I'm teaching a 7th grade advanced literate class. We are going to be reading The House of the Scorpion. I need some help thinking about the final project for the book. I'm thinking holding a debate although I've never facilitated one before and I'm unsure how to go about guiding the students ( Read more... )

This is kind of my first year teaching. I say kind of because I have taught special education for two years in another state but also was an assistant last year at the school I am now teaching part time. So it's not as if this is my first year out of college and in the classroom but it is my first year really teaching in a typical classroom ( Read more... )

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- update time -

This summer has flown by. I've done lots of traveling knocked out a couple states. I think I've been to 28 now. Montana and South Carolina were the last two.

My goal going into the summer was to figure out how "going down the shore" worked. I semi-figured it out this weekend. Tim came to visit and we took the train to Atlantic City ( Read more... )

I'm so crabby about this teaching stuff. Ugh.

Some people say all babies are cute...Some people haven't seen Gwyneth Paltrow's baby.


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SO I got a package in the mail today. The return address was from my dad's girlfriend. (Last I heard they weren't together) I'm curious as to whats inside. I never get packages from her or my dad. I open it up and inside there is a really tacky neon blue beach cover up, a chocolate bunny, 2 coconut nests, and mint chocolate. No card. Just those ( Read more... )

It's been so long. I feel like I've abandoned this livejournal. I've moved on to the new fad in stalking websites like facebook and myspace ( Read more... )

I figure I'd update this thing again ( Read more... )

I just want to quit ( Read more... )