School starts tomorrow!

I will begin my week-daily seven-hour immersion with seven-year-olds.

cowabunga!

Wow! I just found out that I could be fired from my teaching job for joining the Communist party and knowingly being a member of it ( Read more... )

Well, I finally made up my mind. I just accepted an intern position for next year at a charter school with a focus on the environment and the arts. So, I have a job! It's a rather unusual position in that I will be team-teaching, rather than leading my own classroom. I'll spend the fall with one teacher, and the spring with another. But I ( Read more... )

Saw the movie, "Howl's Moving Castle" in the solitary theatre that played it this weekend in San Francisco. It was fun to guess which audience members were Jones fans, and which were Miyazaki fans. The young'uns carrying the book were easiest to identify, of course ( Read more... )

Just a few more weeks until Howl's Moving Castle finally opens in wide distribution! Huzzah! I'm so envious of those NY folks who can check it out June 10. And gosh, think of all the people in Japan who got to see it last year. What a combination ... my favorite author, Dianna Wynn Jones, combined with Hayao Miyazaki. I'm so excited ( Read more... )

"Please, read me some of your Lemony Snicket," I pleaded late Wednesday morning ( Read more... )

3:35 am ( Read more... )

For all ye budding economists and policy wonks ... I haven't had a chance to play yet, but I just read about it in the paper. Looks like fun! Who'd ever have thought of making a game to balance the budget?

http://www.next-ten.org/

Just finished an assignment on gifted and talented education, and three basic strategies one can use to work with G&T students ( Read more... )

Okay, I admit have a one-track mind right now. Here's another teaching-related entry ( Read more... )