...but I am really enjoying working in my new school this year. I have a really great group of sixth graders.

...learn Attic Greek. I just ordered a primer that is supposed to be really good. I've been meaning to learn a few languages for a while now and I've always wanted to learn one of the classical languages. So, Greek is it. I've been told that if one can manage to learn Attic reasonably well, then Koine is much easier to learn (as Attic is ( Read more... )

Allah! I'm so sick of ignorance. "My God isn't Allah" or so says every Haylee, Kaylee, Austin, Dylan, and Hunter (the new Tom, Dick, Harry, Suzy, and Jane) in America these days ( Read more... )

I had an awesome first day back to school with my sixth graders. However, it is ridiculously hot around here with heat-indexes reaching up into the hundreds and I was dressed up (the whole professional intimidation factor) and on my feet the entire time. I could do without that part, but I think it is crucial to form that psychological teacher is ( Read more... )

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I just caught a few episodes of a BBC show called How Clean is Your House? Comparitively speaking, my house is awesome. What I'm feeling now is akin to what happens when I go to the State Fair. I see the majority of the folks at the State Fair and it serves as somewhat of an ego boost for me. (And, I would feel terrible about doing this, but ( Read more... )

Spanish not being my first language, I don't automatically translate the lyrics the first few times I hear the songs (and I haven't watched a music video since back when MTV actually still showed music videos). Consequently, I find myself liking the music. However, when I get around to figuring out what the songs are talking about, 98% of the ( Read more... )

I won't have students until a week and a half from now, but I go back to work tomorrow. So it begins.

A friend of mine on one of the forums I frequent posted this pic a while back during a rather heated debate with Protestants. It was the cause of great mirth and I found this pic again. Here it is:


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I'm not pregnant and it isn't that time of the month. I'm tired and while I don't exactly have a headache it feels like one is just there beneath the surface waiting to explode my head with pain. I have no reason to be tired either as I got more than enough sleep. However, I've been snapping at people all day and have been generally unpleasant ( Read more... )