This happened as the kids were getting off the bus and putting their jackets and backpacks away and getting little puzzles to do for the first 20 minutes of class ( Read more... )

Apparently I didn't actually get put on the waitlist for CSU East Bay. Apparently the e-mail and the letter I received were gigantic misunderstandings. This explains the financial aid information I received the other day and the e-mail welcoming all incoming students into the program ( Read more... )

I just got off work and now I'm eating a Cup o' Noodles and watching "Walking with Dinosaurs." I feel very... blasé and average, but in a good way.

I think that when I ask God for things, He sorta just cuts me off mid-prayer and says, "Yeah, yeah, I got it, whatever" and doesn't let me finish. As a result, I have a bunch of wishes that came true, ( Read more... )

My kids were driving me crazy today ( Read more... )

SoCal teacher arrested in alleged drunken teaching.I'd be lying if I said the same idea hadn't crossed my mind, too. Good to know it's a felony, though. Hate to have to find that out the hard way ( Read more... )

My first day of work was today - elementary school, special ed., IA 2, first half of the day is kindergarten, second half of the day is preschool ( Read more... )

I'm pretty ambivalent about surprises, but seriously, seizure surprises are by far my least favorite ( Read more... )

Confession: I haven't been working on my teacher credential apps. because I'm afraid that I'll send it in and not be accepted anywhere ( Read more... )

Today was super easy. The kids were great. Mostly. 1st period I had a couple who wanted to have a race in the classroom to see who was the fastest, and almost no one turned in the work, and those that did mostly had played tic tac toe or drawn all over it. I think one finished and one or two did a few problems. 2nd period was better, 3rd and 4th ( Read more... )

Human Resources at Natomas School District called to offer me a three week sub position as an aide in a severely handicapped special ed. classroom. Awesome. This means I can stay in Sacramento for three weeks without having to go back and forth between Sac and Oakland ( Read more... )