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L’Alowine

Posted in Recess, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Not getting many Trick-or-Treaters. Could be the light rain, or the Phillies’ World Series Game that starts in an hour.
Random things overheard:
Dad: Get back here, Madeline! We’re not going that way. We’re going THIS WAY!
Madeline: (dressed as Alice in Wonderland, 10 or 11, apparently walking the wrong way) NAH-UH!
Dad’s friend: What a fucking bitch. [...]

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It’s Mischief Night

Posted in Time Out!, tagged , , , , on October 30, 2009 | 7 Comments »

… and how evil is it that I want to let the guinea pigs play on Asthmatic’s desk?
I finally made a note to send to parents (I was hoping he would move like he said – every two years, his step-”dad” moved out, he found a book from 4th grade because he was cleaning [...]

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Little Butt-in-skis

Posted in Reflective Teaching, Time Out!, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »

All yesterday afternoon I was ticked off at my sub from Wednesday because she gave the kids the wrong book for reading groups and messed up my plans for the whole next week. (They were supposed to read the vocab reader, but she gave them the levelled readers, and they speed-read the whole thing instead [...]

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Can’t say no to FREE

Posted in Recess, tagged , , , , , , , on October 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »

There is a convenience store across the street from my school. It’s actually quicker to walk there than to get in the car and drive, so I’ve been going over to get a soda and sometimes a soft pretzel. I went today and was greeted by the thumping stereo of one of the local radio [...]

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Obdurate

Posted in Philosophy 101, Poli Sci, tagged , , , on October 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »

SunSpray is Stateside this week, and we got together today for lunch. We seem too be having similar workplace experiences, including being told she is “negative”.
“Oh my God!” I said, slapping her on the arm. “You’re a boulder too!”
SunSpray said, “I know!!!” Then she told me how she was trying not to laugh when she [...]

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What I didn’t say

Posted in Faculty Lounge, Poli Sci, tagged , , , , , on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Several friends advised me not to say anything to Principal Pretty, and I didn’t. I’m sort of glad I listened to them, because I was a lot angrier than she was, because she wasn’t angry at all!!!  I think she had a lobotomy because she says angry things to people this year – in person [...]

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*woo*hoo*

Posted in Library, tagged , on October 26, 2009 | 8 Comments »

10,000 hits today! Sweet! Thank you!

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What I can’t say

Posted in Faculty Lounge, Philosophy 101, Poli Sci, Time Out!, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 26, 2009 | 6 Comments »

I can’t say it to Principal Pretty, so I’ll say it here.
I passed out the stupid shirts. Once again I am disappointed by the lack of follow-through on school rules and student behavior. I am tired of being the bad guy for expecting my students to behave in an appropriate manner. The kids do [...]

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Time Card 10/19 to 10/25

Posted in Time Card, tagged , , , on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Monday: 9H including Union meeting
Tuesday: 8H 40
Wednesday: 9H 35 including Wiki workshop
Thursday: 10H 20 including Reading Olympics and McDonald’s fundraiser night
Friday: 7H 55
Weekend: NOTHING
Total: 45H 30

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Under 30 = Spoiled

Posted in Philosophy 101, Recess, tagged , , , , , , , on October 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »

From Lee – this says it all!
If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!!
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning….. Uphill…. barefoot… [...]

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