I’ve mentioned before that I use the television show NCIS for inspiration–especially my name and my classroom rules (current list here). One time I mentioned “calling a campfire,” but I didn’t really explain it. I will ‘splain. There is too much, I will sum up… There is a character on NCIS named Dinozzo. At one…
Recently I had to institute the offsides rule in my classroom. Granted, I don’t fully comprehend the rule, and, as I am wont to do, I have adjusted it to meet my needs. Life is so much easier when you can make things mean what you want them to mean. My lamby-pie that seeks attention…
I have an Incessant Leaner in my classroom. He leans back in his chair, the chairs get bendy and squeaky AND he has fallen on his little poodle head multiple times. Today, he and I came up with a solution: DUCT TAPE!!! *Note–HE suggested the duct tape. It’s not a vicious punishment– in fact another…
I was going to title this post “god-light”. You know, the light that sometimes shines through the clouds and, some say, looks all biblical and stuff? I did a search on it, and found… well… very little that describes it as I want it described. Then I thought I’d use “A-Ha”. A search ensued, and…
All of my classrooms have a ghost. Either I have a strong link to the Other Side, or I need a patsy for the odd things that happen in my room… you can guess which one. In this classroom her name is Clementine. Way back in the olden days of yore, my aforementioned amazing cousin-friend (here and…
Just kidding. No woe. No despair. I was pretending. Sometimes, when the kidlets are being obnoxious, I strike this pose (usually standing up, but it was sunny and I wanted to rest) and someone says for me, “Is it hard to be you?” To which I reply, “Yes. It is hard to be me. Woe and despair.”…
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs is one of my professional role models. It is for him that I have asked my students this year to call me Boss. I am not a TV fanatic, and I prefer not to pay the cable company any of my hard-earned money. I have, however, watched many episodes of…
M. is crying. I am pretty sure it is my fault. Before you get your knickers in a bunch, though, I will tell you that he is upset because I held him responsible for his actions (or lack of action, to be more specific). He is sitting in the center of the room, at his…
I am tired today. Foot-dragging, eyes-drooping, body-fighting-every-step-of-the-way tired. This tired makes me feel like I’d prefer each one of my chicken-heads to be silent and do all of their work. I know a serious lack of realism when I see it, so I tried. The end of first period came, the chillins’ were working, and…
April 25, 2010 This video clip disturbs me. Shall I list the ways or shall I invite my fellow caped crusaders to tell me themselves? And let’s be even-handed. What do you like and dislike about this video and related article (if you can read it without skipping most of it as I very much…
Wear The Cape 