Christmas...
Okay, so now I know why we have a Christmas break in school. It's not for the students, as I used to so naiivly believe... no, no... It's actually for the teachers... Or more accurately, to prevent teachers from ending up in prison for killing their students. I'd like to think there's no jury in the world that would convict us... But seeing as the key piece of evidence (aka the student themselves) would be dead, it would be very hard to gain the sympathy of a judge and/or jury. Hence, the break. Good plan, I say.
But to be honest, my students can absolutely suck, and make me want to pull my hair out - and then one of them turns around and does something so kind and lovely that it melts the anger away. I must never show them that they have this power... I'm already comprimised with Mr. Noah, my resident cool kid. He knows that I adore him - he's got that hair flip and the looking under the eyelashes bit down pat.. Look out high school drama girls... Speaking of lovely Noah, he was super pumped to find out that I downloaded and started playing Maple Story, that online game Ryan was talking about a little while ago. After learning this, he nonchalently approached me, and we had the following conversation:
N: Hey, um... Miss McSweeny?
K: Hey Noah, what's up?
N: Did you, um, read the, um, new features on Maple Story?
K: No, I didn't bud.
N: Oh... well... um. On Maple Story, now, um, two characters can... you know... get
married.
K: Oh...really? Cool... Okay, so who's ready to add some decimals?
There may have been some shoe scuffing on his part, and there was some definite peering up at me from under the eyelashes... I really hope he doesn't ask me to marry him in Maple Story. As funny as it sounds, how would you explain that to people in a way that wouldn't get you arrested?
I'm almost finished all of my Christmas shopping. Ry, Chels, since you two are the only ones I think who read this, you'll be happy to know your gifts are safe and sound and ready to be gifted! :) Last night was my staff Christmas party, and let me tell you, teachers are the biggest drunks I've ever met! Trevor (my Grade 5 teaching partner)had to spend the entire party running away from the very drunk Kindergarten teaher who kept poking him in the stomach and taking his picture (not to mention asking him to eat lettuce that fell on the floor becuase that's sooooooooooooooooo funny *arm touch* and Trevor is sooooooooooooooooo awesome *chest push* and she's soooooooooooooooooooo glad that he ate the lettuce *photo snap*.) I told him however, that that's what happens when you're not officially married yet and you work in a female dominated profession... I think he would have preferred if the one hitting on him had not been wearing a red polar fleece vest with embroidered snowmen, but he managed to suck it up by hiding in the bathroom for a large portion of the evening...
Adam and I went to see Stuart McClean tonight at Convocation Hall, and he was, as always, just what I needed to get me right into the Christmas spirit. Trevor and I are headed out to some tiny club in Milton tomorrow to see some of the Grade 5 boys in one of their first official "gigs" as a rock band. They're so excited! Adam and I are heading out to see Wicked next week - woo hoo! Thanks Chels for lending me that very odd and delightful book! We managed to get front row seats, which I've never had for theatre before (other than Sears Drama Festivals and that doesn't count, because really how exciting could it have been seeing Beth Zdriluk THAT close?) so I'm pretty excited. We've also got tickets for We Will Rock You in March, which should be awesome!
Chelsey - what day do you actually come home? You're mom told me, but we were both nervous so I wasn't really listening. I'm hoping you can come in and see my classroom at some point... Ryan, I hope you guys had fun eating the gingerbread house and watching Christmas videos tonight... I wish I could have been there!!
Whew, big entry... Tired now...
K.
But to be honest, my students can absolutely suck, and make me want to pull my hair out - and then one of them turns around and does something so kind and lovely that it melts the anger away. I must never show them that they have this power... I'm already comprimised with Mr. Noah, my resident cool kid. He knows that I adore him - he's got that hair flip and the looking under the eyelashes bit down pat.. Look out high school drama girls... Speaking of lovely Noah, he was super pumped to find out that I downloaded and started playing Maple Story, that online game Ryan was talking about a little while ago. After learning this, he nonchalently approached me, and we had the following conversation:
N: Hey, um... Miss McSweeny?
K: Hey Noah, what's up?
N: Did you, um, read the, um, new features on Maple Story?
K: No, I didn't bud.
N: Oh... well... um. On Maple Story, now, um, two characters can... you know... get
married.
K: Oh...really? Cool... Okay, so who's ready to add some decimals?
There may have been some shoe scuffing on his part, and there was some definite peering up at me from under the eyelashes... I really hope he doesn't ask me to marry him in Maple Story. As funny as it sounds, how would you explain that to people in a way that wouldn't get you arrested?
I'm almost finished all of my Christmas shopping. Ry, Chels, since you two are the only ones I think who read this, you'll be happy to know your gifts are safe and sound and ready to be gifted! :) Last night was my staff Christmas party, and let me tell you, teachers are the biggest drunks I've ever met! Trevor (my Grade 5 teaching partner)had to spend the entire party running away from the very drunk Kindergarten teaher who kept poking him in the stomach and taking his picture (not to mention asking him to eat lettuce that fell on the floor becuase that's sooooooooooooooooo funny *arm touch* and Trevor is sooooooooooooooooo awesome *chest push* and she's soooooooooooooooooooo glad that he ate the lettuce *photo snap*.) I told him however, that that's what happens when you're not officially married yet and you work in a female dominated profession... I think he would have preferred if the one hitting on him had not been wearing a red polar fleece vest with embroidered snowmen, but he managed to suck it up by hiding in the bathroom for a large portion of the evening...
Adam and I went to see Stuart McClean tonight at Convocation Hall, and he was, as always, just what I needed to get me right into the Christmas spirit. Trevor and I are headed out to some tiny club in Milton tomorrow to see some of the Grade 5 boys in one of their first official "gigs" as a rock band. They're so excited! Adam and I are heading out to see Wicked next week - woo hoo! Thanks Chels for lending me that very odd and delightful book! We managed to get front row seats, which I've never had for theatre before (other than Sears Drama Festivals and that doesn't count, because really how exciting could it have been seeing Beth Zdriluk THAT close?) so I'm pretty excited. We've also got tickets for We Will Rock You in March, which should be awesome!
Chelsey - what day do you actually come home? You're mom told me, but we were both nervous so I wasn't really listening. I'm hoping you can come in and see my classroom at some point... Ryan, I hope you guys had fun eating the gingerbread house and watching Christmas videos tonight... I wish I could have been there!!
Whew, big entry... Tired now...
K.