So this game has me totally addicted!
10.17.2007
10.12.2007
It's dissapointment/dissillusionment Friday
Here at School we have had a rash of very bold robberies. Someone has been going in to classrooms and stealing things out of teacher's purses and locked drawers. It was very worrisome because yes, our kids are squirrelly and can't listen, but I would never peg any of them as theives...especially the one who finally got caught yesterday.
A teacher walked in to her room and found this student under her desk stuffing items into a bag from a locked drawer. This "thief" was someone that NONE Of us suspected. She was the sweetest, brightest, and most talented student in her classroom. She has been on all of the "special" groups here at school, was a school patrol leader, was beloved by her teachers and counted on to help out. How disheartening it was to find out that such a good kid was hiding this darkness inside her. When caught, she said she would have kept on doing it if she hadn't gotten caught. Not even sure if there is any remorse there.
So, what happened to this kid? Is she seeking attention? Did something go wrong at home? Was she just bored because she was so brilliant? Hmmm. I'm sad that I can no longer count on this student to help me or to set an example to her classmates. I will no longer see her the same way and that is too bad.
A teacher walked in to her room and found this student under her desk stuffing items into a bag from a locked drawer. This "thief" was someone that NONE Of us suspected. She was the sweetest, brightest, and most talented student in her classroom. She has been on all of the "special" groups here at school, was a school patrol leader, was beloved by her teachers and counted on to help out. How disheartening it was to find out that such a good kid was hiding this darkness inside her. When caught, she said she would have kept on doing it if she hadn't gotten caught. Not even sure if there is any remorse there.
So, what happened to this kid? Is she seeking attention? Did something go wrong at home? Was she just bored because she was so brilliant? Hmmm. I'm sad that I can no longer count on this student to help me or to set an example to her classmates. I will no longer see her the same way and that is too bad.
The game of Bunnies
I must thank Dean for turning me on to the video podcast TikiBar TV. It's totally hilarious plus the added bonus of a really hot girl. Here is one of my favorite episodes:
10.08.2007
Sweeney Todd...the movie
It's about time Sondheim made it onto the silver screen. I just hope they dont' mess it up too badly. They did a nice job translating RENT. Hopefully this will still have the virtuosic music.
10.04.2007
Teaching in quicksand
I'm not sure how many people who read my blog have ever taught a classroom full of kids (or adults for that matter) but thoes who have I'm sure can sympathize with my day.
Today was one of those days that just kept getting more and more frustrating for me. Usually when a lesson is not being grasped by the students, I am able to modify on the fly and just keep going. I say usually because today was a day of teaching in quicksand. No matter what direction I went, the kids were lost. No matter how hard I tried to make them understand the simplest of directions no one was listening. It's a terrible feeling to know that you need to change activities, but can't because no matter where you go, the students will not be able to handle it: Games are out, instruments are out, so that leaves me with singing songs or clapping rhythm patterns...just kidding. I managed to get through the day. But it left me with a HUGE headache and that sinking feeling that my teaching is stuck in a rut and needs to get a kickstart and that I need to go back and re-vamp my curriculum for the year. ug. Some days this job drives me to drink...Rumplemintz here I come.
Today was one of those days that just kept getting more and more frustrating for me. Usually when a lesson is not being grasped by the students, I am able to modify on the fly and just keep going. I say usually because today was a day of teaching in quicksand. No matter what direction I went, the kids were lost. No matter how hard I tried to make them understand the simplest of directions no one was listening. It's a terrible feeling to know that you need to change activities, but can't because no matter where you go, the students will not be able to handle it: Games are out, instruments are out, so that leaves me with singing songs or clapping rhythm patterns...just kidding. I managed to get through the day. But it left me with a HUGE headache and that sinking feeling that my teaching is stuck in a rut and needs to get a kickstart and that I need to go back and re-vamp my curriculum for the year. ug. Some days this job drives me to drink...Rumplemintz here I come.
I"m back!
a few months ago I made the switch from Blogger over here to Ning (as you can see by the previous post). I love Ning and everything it is and allows me to do. Unfortunately, my school district has blocked access to all Ning.com sites (gasp) which is now forcing me to go back and do my blogging on Blogger.com. You can still access my posts from this website, but soon things will be changing...
Since I am using feedburner to send out the RSS for my blog, that will not change, so if you are subscribed that way, you will not be affected. Once my vision is clear of what I want to do I will post something here for y'all to read. Till then. I'm off to do some web designing...well, not really, but it sounds impressive.
Since I am using feedburner to send out the RSS for my blog, that will not change, so if you are subscribed that way, you will not be affected. Once my vision is clear of what I want to do I will post something here for y'all to read. Till then. I'm off to do some web designing...well, not really, but it sounds impressive.
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