I teach a unique group of people known as junior highers. Faced with nearly insurmountable amounts of hormones that take over nearly all of their brain, spewing from their pituatary glands and leaking out their armpits, they are often... Continue Reading →
Omg. School. Its back. Miss Weight is back. Rm 224 is open for crazy. Teaching makes time go reeeally quickly. Summer is never long enough, but there are always a few days sprinkled in when I can say "today is... Continue Reading →
Orientation was pretty fun today. Besides a couple of overbearing moms who aren't quite ready to let the oldest or babyness go into junior high, most of the students and their parents seemed pretty excited. And they are so small!... Continue Reading →
I teach junior high Latin and Spanish, direct a drama program, and coach girls' volleyball. My job is challenging, but its usually pretty sweet. I've been off for the summer (yeah, yeah I know) and it was mostly fantastic, but... Continue Reading →
Toegate Update - Day Eight - By Miss Weight - so much rhymage!!!!! So, my toe is all growed up from a bad bruise to a hematoma!! Which sounds like a tumor but its not a tumor. Its just a... Continue Reading →
10. Hair on toes grosses people out. Its like finger knuckle hair, or stray eyebrows, or lady upper lipness. Everyone has it, its designed to keep you warm, and to embarass you. Nobody wants it. When I whip out my... Continue Reading →
Fav Moment of the Day: reading some super cute letters thanking me for coming to speak at chapel on Friday from the fifth graders. They're excited to have me as a teacher next year, which is sweet. I'm just glad... Continue Reading →
You never know how much you need a toe, until you have a toe no mo'. That was a po. em. :) I have a gift. Its called "I am gifted at doing things that make my life more complicated."... Continue Reading →
10. They are so cute to watch grow up and navigate becoming little women. Some try too hard to get there too fast, and I have to explain the difference between a classy and a terrible application of eyeliner. Not... Continue Reading →
....BIEBER FEVER! Aw dangit. I have joined the legions of crazy fans all over the world whose hearts are moved by promises of there being "one less lonely girl" because of that hair flip, that purple hoodie, those 12 year... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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