January 2011
87 posts
what did i do to make my monday not suck?
a. got a cup of coffee complete with 3 sugars and 3 creamers
b. laughed at lunch..a lot
c. vented about a student who told me i talk too much and i should shut up, then wrote him up
d. had 7th period class read outside in the beautiful sunshine!
e. bummed a thin mint cookie off a generous student
“miss what is the stupidest thing you ever done in your whole entire life?
...”
– why did i encourage them to be curious about their surroundings?
““miss, can i go get some water?”
me: “I told *student name*...”
“so let me get this straight, you are on a first name basis with a guy who works...”
– thanks mad
when words are worthless
I was explaining the book project choices my students have today during third period. Many did not know what a Eulogy was, as this is an option of character analysis they can create for a person in the book they are reading. As soon as I was finished explaining what a eulogy was, I noticed one of the girls in class was texting. After she put her cell phone down , a strange look came over her...
“If there is suffering, then it’s best to accept it, because it won’t go away...”
– Zahir, Paulo Coelho (via paperlover)
white boy wasted
student: “we gettin white boy wasted in this class”
me: “what is white boy wasted?”
“its when you are so wasted you dont even know you wasted anymore”
me: “why is it called WHITE BOY wasted?”
“because white boys is always going to the extreme. every time a white boy gets wasted he is fallin down wasted, like one time i saw this guy and he...
“Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,...”
– Albert Einstein (via iamnotaflobberworm)
meeousse?
i learned a new word today. but no one seems to know how to smell, i mean spell it. can you guess what it means? courtesy of twomoms
“miss, do you know what mudding is?”
“of course i do!”
...”
– 4th period comedians
bathtub dream
I had a dream that i found my mother in the bathtub, underwater, dead. My mother did not look like herself at all. She was a mannequin looking woman with a 50s haircut wig and white plastic legs like a gogo dancer. I tried to get her out of the bathtub and wrapped in a sheet. I was devastated. Then the sheet started to move, i remember it being warm cus the bath water was still warm that she was...
“Five common traits of good writers: (1) They have something to say. (2) They...”
– James J. Kilpatrick (via 500daysofkissingmypillow)
shame or no shame?
I watched American Idol last night for two hours of my life. and i liked it.
shame or no shame?
I went to mcdonalds today for coffee and then caved and ordered two hashbrowns as well. Hey, at lease it wasnt a whole sausage egg and cheese biscuit with french fries…that was the last time i caved.
As I was enjoying the greasy slab of “potato” I spied a small dark colored oval shape nestled in the potato that resembled the turd of a rat. I showed it to my buddy (twomoms) who...
“Once in a kindergarten class in New York City, a boy walked up to me and said,...”
– Awakening the Heart, Georgia Heard
Date night
“It says you dont have to make reservations at Whataburger”
“Lets try anyway”
Sacrifices
C: “There’s a price we all have to pay”
K: “And it’s $7.99.”
“I will lady and the tramp all of you”
– T h
“I will lady and the tramp all of you”
– T h
“We share one piece of bacon like lady and the tramp and suddenly we’re...”
– T and j
