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In Over My Head
I have so much prep work to do for this work, and I completely put it all off til today. Oh well. I'll be reading the first drafts of everyone's research papers for that class - at least the drafts of students who turned them in. I also need to start thinking about writing "narrative assessments" for my students - what they get instead of a ( Read more... ) -
Chronic Enema and the Potent Taco
I never would have thunk it, but my students LOVE learning new vocabulary. (And yes, I introduced the vocabulary unit using the word "gonna.") On the last vocabaulary list, the students requested that we do more words than I had initially intended to assign for them to learn. They also asked that I put Pig Latin on their vocabulary quiz. Today, ( Read more... ) -
Teaching is HARD
Well, I've survived the first two weeks of school. 4 more to go ( Read more... ) -
How did I get the flu?
I spent a relaxing and restful two and a half weeks at home where I did very little other than study for the LSAT and sleep and eat and hang out with friends and family ( Read more... ) -
Itunes - stolen from Ava
Open iTunes to answer the following. Go to your library. Answer, no matter how embarrassing it is ( Read more... ) -
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"He's got a colored woman and all sorts of mixed chillun."
-To Kill a Mockingbird
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 161.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you. -
I am apparently very lustful
The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)Very LowLevel 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)LowLevel 2 (Lustful)Very HighLevel 3 (Gluttonous)LowLevel 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)ModerateLevel 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)HighLevel 6 - The ( Read more... ) -
Thanks, Will!
My internet works for the first time this break. 111 e-mails later... -
In the words of a friend, tired and bitchy
What an interesting semester this has been so far. And I don't necessarily mean that in a good way. In some ways, I have felt like a freshman all over again, re-evaluating friendships, relationships and goals. In fact, I have even had some encounters with people this year that hearken back to freshman year. My coursework is as uninteresting and ( Read more... )
