Seriously?

from The Onion I had to break up a fight yesterday.  Let me share some of the phrases that were being bandied about (with some details altered to protect the guilty): A: “It’s 10:55.” B: “Nuh-uh, it’s 10:54.” A: “My watch says it is” B: “Then check your cell phone.” A: “You can’t talk to me like…

We Do What We Can…

I have a request… I am looking for a bunch of small flash drives for my students.  I was shopping online and realized that lots of companies seem to be handing out little flash drives with their logos on them for advertising.  I don’t need tons of space on any one flash drive, just enough…

Quote of the Week #7

Working on colors with a very young boy-child with no school experience… Me: Show me green. D: Green. Me:  Good! Show me yellow (putting yellow and purple in front of him). D: Green. Me: That was green. Now show me yellow (pointing to yellow and purple). D:  See the TV? Me:  Yes.  Now show me yellow.…

R@NDOM

It turns out that being a Caped Site Lead for summer school takes more energy than I thought.  Either that, or my expectation of energy expenditure was too low, and my actual energy expenditure was too high, resulting in an all-over slug-like laziness. Anyhoo (yes, I will tell you about Nana and the “anyhoo”), I…

Taking Credit

I received an email from a former student this morning.  She is a-maze-ing.  I told her I will be taking credit for that. Just to ease the minds of folks who might think I actually think I mean that, I don’t. In reality,  I will only take credit for realizing she is amazing.  In my…