Is it really any wonder that when it’s hot as Hell in the classroom that all Hell breaks loose? Today was that day. I attempted to teach for a while, but when the beads of sweat started rolling down my back I just couldn’t deal with it any more. I totally lost my own focus, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘giant’
January 5, 2007
Hamsters and Fists
The Giant gives me never-ending fodder for this blog. There was quite an episode today between him and The Mouth, a girl with whom most of the 7th grade has problems with.
It all started in science when someone commented that the class needed a new hamster since the first one tragically died during break.
“I had [...]
January 3, 2007
Creative Evolution
This afternoon the Giant (also found here, here, and here) came up to me and announced,
“Guess what Ms. M! I watched this really cool show on animals of the future and there were real flying fish and wolves that had lights in their fur and all kinds of stuff! Guess what else! I think that [...]
November 23, 2006
Gobble Gobble!
Ah Thanksgiving, it’s my favorite holiday. There is something about sitting around eating all day that really agrees with me… This year will be the 2nd Annual Ms. M’s Cooking Extravaganza! Last year I did the whole sheebang, including stuffing and gravy from SCRATCH, and it was only The Beau and I. This year we [...]
November 1, 2006
Tears
There were tears today in Ms. M’s class. It was the last day of the quarter, and I gave the munchkins their first big Social Studies test. Now, when I give tests I make a HUGE stink about how there must be total silence until everyone is done. I tell them that if they are [...]
September 20, 2006
As the dam breaks…
My kids were completely bonkers today. Not particularly bad (except in one instance which I shall elaborate on in a moment), just totally off the wall. They could not keep their mouths shut to save their lives. 30 minutes of lunch detention tomorrow might do the trick.
The only ‘bad’ thing that happened was that The [...]
September 15, 2006
Germs, Bugs and a Giant
GERMSPeople are starting to get sick so I have been using the hand sanitizer and the Lysol spray as if my life depends on it (which it sort of does…). Ms. Science Teacher looked like hell today and I’d bet money that she won’t be in tomorrow. Ms. Other Humanities Teacher is also getting sick [...]
