I should have learned my lesson long ago. Administration does not care about anything but money and the public opinion. They do not want to know how to improve the library & thus improve the school, because that would cost MONEY. You'd think I would have learned this lesson years ago after the horrors of first middle school librarian gig, but ( Read more... )

So this week I had a kindergartener wet his pants in the (carpeted!) library, went on a field trip and made a fifth grader cry. It was an eventful week. (and the fifth grader was totally going to cry anyways, I was just the last straw. It was a whole dumb thing about some free tear out of Sports Illustrated kids baseball cards he found in the ( Read more... )

In an unusual atmospheric event, the sun was out all week here in p-burgh. No rain, very few clouds. It was pretty confussing for all of us, our pasty skin recoiling in terror. I may have mentioned this before, but I really love our car. It has a sunroof, and I am all about opening that baby up and cranking the tunes. Vlad the Impala rocks. ( Read more... )

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So testing week was painful. And it's still going on Monday, so it's not even finished yet, bleh. The massive schedule changes, marathon library classes, time spent outside watching kids pummel each other, it was all exhausting. I slept really well all week. One school decided to send the kids outside for an hour every afternoon after testing, ( Read more... )

Well it's that time of the year. Time to prove the kids can fill in little bubbles and no go stark raving mad after a week of standardized testing. It's time for the PSSA tests (Pennsylvania State Stanadized Assesments) I and the rest of the education profession will force smiles on our faces and tell the kids just how important it is that they ( Read more... )

Went to Pitt yesterday for "Transfer Friday" to ponder options for continuing Ollie's pursuit of knowledge. It was a little weird. I think I was more nervous than he was, possibly because there were lots of people there and I swear I am borderline agoraphobic. I think I was also nervous because I want so bad fior things to all work out well for ( Read more... )

Well hopefully the medical weirdness is done. The horrible evil salivary gland infection did not return, although that side of my face remains slightly tender. Went to doctor on Tuesday who looked at me for about 2 minutes & said "can't promise this won't return" and also insinuted it may have happened because of dehydration. Huh? I am all ( Read more... )

Things kids said to me this week ( Read more... )

Well I have recovered from mysterious medical mystery of last weekend. It's curious to think that a week ago I was in the worst pain ever and ready to slice my face off. As I mention once they had me take both Ibuprofin 800 and vicodin, the pain finally was acceptable and the swelling went down. On Monday dad drove me to 3 diferent medical ( Read more... )