that were mispronounced today during presentations.
Constantinople, schism, monetary, indictment, interference, Stephen, zealots, fortifications, perished, oblivion, Nicholas, Marseilles, sepulchre, Louis (as in Louis, King of France), contagion, Constantine, Venetians, Bosphorus, tactical, diplomacy, Tunis, liberties, medieval, sect, Benedict, martyrs, edict, Byzantine
There were a few more that I will give them because they are hard to say in general. --Saladin, Damietta and Acre (the city in the middle east)
It was a long day and there's still one more to go of presentations.
People make sure that your children can read. That is so important. Some of these are words that sophomores in high school should not be mispronouncing especially if they are in Pre-Advanced Placement classes. They also need a little help with grammar and spellcheck. Please make sure that they understand that there are words that need to be capitalized that spell check will not catch. There are also several spelling errors that are the same way, the computer will not recognize that you misspelled a word if it actually spells another word, it only makes it awkward to read the sentence. So even after spell check you need to sit down and read your paper or have someone else read it for you or in rare cases you may do both. I only say have someone else read it because you may not catch your mistakes because you know what you want it to say and you will unnaturally skip over these mistakes never knowing any different.
I promise that I'm going to get around to doing some more blogging when life finally stops trying to kick me all over the map. There are quite a few different things that I would like to address and I just haven't had the time to get to them. Especially since House is coming on...I have to decide. I also have a quilt that I'm working on. It seems to be going very well right now. Of course I really haven't gotten bored with it like I have any other time.
love ya!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Just a bit better...
Today was a little bit better than yesterday but I can tell you that is was not much better. There was atleast smiling and laughing until they realized that they were laughing and then you could tell that they were all feeling guilty. It makes me sad to think that this is how the next few weeks are going to be. But then again it may actually be longer than a few weeks.
There aren't words to say what is on my mind and in my heart. My heart hurts because it just doesn't make sense. I know that it never makes sense but this time it just hits really close to home. Usually you don't have to deal with this personally but this time it was. When you know the family it makes all the difference in the world how you handle the emotions.
And Josie was right it does bring up all the old memories. They're the ones that you don't want to think about but all of a sudden they come flooding back and you can't do anything but be forced to deal with the new emotions and the old ones on top of that. I hate it.
I miss Thomas.
love ya!
There aren't words to say what is on my mind and in my heart. My heart hurts because it just doesn't make sense. I know that it never makes sense but this time it just hits really close to home. Usually you don't have to deal with this personally but this time it was. When you know the family it makes all the difference in the world how you handle the emotions.
And Josie was right it does bring up all the old memories. They're the ones that you don't want to think about but all of a sudden they come flooding back and you can't do anything but be forced to deal with the new emotions and the old ones on top of that. I hate it.
I miss Thomas.
love ya!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Just been a mess...
Lately things have been going crazy and they don't seem to be letting up anytime soon so I have to say sorry now.
I will those enlighten you with a few things that I've heard in the high school classroom.
What is a gladiator?
Hannibal attacked Rome by air.
Hannibal attacked Rome with sheep.
Obama is the pope.
Obama is a dictator.
There were more but those are the only ones that I can remember right now and yes some of them were highly inappropriate. And yes these are answers that are coming from sophomores in high school some of them from Pre-AP class.
Four weeks down eight more to go. One observation down two more left. Counting down the days until this over. One of our more troublesome students has been suspended for three days and then thirty days in alternative education...minimum. That should get us to almost Thanksgiving and then I only have about two weeks after that or maybe just six or seven days depending on how she is over there. But knowing our district she will get out early for good behaviour or something like that.
Yes Friday was one of those crazy days that makes you wonder why you got up. There was a gang fight, a girl fight and then a gas leak. It was just one of those crazy days since we were giving a test in part of the classes...it happened in one where we were giving a test. So that made it crazy this week and next since the end of the grading period is the 15th. So we have two weeks to fit in a three week unit. Fun has begun.
love ya!
I will those enlighten you with a few things that I've heard in the high school classroom.
What is a gladiator?
Hannibal attacked Rome by air.
Hannibal attacked Rome with sheep.
Obama is the pope.
Obama is a dictator.
