I told Andrew (my fiance) that I am to have my 40-page paper done in two weeks, and he told me that I was Not Allowed to read, write, or do anything that did not pertain to Fellows work for the next two weeks. I interjected that there was still so much to do for the wedding and he said, "Just tell me what to do, and I'll do it! It's time I step ( Read more... )

So, MAP testing has officially started. Allow me to shoot myself in the face because it's lasting for the ENTIRE month of April! We're testing every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from 7:45-9:15 for three weeks straight. Then we get squished classes, so instead of them being 50 minutes they are now around 30-35. So, basically nothing gets ( Read more... )

Ah, Spring Break is over. Quite the sad deal, but at least now I know that we only have 8.5 weeks left to go until the end of the year. Really, this year has been about surviving instead of teaching ( Read more... )

I'm sorry, but I've just got to share this with someone ( Read more... )

Today I decided to shake things up a bit. It's normally funday Friday, but it has been so long since we've been here on a Friday that I needed to have them work a little first ( Read more... )

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So, my students worked up to their Funday Fridays, all with the exception of my 5th hour. However, they have to take a 3 question mini-quiz, and listen to me read before getting free time. The questions on the quiz are ( Read more... )

So, tonight Andrew and I had a very good conversation.

Andrew: What're you doing right now?
Me: ::chomp chomp:: Eating Hamburger Helper. It's good. David made it.
Andrew: ... silence.
Me: : ....silence + chomping
Andrew: Sooooo... I think we need a hamburger suit.
Me: silence. Chomp a few times.
Andrew: I would wear it, and go around doing ( Read more... )

Today I met with the third group in 7th hour to finish up the article, "A New Immigration BOOM" regarding the large number of Latinos coming to America. This time I met up with Irma, Hatija, Seth, Kayse, and Enisa ( Read more... )