Seriously, I might never return from Spring Break. I have a hotel room with a canopy bed. I am sitting in a garden that smells quite strongly of Honeysuckle. I am sipping wine and eating crab cakes, both are provided free at the hotel from 5 – 6:30 every day!. I am less than 20 [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 19, 2008
Finally!
Vacation has arrived! I’m officially in a warm and sunny spot for the next 9 days. *Giant grin*
I am trying to decide whether to be amused or disgusted that the bathroom in my hotel is bigger than my bedroom in NY…the jacuzzi tub alone here is pretty much the same size as my whole bathroom [...]
April 17, 2008
Need. Vacation. Now!
Yes, your child is generally a good kid. Unfortunately, today your little darling was a wee bit disrespectful and yes, I chastised this blatant display of rudeness. I hardly think a sharp “Watch your mouth.” is going to leave a permanent scar on your delicate little flower’s soul. You seem to think otherwise. Based on [...]
April 13, 2008
Perception. Part II.
It’s been a flood of activity in the “old” zone this week.
On Tuesday one of my students brought me a nice book of poems to look through. He described the book as “antique”. The copyright is 1994.
I played some music for them one period while they worked on writing metaphors. Twitch seemed shocked that I have [...]
April 10, 2008
This is Why Nothing Ever Gets Finished
In the last three weeks, I have had only about 2-3 real teaching days per week. Why? Workshops, field trips, student teacher observation bull$hit, random presentations by people from one of gazillions of partnerships we have at the school. Next week we have Earth Day and two days of some sort of testing, so yeah, [...]
April 3, 2008
Perception
From a story a student handed in the other day:
“He knocked on the door and a very old woman about 34 years old opened the door.”
Hmmm…
April 1, 2008
When A Grill Just Isn’t Enough…
I have some students who have, shall we say, an interesting sense of fashion. They have to wear a uniform, so they need to be pretty creative to really express themselves. Shoes say a lot. The way the laces are worn, the color combinations and the style can clearly speak volumes about who you are. [...]
