No, I can't go find it again. One might even say it was stolen - except for the part where my coworker had every right to take it ( Read more... )

I want this to be a public post, so I am going to try my best to be vague enough that there is no identifying info in here about myself, my workplace, or my students. Please keep this in mind when you comment. (This does not apply to those commenting on the facebook feed - that is effectively friendslocked anyway ( Read more... )

So I started my summer Spanish class yesterday. My other class, on language assessment (related to ESL), began on Monday and I am really enjoying it ( Read more... )

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I have just been informed that there is a foul odor in the borough of Manhattan."

Yes, that was how I began my day... turns out there was a gas leak in NJ - and the principal wanted us to close the windows.

Here is why fire drills are like the SAT's ( Read more... )

It seems to me that there are a variety of ways to atone for sins. A very Jewish way to do that is repentance: you acknowledge your sin, you try to fix it (I think), you apologize, and you try very hard not to do it again ( Read more... )

So I had jury duty last week ( Read more... )

Thank you to mysticengineer for a wonderful (free!) evening yesterday. Three of us went to a concert at the Cooper-Hewitt design museum thanks to the time and money mysticengineer put into buying Time Out NY and looking through it for ideas for stuff to do last night. We never did make it to museums during the day... (that had been our first plan) but this means my room is ( Read more... )

Nice thing about being a teacher instead of a student: less homework
Nice thing about less homework: time to hang out with friends (and occasionally give up a few hours of sleep to do so)

Benefit to being able to hang out on weeknights: saw HARRY POTTER last night.

Big thank you to mbarr for getting tickets to an advance screening. It was two days ( Read more... )

So I got back from work tonight around six, having run a number of errands on the way home. (silly little things like depositing my paycheck) Then I had dinner. Then I realized that I have already planned tomorrow's lessons, and all the things I need to get done are both big and long-term ( Read more... )