There were more but those are the only ones that I can remember right now and yes some of them were highly inappropriate. And yes these are answers that are coming from sophomores in high school some of them from Pre-AP class.
Four weeks down eight more to go. One observation down two more left. Counting down the days until this over. One of our more troublesome students has been suspended for three days and then thirty days in alternative education...minimum. That should get us to almost Thanksgiving and then I only have about two weeks after that or maybe just six or seven days depending on how she is over there. But knowing our district she will get out early for good behaviour or something like that.
Yes Friday was one of those crazy days that makes you wonder why you got up. There was a gang fight, a girl fight and then a gas leak. It was just one of those crazy days since we were giving a test in part of the classes...it happened in one where we were giving a test. So that made it crazy this week and next since the end of the grading period is the 15th. So we have two weeks to fit in a three week unit. Fun has begun.
love ya!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Just overwhelmed...
There are so many things that I have to do right now that I don't even know where to begin. I feel like a dog running around in little circles trying to get my tail. I need to do clothes and clean the kitchen and work on my e-portfolio which I've been making a note to do everyday for the last two weeks in my notebook. I don't even want to think about everything that I'm going to have to do in the next ten weeks and I wish that my computer weren't so sensitive to everything because I keep opening up tabs with my fingers and I hate it.
Currently watching Julie & Julia and everytime I watch that it makes me think what is it that makes someone a popular blogger. What was it about her blog that made it so popular? I just love to watch movies for the food scenes. Yes that makes me so sad that for me what I care about the most is the food scenes and not really the acting. I like movies that are set in Europe that make use of the small towns that feel like they're trapped in time. With the open air markets where you took your basket and bought your food for the day, not for the week or even the month.
This movie in particular makes me think about a time when things were different. When we ate food to make us happy. Women cooked to prove that they were a capable wife and not because they were forced to. A time when butter was used liberally and Weight Watchers was not something that people cared about. We walked around and that made up for the butter that was slathered on thick slices of fresh homemade bread.
Back then there was no shame in being a real woman and having curves and being 'bigger' it wasn't fat it was I guess the word would be healthy. They were healthy looking. It's just like when you start looking at pictures of high school and college students from the 1940s and 1950s they just look so much older. There is something about looking at those pictures that makes me wonder what happened to us.
love ya!
Currently watching Julie & Julia and everytime I watch that it makes me think what is it that makes someone a popular blogger. What was it about her blog that made it so popular? I just love to watch movies for the food scenes. Yes that makes me so sad that for me what I care about the most is the food scenes and not really the acting. I like movies that are set in Europe that make use of the small towns that feel like they're trapped in time. With the open air markets where you took your basket and bought your food for the day, not for the week or even the month.
This movie in particular makes me think about a time when things were different. When we ate food to make us happy. Women cooked to prove that they were a capable wife and not because they were forced to. A time when butter was used liberally and Weight Watchers was not something that people cared about. We walked around and that made up for the butter that was slathered on thick slices of fresh homemade bread.
Back then there was no shame in being a real woman and having curves and being 'bigger' it wasn't fat it was I guess the word would be healthy. They were healthy looking. It's just like when you start looking at pictures of high school and college students from the 1940s and 1950s they just look so much older. There is something about looking at those pictures that makes me wonder what happened to us.
love ya!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Just a little disappointed...
I started student teaching this week and am already a little disappointed. I'm not sure what it is the most disappointing thing.
Is it that I see the teacher tell the students the same thing everyday. To spit out the gum. To tuck in the shirts. To pull up the pants. To put on your ID.
That the same kids are the ones that are causing the problems.
That the curriculum sucks. No one likes it and kids don't learn. It doesn't make sense and if anyone an enlighten me on CSCOPE and what it's all about I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm may end up with pneumonia.
I hate it.
Is it that I see the teacher tell the students the same thing everyday. To spit out the gum. To tuck in the shirts. To pull up the pants. To put on your ID.
That the same kids are the ones that are causing the problems.
That the curriculum sucks. No one likes it and kids don't learn. It doesn't make sense and if anyone an enlighten me on CSCOPE and what it's all about I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm may end up with pneumonia.
I hate it.
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