It’s the end of the year, and I asked my students to write some reflections about our year together in Latin. Here are some of the cute or funny ones, that I will remember on a rainy day when students... Continue Reading →
Fav moment of the day - my secretary was eating some yummy looking cherries. I'm allergic to most fruit, but thought "hey, I might not be allergic to these." I popped a few in my mouth, and after about ten... Continue Reading →
I remember being in junior high, at Fuddruckers after a night at youth group, and seeing two of my teachers eating dinner together. No, not just eating dinner together, on a date. She was the Home EC teacher who gave... Continue Reading →
Fav moment of the day - one of my eighth grade boys said he had a birthday present for me...I was to close my eyes and stick out my hands. This is not something you normally do around 13 year... Continue Reading →
Fav moment of the day - a silly sixth grade boy saying he missed me last week. Within the same minute he had knocked over the pencil sharpener off the counter and shavings flew EVERYwhere. Second favorite moment of the day -... Continue Reading →
As in every profession, there are people who are teaching who may not be the best at what they do. Some teachers may need more social skills, or organization skills, etc. And I admit that I didn't really understand what... Continue Reading →
I've had some rough teaching days this week. The kind that make me yearn for another time that I've read about in story books, when the teacher could stick a kid in a corner and make them stop whatever they... Continue Reading →
Why Experts Are Not the Best Teachers. I may have found a kindred spirit.
Adults always ask what you want to be when you grow up. In school, you write essays about it, you answer that question for the yearbook, you take courses in high school and college that direct you along that path... Continue Reading →
Favorite moment of the day - driving home one of my players, and she blasted "Party in the USA" as we drove through traffic down Treat Blvd., screaming and waving out the window at everyone we saw. Specifically yelling "PEACE!... Continue Reading →
When I looked at the weather on my iphone a few weeks ago, there were these tiny, blurry symbols for Friday and Saturday's weather in the Bay Area. Could that be...surely its not....snow?! Yes. Snow. My best friends live in... Continue Reading →
10. Tunnels. How do they make these? Whose idea was it? Who was the first guy who was like, "there is no way I'm taking my covered wagon over these mountains one more time. We're going through these bad boys."... Continue Reading →
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