Michelle on Feb 02 2008 | Filed under: The Teaching
Today, Mr. Sir demanded that the students STOP SHARING. He bellowed this out to looks of incredulity and I nearly had to leave the room because I was going to go all hysterical with laughter. It was totally surreal.
Another stupid thing is that I have this brilliant kid who can teach Algebra better than [...]
Michelle on Jan 19 2008 | Filed under: The Teaching
Today I took Salsa to school with me. It wasn’t a big deal since it was a workday. Sage came too, and it was cool having my family in the room with me while I completed what seemed to be endless grading. Salsa growled at Mr. Sir like he was the devil. She sounded like [...]
Michelle on Jan 04 2008 | Filed under: The Personal
Last night, at about 10, Sage and I were sitting at the kitchen table, peaceably doing artsy craftsy stuff. I bought a moleskine notebook, and I’ve been all into doing that lately. Sage has his own blank book, and he is practicing Chinese characters in it. It is where he glues his fortune cookie “fortunes” [...]
