I was cleaning in my closet and I found a crumpled piece of paper with this quote on it from one of Olivia's favorite people ever....

"Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is,

than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way.

What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination,

will affect everything.  It will decide what will ( Read more... )

Today Andrew finally started to teach me how to drive his stick-shift!  I've been wanting to for a long time, because it seems like such fun.  I shift for him frequently while he's driving just cuz, or if he's on the phone or something and he could use the extra hand.  I did pretty well!  The first time we actually moved, he didn't warn me that we ( Read more... )

So in my education class, we read this lil thing that I'm sure some of you might have seen before about what little kids ages 4-8 say that love is, not just to demonstrate that kids say the darnedst things, but to show how different of a take children can have on one subject so we will realize this while teaching.  Then we had to make one of our ( Read more... )

What kind of a university closes down their university center from 2-5 on a Saturday? And also closes down all of the cafes and quick stops and mini marts? Meaning that students on campus can't get anything to eat or drink ANYWHERE on campus during said times ( Read more... )

So ( Read more... )

Taking a break from studying for my geography unit exam, such fun.  What does one do when one can't find 6 of the 14 terms that will be on the matching section? Says screw it to come chat on LJ ( Read more... )

Last year, I was required to develop my "philosophy of education."  I had to write a paper in which I addressed What is the purpose of education? What should be taught? What is the student's role? and I had to provide an analogy that I felt education was like. This year, I am supposed to refine it and discuss what the teacher's role is, as well as ( Read more... )

So I just watched "Boyz n the Hood" for homework for t part of the diversity aspect of one of my education classes.

I have CRIED for literally almost an hour.

Because the ending was just THAT ridiculously sad.

Jesus Christ.

:'(

So this was sent to me in an email entitled "Makes you think" Some of them are quite awful, but funny nonetheless.  XP

Makes you think....

- Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

- One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.....

- Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

- If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do ( Read more... )

Go to the Wikipedia Home page and click for a Random Article ( Read more... )