Anyway parents were encouraged to write "inspirational" letters to their student and I am hanging them on my walls for the kids to see while they take the test. Great idea except most teachers only got 3-4 letters from their kids. That sucks, its possible the kids didnt take the letter home to their parent and its possible the parent just didnt write the letter, but the ones that did, holy crap on a cracker!! I was reading them and crying like a big dumb baby!!! Parents encouraged their kids to take their time, focus, they believed in them, they love them, it was pretty awesome! But now what to do about the kids that dont have letters?? Oh, right, in addition to homework this weekend I will be writing letters of inspiration for the kids that didnt get letters. Everyone needs someone to tell them they believe in them and I do believe in them, my kids are good at heart, they are a bit wacky, they are sometimes like a herd of cats that I have to wrangle, they are awkwardly full of hormones and they are sometimes just plain weird, but I believe in them... What I shouldnt have done was believe in Geraldo Rivera all those years ago, again he's still a douche..
Friday, April 27, 2012
Geraldo Rivera is a douchebag....
The kids take their standardize state tests next week, I feel for them, testing sucks. It even sucks for teachers because we just sit there and grade papers for two hours. Usually my classroom is a pretty lively environment, my ipod is usually playing while kids are working on some kind of project or something, or were having a discussion about some cool history factoid. This week I did the Charleston in my classroom just to show kids how they danced in the '20s, we talked a lot about Al Capone and how when I was a kid Geraldo Rivera did that show about opening Capone's vault and we were glued to the t.v. hoping there was some treasure in there.. No such luck, fucker was empty..Geraldo Rivera is a douche..
Anyway parents were encouraged to write "inspirational" letters to their student and I am hanging them on my walls for the kids to see while they take the test. Great idea except most teachers only got 3-4 letters from their kids. That sucks, its possible the kids didnt take the letter home to their parent and its possible the parent just didnt write the letter, but the ones that did, holy crap on a cracker!! I was reading them and crying like a big dumb baby!!! Parents encouraged their kids to take their time, focus, they believed in them, they love them, it was pretty awesome! But now what to do about the kids that dont have letters?? Oh, right, in addition to homework this weekend I will be writing letters of inspiration for the kids that didnt get letters. Everyone needs someone to tell them they believe in them and I do believe in them, my kids are good at heart, they are a bit wacky, they are sometimes like a herd of cats that I have to wrangle, they are awkwardly full of hormones and they are sometimes just plain weird, but I believe in them... What I shouldnt have done was believe in Geraldo Rivera all those years ago, again he's still a douche..
Anyway parents were encouraged to write "inspirational" letters to their student and I am hanging them on my walls for the kids to see while they take the test. Great idea except most teachers only got 3-4 letters from their kids. That sucks, its possible the kids didnt take the letter home to their parent and its possible the parent just didnt write the letter, but the ones that did, holy crap on a cracker!! I was reading them and crying like a big dumb baby!!! Parents encouraged their kids to take their time, focus, they believed in them, they love them, it was pretty awesome! But now what to do about the kids that dont have letters?? Oh, right, in addition to homework this weekend I will be writing letters of inspiration for the kids that didnt get letters. Everyone needs someone to tell them they believe in them and I do believe in them, my kids are good at heart, they are a bit wacky, they are sometimes like a herd of cats that I have to wrangle, they are awkwardly full of hormones and they are sometimes just plain weird, but I believe in them... What I shouldnt have done was believe in Geraldo Rivera all those years ago, again he's still a douche..
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Wait dad, I got something to tell you dad, I love you
So we've come to the point where we have to start training our kid to behave. If we cant figure out what's going on I feel like we're doing our kid a disservice. I know that when he gets to preschool things will get better as he has more interactions with other tots. But, I didnt make this journal to specificallly talk about all things Lincoln. Although if you have any suggestions please feel free to throw them in the ring..The title of this blog is what my brother and I used to say to my dad before he spanked us, it was usually anything we could say to get out of being whooped..
I coached volleyball this year and as a gift to myself I bought myself a beautiful Coach Purse. Cant wait for it to get here so I can rock the shit out of it..I gotta treat "mama' good sometimes.
Standardized testing for our school starts next week..So boring for teachers but the pressure is on to make sure our kids did well. I posted a large inspirational quote on the wall that says "I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. I knock 'em out but I pick the round" from Muhammed Ali and I hope that the kids understand that I think they're the greatest and they can master this test on their own terms, whatever it takes. They are good kids, sometimes.
Finally, family unit is back together after a night of dabauchery and it feels good to have everyone in the same house.
"Ambien Stacy" is kicking in so peace out..
I coached volleyball this year and as a gift to myself I bought myself a beautiful Coach Purse. Cant wait for it to get here so I can rock the shit out of it..I gotta treat "mama' good sometimes.
Standardized testing for our school starts next week..So boring for teachers but the pressure is on to make sure our kids did well. I posted a large inspirational quote on the wall that says "I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. I knock 'em out but I pick the round" from Muhammed Ali and I hope that the kids understand that I think they're the greatest and they can master this test on their own terms, whatever it takes. They are good kids, sometimes.
Finally, family unit is back together after a night of dabauchery and it feels good to have everyone in the same house.
"Ambien Stacy" is kicking in so peace out..
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
I'm not sure...but lets give this a shot...
I havent really thought this whole blog thing through. Like most things in my life I kinda "shoot from the hip". For instance, signing up for my Master of Education, kinda just something I thought of over Spring Break and did.. Didnt really take in to account that I am raising a toddler, have a husband and a full time job. I just wanted to go back to school so I did. Now I am adding blog to that workload, but it will be good, I am sure I will need somewhere to go to "get outta my head".
So, this will be the place. I'm 35, gonna be 36 and 30 is the new 20 so I am going to live it to the fullest. I'm enjoying this life, and I'm sure I will have plenty more to say. Right now, the focus is Lincoln (my 1 year old toddler) my husband who is the only person I enjoy spending time with besides my kid and sister and the 120 students that I spend a lot of time with everyday.. Life is good, or so the t-shirt says.
Time to go to bed....I leave you with this.
So, this will be the place. I'm 35, gonna be 36 and 30 is the new 20 so I am going to live it to the fullest. I'm enjoying this life, and I'm sure I will have plenty more to say. Right now, the focus is Lincoln (my 1 year old toddler) my husband who is the only person I enjoy spending time with besides my kid and sister and the 120 students that I spend a lot of time with everyday.. Life is good, or so the t-shirt says.
Time to go to bed....I leave you with this.
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