I think having lj on my phone makes me mote likely to post since I don't necessarily have time in the morning to check....especially because I don't really I have great internet ( Read more... )

I spent 4 hours doing grades yesterday. And technically I haven't completed them because at 7 hills we write an individualized paragraph about each students strengths and weaknesses. That's what will ACTUALLY take some time ( Read more... )

So this has been a great week. It started out with Nifer and Lav visiting on Friday/Saturday, Sez on Saturday/Monday, and my family Tuesday/Wednesday. Everytime I made a little fire for all of them which is cozy. Chenoa has been working a ton but I think she's glad to be working steadily....albeit with lots of pain. We actually had to go out ( Read more... )

A couple cute things happened to me yesterday that makes me love teaching. First, one of my students asked me if I was going to go to the school's soccer game on saturday since he was playing. Then another student asked me to write him a recommendation to the governor's school. And then David told me that one of my students, the one who is a ( Read more... )

Chenoa, Sez, Chaco, and I went out to a pumpkin patch to get pumpkins. Twas fun. Chaco rolled in rotten pumpkin so she got a bath. I need a Halloween costume because it is required for "Make Believe Day" at school. Then on Halloween Sez is hosting a murder mystery dinner.

Next weekend is the Celtic and Highland Games.

yesterday was back to school night. that went well. one dad went to cc and i talked to another students moms. basically none of my 7th grade students parents talked to me but nearly every 8th graders parents did ( Read more... )

next week starts the beginning of teacher planning week at school. im kinda really excited but kinda nervous too. ive got my projects designed, i just need to type up the handouts and such ( Read more... )

I am now officially a middle school Japanese teacher!

so I haven't posted in a while ( Read more... )

my final lax game and it was pretty awesome. i played the first half and blocked a bunch of shots, and then the second half i played some field and scored one ( Read more... )