Friday, October 8, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
I just don't think that I have enough to do.
Things are so boring at school. Everything is so clear. Students are so well behaved because of all the extra special occasions that make them feel good about themselves.
I just don't know what to do with all this extra mental energy I have. I sure hope those CLC people stop into MY class. They will be so welcome seeing as how I am doing SUCH a good job with all of this extra class time I have to teach.
anonymous.
I just don't know what to do with all this extra mental energy I have. I sure hope those CLC people stop into MY class. They will be so welcome seeing as how I am doing SUCH a good job with all of this extra class time I have to teach.
anonymous.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
BC update
All under control...literally.
" Where have you been lately?"
Big smile.."Oh around"
"When do you work next?" "I have tomorrow off.. I'll try to get Saturday off" ( Jamie & kids are coming up)
"I have to clean out the car. I've been living out of my car."
"Where have you been sleeping at night?"
"At Matts"
" Yeah. I see you have half a pack of BC pills in your room"
Big smile"Yeah. I have one at Matt's too... I have it all under control"
" Isn't it hard to keep track of the days that way?"
" Don't worry" smile smile smile " I have it allllllllllll under control".
I sure hope that is true.
" Where have you been lately?"
Big smile.."Oh around"
"When do you work next?" "I have tomorrow off.. I'll try to get Saturday off" ( Jamie & kids are coming up)
"I have to clean out the car. I've been living out of my car."
"Where have you been sleeping at night?"
"At Matts"
" Yeah. I see you have half a pack of BC pills in your room"
Big smile"Yeah. I have one at Matt's too... I have it all under control"
" Isn't it hard to keep track of the days that way?"
" Don't worry" smile smile smile " I have it allllllllllll under control".
I sure hope that is true.
Parent's scarey moment(s).
Go into your 24 year old daughter's room, look for laundry that may have been on the floor for a week (because you haven't seen her face in a week) and find a half empty package of BC pills.
Gently scan the room for laundry, back out slowly, bow your head and say a short prayer.
Put in a load of your own laundry. Ponder.
Go upstairs, get on your computer , put on some music on from your youth ( the 70s in my case) and remind yourself of the chances you took at her age.
Take a deep breath.
Get on with it.... and wait for that perfect moment to bring the subject up.
Realize that , in this case, there never will be that "perfect" moment free of tension.
Go with it anyway. Do you job. Remember your roll. Put it out there.
What? A note on the package? A message wrapped in humor? No. That will not do.
But what if you get so busy that you forget to say anything &/or that perfect moment passes?
E mail? No. Face it. Face -to-face is the only way to do this.
Have you secured a relationship with this child that is trusting? And do you realize that you just called a 24 year old a "child"? Are you perpetuating a "baby" syndrome? Do you just realize that you are referring to & struggling with the concept of your baby having a baby?
Listen. Do you hear that song by The Band? It is called, " Life is a Carnival".
Got that right.
Flash.
Gently scan the room for laundry, back out slowly, bow your head and say a short prayer.
Put in a load of your own laundry. Ponder.
Go upstairs, get on your computer , put on some music on from your youth ( the 70s in my case) and remind yourself of the chances you took at her age.
Take a deep breath.
Get on with it.... and wait for that perfect moment to bring the subject up.
Realize that , in this case, there never will be that "perfect" moment free of tension.
Go with it anyway. Do you job. Remember your roll. Put it out there.
What? A note on the package? A message wrapped in humor? No. That will not do.
But what if you get so busy that you forget to say anything &/or that perfect moment passes?
E mail? No. Face it. Face -to-face is the only way to do this.
Have you secured a relationship with this child that is trusting? And do you realize that you just called a 24 year old a "child"? Are you perpetuating a "baby" syndrome? Do you just realize that you are referring to & struggling with the concept of your baby having a baby?
Listen. Do you hear that song by The Band? It is called, " Life is a Carnival".
Got that right.
Flash.
Friday, October 1, 2010
I suck at religion.
On the motorcycle forum I frequent someone posted a quiz on religion. I got a 60% (story of my life) & they were bragging about their awesome scores. So here is how I responded:
The first sentence is in response to one guy saying he was " surprised that a teacher can read from the Bible for literature purposes"...
Is the bible copyrighted? Because if it is , technically a teacher would have to ask the author for permission to use it in class. We just got the memo.
So who IS the author? huh? Tell me that all you religious smarty pants. I got 60% on the damn thing and 20% of MY school population is MUSLIM.
I suck. But I know my trees and bugs
Signed... a religious MUTT: Grandfather/ father's side JEWISH, grandmother/father's side CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST ( yeah.... THAT caused some "probems") , Father eventually followed MEHR BABA, Mother PROTESTANT ( VERY non practicing) , HER mother (my grandmother) SOUTHERN BAPTIST.
I was baptized at the age of 30 CATHOLIC.
But I say "under GOD" at the start every school day with the pledge of allegiance so I figure I'm covered..... even with a score of 60%. OR maybe I will just go to hell.
M
ps. My Christian Scientist Grandmother was the daughter of an EPISCOPALIAN Priest... but he left the church because he refused to believe something about the wine & blood...I now practice yoga & watch Dog The Bounty Hunter to relieve the religious strife I feel...NOT.
Last edited by *******; Today at 08:06 PM. Reason: CONFESSION
The first sentence is in response to one guy saying he was " surprised that a teacher can read from the Bible for literature purposes"...
Is the bible copyrighted? Because if it is , technically a teacher would have to ask the author for permission to use it in class. We just got the memo.
So who IS the author? huh? Tell me that all you religious smarty pants. I got 60% on the damn thing and 20% of MY school population is MUSLIM.
I suck. But I know my trees and bugs
Signed... a religious MUTT: Grandfather/ father's side JEWISH, grandmother/father's side CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST ( yeah.... THAT caused some "probems") , Father eventually followed MEHR BABA, Mother PROTESTANT ( VERY non practicing) , HER mother (my grandmother) SOUTHERN BAPTIST.
I was baptized at the age of 30 CATHOLIC.
But I say "under GOD" at the start every school day with the pledge of allegiance so I figure I'm covered..... even with a score of 60%. OR maybe I will just go to hell.
M
ps. My Christian Scientist Grandmother was the daughter of an EPISCOPALIAN Priest... but he left the church because he refused to believe something about the wine & blood...I now practice yoga & watch Dog The Bounty Hunter to relieve the religious strife I feel...NOT.
Last edited by *******; Today at 08:06 PM. Reason: CONFESSION
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