I biked to school today! And on MOnday, too. It was fun. But very long. I believe I will sleep quite well tonight.

No Easter chocolate this year. *sigh*

Some moments of teaching are only too good to be true. Yesterday, I was reading my kids "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe, and I had just read the line in the first verse, "...tapping at my chamber door." when someone knocked on our classroom door. It was such a perfect moment for the reading of the "spooky" poem, I just had to laugh. Some of the ( Read more... )

There are no secrets with a 12 year old girl named Erika around. Last night we had dinner at Aleida's instead of the Kuurstra's, because Aleida was on reading week and wanted to cook for us. Erika blabbed so much stuff, I would almost be embarrassed to have her around all the time. On the other hand, she often does blab stuff about school while ( Read more... )

Yesterday in my grade 6 class one of my little girls just started bawling. I sent her out to the bathroom with a friend. A little while later the friend came to get me. It turns out, the girl is terrified because one of her "friends" is always threatening her with physical violence. This "friend" is someone I'd be afraid of if I were in grade 6 ( Read more... )

Do you ever have times where things just seem to go so well all around? I think I am in the middle of one of those times. Seriously, I haven't been putting a super lot of work into school lately, but it has been going really well. And it's been really nice to have a life outside of work. And church has been great, and home church, and visits to ( Read more... )

I'm approved by the board to work here another year! It is kind of looking like I'll be doing grade 6 with lots of junior high French. I'm excited! And now I'm going to finish all three report cards before school...I hope. Some days are just great!

Last term I was in report card hell. This term, I worked ahead, and am actually ahead of my own schedule. I only have 3 report cards left to make! And I already have today and tomorrow all planned! That means that I can actually go home early tonight, then enjoy home church, then sleep in tomorrow, then go home on Friday and have a relaxing ( Read more... )

As I walked into school on Wednesday, I thought to myself, we'll not be having a snow day at all this year, then ( Read more... )

No pithy comments today, just sadness ( Read more... )