities to protect your cylinders compromised. Once a cabinet starts showing these signs of wear it is a good idea to look into some options on replacing them.

 

The rate in which your gas cabinet starts showing signs of wear can vary significantly based on a number of factors. If your cabinets are outdoors the elements will start wearing them down as soon as you set them up in their location. If your cabinets are indoors they will last you longer but will also start to break down at a more rapid pace if their in an environment that is not light and temperature controlled.

 

Some of the early signs of wear will be color fade and squeaky hinges. Then the cabinet can start to oxidize and rust. Once the cabinet begins to rust, the rest of its deterioration is inevitable. Within a few years you will need to replace the cabinet or risk failing your next inspection. There are also elements of deterioration you will be unable to see. If you have special sealed cabinets the seals could lose their effectiveness over time. If you have fire sprinklers inside of the cabinet they could also malfunction with age.

 

As soon as you start spotting signs of wear on your cabinets it is a good idea to look at some options on replacing them. You can opt to go with brand new cabinets or refurbished cabinets.

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I Should Have Researched Teacher Professional Development Sooner

May 24, 2011

Everyone knows that books you have to read in school are the ones you never end up enjoying. I teach English and I thought that was true. Had I looked into teacher professional development sooner I would not be kicking myself for accepting that misconception for so long. It’s not surprising anyone teaching a literature course assumes no one will read the assigned material when all you’re given to teach with is a standardized lesson plan with the dullest and driest prompts imaginable.

 

Let’s not even talk about Shakespeare. Yes, he’s great and literature probably would be inconceivably altered had he not so eloquently showcased the now basic tenets of character, plot and all that symbolism. But there’s no way you’re going to capture the attention of teenagers with a story written in a diction so archaic it borders on Middle English. It’s just not going to happen. What can happen, though, is you pick more contemporary novels or plays and you can relate it back to authors like Shakespeare or the other dreaded poet, Homer.

 

After I got completely tired of the same routine every semester, I decide I was going to find a better way. It was alarming how many helpful things I found just after some cursory searching. Theories about the nature of the novel that at once seemed to me so dry were now attainable concepts that I could relate back to my students in better ways than just giving a quiz about which characters did what.

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