Uddered out the mouth of a 5 year old kindergartener today:

"He's bothering me so much its giving me nightmares"

I had to do my best to not bust out laughing and be sympathetic.

So I started attending union meetings this year.  Two so far.  The first one really opened my eyes to the situations that are goin on in the school district.  The second was about the all the data that the teachers are being requiered to do on top of their teaching.  What ever happened to the art of teaching?!

Lego teams piece together science lesson

HAMMOND: 10 from area advance to state finals in robotics competition

BY MELISSA BATKA
Times Correspondent

This story ran on nwitimes.com on Monday, November 20, 2006 12:28 AM CST

HAMMOND | Watching children build with Legos might not be anything out of the ordinary.

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Everyone has been posting such wonderful updates, so here is mine ( Read more... )

At work I got a whole trunkful of science supplies. All for the first graders. I cant wait to do all the fun hands on stuff. Yay for science!

I had this awsome cake and ice cream at my Tia's house. Happy Birthday Charlie!

Its back to work tomorrow! Wish me luck!

The dance was so nice! The decorations were awsome! The DJ rocked! I had so much fun seeing teacher's I haven't seen in a while, students I haven't seen in a long time, and having the hopes of seeing someone new. I wasn't going to go because I didn't have a ride but I had a fellow co-worker drop me off for the afterschool meeting, and I stayed ( Read more... )

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Today was the first day back to work.  I had a nice two week winter break from working, it's one of the perks of working for the school city.  I took it easy today.  I had the students practice their English speaking skills.  I asked them two questions and each child had a chance to answer.

1.  What was the present you liked the most?

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Well first of all, I went through a stage in my life after my break up with The Ex where I was being rather promiscuous. I won't say how promiscuous here but if you want to know just ask. Well anyway I was so much so that I went through a scare. You would have worried too if it were two months!! I should have known I was ok due to the symptoms ( Read more... )