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Funny!
"We're going to be reading Oedipus Rex this quarter."
"Is that about dinosaurs?"
(Me Laughing...I couldn't help it.)
"No, sorry, Oedipus Rex means Oedipus the King. It's a Greek play written 2500 years ago." -
Woo-hoo!
So, I've been feeling worried about my Final Portfolio Review (which was this afternoon) for a few months now, although it morphed into fear and freaking out for the past week or so. I'm sick, partially because I got (I think) two hours of sleep Sunday night, then two two hour naps Monday night, then three hours last night, which I made myself do ( Read more... ) -
Happy Pi Day!
I love my students--They're such geeks. My 2B&3B classes asked yesterday if we could celebrate Pi Day, and I said--it's tomorrow. He responded with It's 3.1415, so we can celebrate it on the 15th, too! Funny. -
I'm on a roll...
I was grading quizzes tonight, and I realized that I talk to the students as if they were (out loud) there while I'm grading their work. I find it kind of cute, myself, but I sometimes say things to the students that I wouldn't say to them in real life (rarely, like "How did you miss that one?") or without other studentss around (like "Go Ali!" or ( Read more... ) -
thoughts on my internship
Sometimes I complain about students and am amazed at the silly questions that they ask me. Sometimes I'm extremely frustrated at one or two or more students in a class that spoil the learning community I want to create that day (or often). I'm SO ready to have my own classroom, it's not even funny. I know that I need to learn more manangement ( Read more... ) -
long time...
I'm so giddy--being free of medieval romance quizzes to grade (5 sections of Honors British Literature and my assessment had 3 mini-essays, what was I thinking?!?) and my ESL project (which I handed in on Tuesday) has gone to my head. I've been so busy lately, I didn't even realize that I hadn't been journaling... so, since it's been a while and ( Read more... ) -
Not much real here...
I thought the output on this one was hilarious in some cases...(hopefully they won't offend anyone...)
echosupernova's Halloween party:
amysens dressed as Ashlee Simpson riding a camel.
aurelia25 dressed as a 1990's grunge child.
bassetville dressed as Madonna.
dwhren dressed as Captain Kirk from "Star Trek".
fiesty_girl dressed as Optimus Prime.
gloworm59 ( Read more... )
