I have been chastised for not being perky or spunky enough at school in my interactions with other staff members. My coach said she felt "unwelcome" at our grade level meeting... basically because I wanted to get planning and business taken care of in a timely fashion and she prefers talking and chatting for what seems like EVER, sometimes about ( Read more... )

Well... since my last entry it's been... hmmm... forever ( Read more... )

So I am totally insane. Seriously. Because even with the crazy teaching schedule and nonstop work/plan/prep/teach/grade I do every day, I somehow thought it would be a fantastic idea to be an advisor for the Junior High youth on their retreat this weekend to Lazy F in Thorp. I truly love this retreat and try to go every year, but I am now ( Read more... )

I HATE RECORDERS.

AND THE CHILDREN WHO PLAY THEM.

AND THE MUSIC TEACHERS WITH POOR CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT WHO TEACH WITH THEM IN MY CLASSROOM.

Sorry.

European Adventure April 7-16, 2006 ( Read more... )

10 years ago on this day RENT opened at the Nederlander in New York... and it's STILL there! Go watch the movie, sing the songs, or try some Miso Soup!

My kids were writing stories yesterday. I was trying with all my might to understand what a student was writing. She wrote: "onets a ponta..." Finally I figured out that she was trying to write "once upon a" (time). Haha ( Read more... )

Well, I'm sort of pressed for time (I didn't have spring break to catch up on all of my teacher stuff) and still experiencing jet lag (I've been waking up at 4am), but I'll just say that England and France were absolutley amazing. I kept a detailed journal and will type it up "sometime" and post it. Kelsey kept a pictoral journal and posted a ( Read more... )

Greetings from Paris where we found an internet cafe, but I cant type fast because the keyboards are way different (looking for an exclamation point here but cant find one, nor an apostrophe). I am loving paris lore than london, which i also loved. Tessa got the flu so she stayed in London and is still sick in the hotel and really whiny. It is ( Read more... )