Michelle on Oct 21 2008 | Filed under: The Work
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Today, I’ve had the pleasure of having one of those crying jags that pretty much lasts all day and leaves the eyes swollen and a headache behind.
The thing is, the principal jumped my shit this morning over stuff […]
Michelle on Oct 16 2008 | Filed under: The Fluff
I’ve done this meme once before, but I love it. Actually, the last time I did it, afterwards, I found myself doing the same thing with several more books. I’m doing it again thanks to Ken over at Teaching and All That Jazz. Thanks Ken!
Here are the rules: Grab the nearest book. Open the […]
Michelle on Oct 15 2008 | Filed under: The Teaching
One of the things about teaching writing that can be very frustrating is that some students have dysgraphia, which can really hinder their writing speed. What this means, is that while other students have written a three page essay, your dysgraphic student is still sitting there with four lines on his paper. Dysgraphia is […]
Michelle on Oct 14 2008 | Filed under: The Personal
I don’t have a whole lot to say right now, other than I’m really glad that I got rid of a whole bunch of my hair. It is highlighted blonde and caramel, and razored half to death. It only takes 10 minutes to blow dry it, but if I want it to be straight, it […]
Michelle on Oct 14 2008 | Filed under: The Technical
Here in Texas, people would just laugh if you tried to sell them a car without air conditioning. It is so hot in the summer, you can probably fry eggs on your car and boil water inside it. Also, the thing about Texas summers is that they are long, lasting from April to October for […]
Michelle on Oct 11 2008 | Filed under: The Personal
The weather has cooled off, and I’ve been making an effort to have computer free days–at least after work, anyway! I’ve been spending the time outside working on the yard, riding Sky’s old bike or walking.
I’ve got the walking thing down. I bought a backpack, pictured below, that I carry to work with me […]
Michelle on Oct 06 2008 | Filed under: The Teaching
In our Geography books, we reached the Middle East today. I expected it to be a section, but no, it’s a chapter. One chapter in a book that has 36 of them. So we wonder why no one seems to have a clue about the Middle East, do we? Needless to say, I’m going to […]
Michelle on Oct 06 2008 | Filed under: The Personal
I got a note in Sage’s agenda today that informed me that he was “making paper airplanes out of the work” yesterday, and “refused to do the math test” today. Apparently, he has heard me discuss his attention issues too much, because today, the first thing he started talking about was how he couldn’t pay […]
Michelle on Oct 04 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
I am just fooling myself if I think that my job doesn’t have anything to do with my state of mind. Yeah, there are some good days, and days when I see the value of my being there. Today, one of my 15 year old boys was in a state of panic because his 14 […]
Michelle on Oct 01 2008 | Filed under: The Personal, The Stories
Last night I was tucking Sage into bed. He reached up, grabbed his dreamcatcher, and proceeded to give it a few good whacks.
I asked him what he was doing.
“I’m cleaning out the bad dreams so that there will be room for some more,” he said.
I didn’t ask where the old ones went. […]
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