We've been doing a brief filler unit (1/3 of the students are away at camp this week) revolving around "An Inconvenient Truth." There is certainly a lot there to draw students in, but I have to say that it is a little sad when sixth graders are finding errors in the book.
Student: This book lies.
Teacher A: Oh?
S: Yeah. See here where they say this [difference between two glacier photos] is 15 years? The photos are from 1978 and 2006, so that's almost twice that.
TA: ...You're right. They're 28 years apart. I don't know what to tell you.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
This is why I don't have nice things
So I finally found a pair of non-jean pants that I really like (finally meaning December, but you know what I mean). They fit well and make me look casual-professional. Sometime during the morning, though, I managed to tear a big hole in the butt without even realizing it. It looks like I snagged myself on something, and unfortunately the hole doesn't look like it can be repaired. On a positive note, I think I handled the whole students-telling-me-my-pants-were-ripped thing quite well. I only turned pink instead of beet red and I mostly felt frustrated instead of mortally embarrassed.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Recent searches (and other oddities)
how to become teacher when 8 years old - Yeah, I can't really help you there. I think that might be against child labor laws.
girly bathrooms - One more thing you won't be finding here. I've only recently discovered the miracle that is the plug-in air freshener, so now the cat bathroom no longer smells like a litter box (and nor does the rest of the house near box-changing day).
how to fix blindness explain to a kid - Who do I look like, someone who can explain things clearly to children? Oh, wait...
In other every-day oddities, my school form for financial student aid is due on May 1st. It quite clearly states on the form itself that the application cannot be processed until they can confirm my summer enrollment, however I cannot actually sign up for summer courses until at least April.
girly bathrooms - One more thing you won't be finding here. I've only recently discovered the miracle that is the plug-in air freshener, so now the cat bathroom no longer smells like a litter box (and nor does the rest of the house near box-changing day).
how to fix blindness explain to a kid - Who do I look like, someone who can explain things clearly to children? Oh, wait...
In other every-day oddities, my school form for financial student aid is due on May 1st. It quite clearly states on the form itself that the application cannot be processed until they can confirm my summer enrollment, however I cannot actually sign up for summer courses until at least April.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
A paradox
It seems that the more things I do (and therefore have to write about), the less time and energy I have to write about them. Quite frustrating. In any case, here is this weekend's activity:
In case you can't tell, that's desert in the background. SoCal snowboarding is just bizarre.
In case you can't tell, that's desert in the background. SoCal snowboarding is just bizarre.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
As A breaks with tradition
After posting an entry this morning with a title repeat (hastily changed), I've decided to stop requiring my titles to begin with the letter 'A.' It was cute for a while, but I think it has moved beyond that, into the range of an annoying nuisance. Notice, though, this title still began with the letter 'A.' This may be a harder habit to break than I first thought.
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