What you learn when you fall off the face of the Earth

June 22nd, 2008 in anger and I have sat down for tea, books, harry potter, i know too much about magnets, i like scotch & table dancing, it happened this week, lists, men, movies, self improvement, the J.O.B., youth

This is my last BUSY week, school is done this Friday and then I’m sure I will be blogging 21.8 times a day out of boredom until I find a summer job that feeds my soul pays my bills. Instead of trying to cram in blog posts, I’ve been really focusing on planning great lessons for my last week. As a class we’ve been having a tremendous amount of fun, but I’m not looking forward to the last day of school. One of my favourite students- Taylor, asked me if it would be okay if he went to the bathroom …READ MORE

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Because originality is overrated

June 17th, 2008 in and now you might know everything, because I can't do report cards 24/7, books, confession of the day, Fox is foxy, i know too much about magnets, let's not talk about how long this took, men, people i like, the J.O.B., the world according to me, what i found when i went looking, you're skimming this one

I’ve seen about 900 gazillion different versions of photo memes going around. Because I’m lazy a trailblazer, I decided to write a post about my life and include as many silly photos of people I don’t know as possible.  Because what’s creepier than putting pictures of children you don’t know on your blog? Absolutely nothing.

I get up around…

I’m a teacher, so many people suspect I walk each day into a roomful of children who look like this:

Which would be fantastic, but it’s entirely inaccurate. I have a few who look like this:

And one …READ MORE

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Confessions & Apologizes from the shirtless

June 12th, 2008 in and now you might know everything, Annie Lebowitz is so jealous, because "guilt" is a dirty word, because I can't do report cards 24/7, confession of the day, find the dorkiest sentence in this, help, i hate it when i blog about blogging, i know too much about magnets, i may write about the west wing forever, if you're shallow and you know it clap your hands!, lists, men, people i like, pirates, proof i attract crazy, the george, the J.O.B., Uncategorized, when i say it anyway

So, I have to mention this because it’s going to bother me if I don’t. And when things bother me and I don’t say anything, I turn about 8 shades of crazy all of which involve binging on popcorn and tequila and writing copious amounts of horrible poetry into my journal (sidenote: Why do I only ever write in my journal when I’m unhappy? I swear, if my grandkids are screwed out of love letters- they should at least get a journal that has SOME happy thoughts rather than hundreds of pages filled with angst and pathetic ‘why me?’ statements …READ MORE

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What they don’t tell you

May 4th, 2008 in charm, happiness, i know too much about magnets, i second that emotion, is it weird this makes me cry?, it happened this week, school, so sappy it hurts, something I won't forget, swimming in a sea of self pity, the J.O.B., thinking, Uncategorized, who needs a self help book?, work, youth

I often like to reflect on all the things I didn’t learn in university that I should have. Someone should have taught a class on how to work all the school office equipment (and more importantly, what to do when the photocopier breaks down for the 734th time and your kicking of the machine is getting you dirty looks). Someone should have taught a class on what to have your teacher assistants do- because finding work for them often is the hardest part of my planning. Someone should have taught a class on time management. On the trick to writing …READ MORE

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And yes, I actually own a net

March 16th, 2008 in adventure, holidays, i know too much about magnets, I want to make Jim Halpert a mix tape, it seemed like a good idea at the time..., it was a dance dance revolution, the J.O.B.

If you watch this and don’t feel like it’s changed your life for the better, I will give you your money back. And a kidney for your trouble.

And on a completely different note- tomorrow I will be partaking in the most exciting and rewarding part of my job thus far- the elaborately planned out leprechaun hunt. Picture it- two teachers, 30 students, hidden clues in the playground, fake gold, maps, face paint, leprechaun nets, and taunting notes from smug (but grammatically correct) leprechauns.

I’m pretty confident we will not catch a leprechaun, but that we will have fun …READ MORE

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Here I Am.

March 5th, 2008 in Bill Schneider wears a lot of funny hats, celiacs, confession of the day, disappointment, don't hate me for this, heaven, i complain because I care, i hate it when i blog about blogging, i know too much about magnets, i love fragment sentences, I should be sleeping, I've fallen into a funk and I can't get up, is it weird this makes me cry?, lists, politics, pretty hair makes me happier, school, secrets, seriously, Slyvia Path has nothing on me, swimming in a sea of self pity, the george, the J.O.B., today i am not funny, when i say it anyway, when it doesn't go my way, who needs a self help book?, work

I never wanted to be that blogger who has a google reader number that’s closer to a thousand than zero, but here I am.

I never wanted to be the daughter who would avoid her fathers calls, but here I am.

I never wanted to be a teacher who uses stickers as bribes when she’s at the end of her rope and thinking of tying a noose, but here I am.

I never wanted to be the person who started off every sentence ” I’m so exhausted I can’t…”, but here I am.

I never wanted to be person who …READ MORE

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