[while looking at a map of alaska] "wait!! there's ROADS up there!!?!"
sarah: "who is james dean?"
andy: "he's the guy that makes those little sausages."
me: "no, that's jimmy dean"
30 October 2009
halloween
there is a giant whoopie cushion, a gorilla, and a 6 foot m&m playing cards in my classroom.
i love halloween.
i love halloween.
23 October 2009
tales from friday afternoon study hall
two of my seniors have finished their homework and are reading during study hall.
one is reading about the principles of astrophysics.
the other is reading "hop on pop".
and they are both reading sections out loud, simultaneously.
chris: "did you know that if all the matter in the universe were compressed to one infintesimal point, the density would be 1 x 10^72 tons per cubic inch?"
sydney: "mr. brown. mrs. brown. mr. brown is upside down. pup up. brown down. pup is down. where is brown?"
oh, kids...
one is reading about the principles of astrophysics.
the other is reading "hop on pop".
and they are both reading sections out loud, simultaneously.
chris: "did you know that if all the matter in the universe were compressed to one infintesimal point, the density would be 1 x 10^72 tons per cubic inch?"
sydney: "mr. brown. mrs. brown. mr. brown is upside down. pup up. brown down. pup is down. where is brown?"
oh, kids...
22 October 2009
07 October 2009
a brief analysis
why i hate my job: i don't get to take sick days
why i dislike my job: kids who can't stop talking
why i like my job: kids who make me laugh
why i love my job: i can stay an extra 45 minutes after class, go to the grocery store after work, and still make it home by 5
why i dislike my job: kids who can't stop talking
why i like my job: kids who make me laugh
why i love my job: i can stay an extra 45 minutes after class, go to the grocery store after work, and still make it home by 5
22 September 2009
why i'm glad i wasn't in charge of the boys during the high school reatreat...
[in front of the boys' cabin after lights out]
me: "how are things going over here?"
male chaperone: "well...this side of the cabin is beating each other up and that side of the cabin is making each other drink out of the toilet. so yeah, we're doing great."
me: "how are things going over here?"
male chaperone: "well...this side of the cabin is beating each other up and that side of the cabin is making each other drink out of the toilet. so yeah, we're doing great."
14 September 2009
my life is a study in sleep deprivation
real life is back in full swing and i'm starting to remember why i became a hermit last year.
my summer at the museum was amazing; i really didn't want to come back. but so far the school year is off to a fairly uneventful start. teaching two AP classes plus three other classes is a TON of work, but hasn't gotten overwhelming. it helps that i have everything done for my standard level u.s. history and u.s. government classes.
grad school is going way better this semester than in the past. i'm taking museum studies, which has been a fantastic class so far, and reconstruction, which isn't my favorite time period, but the professor is awesome. there isn't going to be a ridiculous amount of work - no major research paper involving thirty sources from five different college libraries!! - just a ridiculous amount of reading. no one should EVER be allowed to write a 700 page history monograph, particularly not about the reconstruction. but, most exciting thing of the semester, i figured out that the faculty parking lots right next to my building open to general permits at 6, meaning that i don't have to walk twenty minutes to get to my car. amazing!!
this week should be a whirlwind of craziness. i'm going on the high school retreat with my kids from wednesday - friday, and then to the retreat with my church from friday - sunday. and before that happens, i need to plan three days worth of lessons, read two books, and finish my AP u.s. history syllabus. sigh...adulthood is really overrated sometimes...
my summer at the museum was amazing; i really didn't want to come back. but so far the school year is off to a fairly uneventful start. teaching two AP classes plus three other classes is a TON of work, but hasn't gotten overwhelming. it helps that i have everything done for my standard level u.s. history and u.s. government classes.
grad school is going way better this semester than in the past. i'm taking museum studies, which has been a fantastic class so far, and reconstruction, which isn't my favorite time period, but the professor is awesome. there isn't going to be a ridiculous amount of work - no major research paper involving thirty sources from five different college libraries!! - just a ridiculous amount of reading. no one should EVER be allowed to write a 700 page history monograph, particularly not about the reconstruction. but, most exciting thing of the semester, i figured out that the faculty parking lots right next to my building open to general permits at 6, meaning that i don't have to walk twenty minutes to get to my car. amazing!!
this week should be a whirlwind of craziness. i'm going on the high school retreat with my kids from wednesday - friday, and then to the retreat with my church from friday - sunday. and before that happens, i need to plan three days worth of lessons, read two books, and finish my AP u.s. history syllabus. sigh...adulthood is really overrated sometimes...
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