I’m past my mid-way through the semester mark. So far, the students are good people… without the ability to communicate effectively.
WITH that said…
I have learned a lot this semester… I’ve learned that some of my students think that when school is tough, they make the other option to enlist in the military (you know, as [...]
Archive for October, 2009
31 Oct
Happy Halloween!
27 Oct
Waves from the back of the universe
I know I know… I said I’d post on Saturday…
but, I was in the midst of midterm hell… grading 90+ exams and 270+ essays… of which I finished SAunday around 5pm… in time to learn that my good friend’s mom had succumbed to brain cancer.
And, to be honest, I *think* about posting… I have the [...]
22 Oct
Peeking around the corner
OH MYGAWD!!
I’m alive and tired. I’ll post something tomorrow when my brain is clear.
16 Oct
SNAP… just like that
What a week, people.
My two oldest sons were sick this week (currently, #1 son is snarfling all over my house and now I’m starting to not feel well).
I’m crabby today. Just warning you…
Next week are my midterms. They’re finished, copied, and sorted. Now all I have to do is give them.
I found out today that [...]
10 Oct
Step off
Well, I’m back. At least for now.
I’ve collected two classes’ papers. I have graded three and can tell you that my wish for my birthday, Christmas, and the handful of pennies that I threw into a fountain didn’t come true.
I’m hesitant to start reading them. My spidey senses are tingling… and telling me that spelling, [...]
2 Oct
If I had only known sooner…
while in college, if someone grabbed me by my two arms and shook me while telling me to get out of education before it eats me alive, I probably would’ve laughed at them. My mother said that I was SO determined to become a teacher that God floating down on a chariot pulled by gleaming [...]
1 Oct
Donut, coffee, and a fetal position
It’s been yet another long week in a series of long weeks to be followed by even MORE long weeks in which all I do is eat, breathe, sleep, and pee school.
Ok, the peeing of school was a little too much. Sorry.
I”m also more exhausted than last semester… especially inregards to the on-line take home [...]
