It never ceases to amaze me how fast time flies. It seems like I'm constantly hopping around with a list of things to do and I never manage to get entirely through the list! Some great things have happened recently though. Firstly, my car is officially fixed! It had some sort of damaged tube that caused it to die occasionally at stop signs. This was kind of funny in the beginning, as my roommate and I would start laughing at how awkward it felt to have the car die with a line of cars behind us. Then it became more frequent and annoying. Luckily, it was a simple fix and the Mendenhall auto people took good care of her (Of course, my car is female).
What else has happened? Well, I turned in my application for graduation. I know. I know. About time! Right? I've only been in school forever. But hey, I figure, I have been living a pretty amazing dream up here and so what if I'm late getting out of school? Most of my credits didn't transfer into UAS, like I was told they would. So, yes, it took me longer than expected. BUT who else can say that they did what I did. I mean, I go to an amazing school, with a top notch education program. I have a great host teacher who has taught me EVEN MORE than the school has taught me. I live in God's Country; beautiful Alaska. Plus, I spend my summers working at a helicopter company where I get to see some of the most beautiful glaciers in the world. It's a unique experience and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. The point, well, Graduation is MAY 6th Baby!
(Why yes, I'm rocking my plaid at school! And you're correct, I absolutely am drawing fruit.)
What else is going on? Welp, my takeover in the classroom starts Monday! YIKES! This could go very right or very wrong. I've been working on preparing for a while now but I still feel unprepared. I know it will all come together but I also know that it will be difficult and exhausting. It will be worth it though...or so I'm going to tell myself....Speaking of the classroom, we have had some fun things going on. We have had the district art teacher stopping by each week. I've been doing the lessons with the kids and it's been a blast. Our kids have also been learning ballroom dancing. They think it's soo funny to see their teachers dancing with them. I think it's really funny to see all the tiny boys dancing with girls who are starting to mature, and are two feet taller than them. Last week I finished reading A Long Way From Chicago to the kids. It was a GREAT book. The kids loved it and we all got several laughs from it! Some were written into the story. Several were candid moments from my students. For example, at the end of the book it spoke briefly of a girdle. One boy in the front row raised his hand and very seriously informed all of us that "A girdle was something that made girls skinny and pushed those things up." When he said 'those things' he gestured to his chest as if he had breasts. I about fell off my chair and so did the rest of the class. This week we have moved onto a book called Zorgamazoo. It is a chapter book that is entirely in poem form. It's pretty funny and the kids love poems at this age. Some of them are not sure whether they like the book or not but they are all engaged. That's all that matters. I like to make bulletin boards for each of my read-alouds, so I made a new one today. It turned out well.
Here is a story that's stranger than strange. Before we begin you may want to arrange:
a blanket, a cushion, a comfortable seat,
and maybe some cocoa and something to eat.
-Zorgamazoo (Chapter 1)
2 comments:
Wow, I love the girdle incident... So funny... Kids just say what they think sometimes... I think there are times when adults need to as well...
I agree!
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