I read an article a few days ago and I can't get it out of my head. The key parts of it for me are as follows:

"The research shows that kids who have two, three, four strong teachers in a row will eventually excel, no matter what their background, while kids who have even two weak teachers in a row will never recover," says Kati Haycock of the ( Read more... )

i sleep a lot. I am upset a lot. I am gaining weight. I call myself fat on a regular basis. I offend people a lot. I complain a lot. This is not my cry for help, but more of a confession. I confess that i am wallowing. I lost a job i loved, had a financial blunder and lost a chunk of my savings, and have returned to a job that i am ashamed to admit ( Read more... )

OMG HELLO INtERWEBZ ( Read more... )

I think my professors need to tone it down a smidge. In the last 3 weeks I have written well over 25 lesson plans and there's more due this Monday (yea.. Spring Break is almost over...) So I've been waiting patiently for feedback on my BIG lesson plan for an ACTUAL classroom, and I got it today. The prof was all scary about it and told me I was ( Read more... )

"No means no. Unless it's during kinky sex. Then no means nothing. Only the safe word means something."

Perhaps an elaboration on the many changes I am embarking upon ( Read more... )

New President.
Quit Sparkettes officially.
New Job.
Quit TRU.
All new Ed classes this semester.

Whole lot of new things this year.

more in love than ever before- Whitney

Sheesh ( Read more... )

Why am I still awake?

It's going to make some of you throw up a little (or a lot, I don't need to know either way) but I came to this realization about ten minutes ago.
I am with the person I am going to be with for the rest of my life. It's oddly terrifying. Not because I don't want to be with him, but because I WANT to be with him, and the ( Read more... )

The world's oldest person died today. I feel relieved for her. How much fun can it really be to have outlived all of your friends, your family, and barely be able to care for yourself ( Read more... )