March 2012
18 posts
This Just Happened
Wife: I'll come in and teach your kids all about Richard the Potato.
Me: Who?
Wife: Richard the Potato... Dick-Tater! Get it! Dictator!
February 2012
11 posts
8 tags
Good Day? Yes.
So, I didn’t quite realize it was time for Midterm Conferences already. Means I have a lot of work to do and a little time to do it in. The good news: I am awesome. That’s basically all my advisor kept repeating during our meeting. My kids love me. I care so much about my kids. I have a deep, intrinsic core of values that make me an ideal teacher. I’m the exception to the rule...
5 tags
Tumblr Just Ate a Very Long Post
And I’m not happy.
Mondays.
Last Monday: Stomach virus.
This Monday: Flat tire that refuses to come off.
Gotta love Mondays.
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Hooray, School Play
So, 2 more performances of the school play, and these are the ones that should matter the most to the kids because these are for the school. The first two shows went really well- some minor hiccups in the sound equipment (I promise, it’s not my fault), but generally really well. Everybody has been really supportive so far- parents, teachers, my friends who came out, even the principal (I...
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"I need to speak to you in my office."
So, I got called into the nurse’s office today. Like that. It was a little terrifying because her daughter is in my class. Turns out, her daughter who hates math, now thinks math is fun. So I am to keep doing whatever it is I’m doing. Too bad I can’t fill out lesson plans with the Objective: Be Awesome.
So I Feel...
Awful. Not really because I’m sick anymore. Today I have to… write lesson plans, finish my Long Range Plan, try to stop by my friends’ place for the Super Bowl… Oh right, and I’m going to have to apologize tomorrow to my 5th graders and the director of the 5th grade play because I missed what was probably the most important rehearsal due to an incredibly awful stomach...
