A class is taking a quiz.  The first sentence of the quiz says "A bunch of bok choy is being lowered down on a rope."
Student: "I can't spell bok choy.  Can I just write "BC?"

A student is turning in a report with a picture of Harold and Kumar as the title illustration.
Another student: "You can't do that, it's copyrighted"
Me: "It's okay as fair use ( Read more... )

I need to write for myself more.  There are a myriad word files on my computer, and I don't think any of them have a november date.  And maybe a handful have an october date ( Read more... )

very depressed: about prop 8
depressed: stevens and mcconnell holding.
happy: general senate and house alignment is about what i want.  if democrats can't convince snow/collins/mccain to not filibuster, their measure sucks.
content: not palin.
meh: the barr/nader/mckinney vote in california/massachusetts, or rather lack thereof.  it's not like they ( Read more... )

i lived in tucson for a year.  now i am moving to the bay area.  i am still teaching high school physics.  i am still having a good time.

thanks for being good to me.

really loving cty.  finished first session, started 2nd, going even smoother and just as fun.  feels meaningful and not overburdening.

sad that i don't know if i'll consistently see speek again (she to denmark till 2008, me to tucson till june 2008, then who knows in 08-09)

so it goes.  the nomad-ing continues.

i'm at the recycling center. guy pulls up, his ~6 year old kid gets out of the car, empties about a trashcan's worth of thinks like mcdonalds junk into the glass bin. what should be my response, if any?

I told him that wasn't right, he said he didn't care.
I put the trash back into his car, he got out and pushed it back into my hands.
I put it back ( Read more... )

1. To blatantly copy Maryam, if by any chance anyone knows of a place to live in Tucson, let me know.  I don't anticipate this, and am craigslisting like crazy :).

2. www.couchsurfing.com is the awesomest website ever

i'm up despite having to get up in 5 hours.  it feels as though i'm searching for something, but i'm not sure what it is.

in other news, i'll be teaching high school physics at basis school in tucson, az starting august.  i'm mostly happy and excited about this.

Today, I found out that I passed subject knowledge tests for teaching any science (that's right, biology/etc. included) in high school in the state of California ( Read more... )