my grandfather died at 4:05 this afternoon.

i want to start off by saying that the worst time to upset your teacher is right before he is going to write your upcoming test, which will be quickly followed by writing your cumulative final. my students have done this. i am tired of disrespect, being ignored, my compassion taken for granted, and general ass-hattery of students. my planning ( Read more... )

so, just finished the seventh harry potter book again. FABULOUS. i really really like that book, easily the best craftsmanship out of rowling, if not the best plot but she is really able to move the readers in that book so much more than in the other books... i also watched the 6th movie last night. they left out some pretty important stuff in ( Read more... )

i just finished reading the sixth book. once again, the death of Dumbledore leaves me very sad... it may have just turned the rest of this evening into a downcast night... soon i will begin reading the seventh again. also, harry is an idiot for leaving ginny, dumbledore would find out and know anyway and use her to get to him. it hardly keeps her ( Read more... )

i am re-reading the harry potter books from the beginning. three down. amazing decision so far :-D

today. i saw a student learn. i mean really learn. i saw him have a misconception. i saw him plan an experiment for the open ended assignment i gave. saw him startled by the response. then really fully grasp the implications of newton's second law. he will not forget it. he truly learned that. that is why i am teaching. also, this student i can ( Read more... )

SO! im finally reaching my own stride in my classroom. and it feels good to loosen up a bit from my professionalism (dont worry, im still professional but im a little less frosty and impersonal and more finding my own style is what i mean and letting my personality show more). so we have been doing a lot of exploratory labs this few weeks. and i ( Read more... )

so, someone told me that i would tell you all about how the climate rally went, and that i hadn't yet. so ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is the big international day of climate action.  the event that i helped plan is down at the st louis arch. i really hope it goes well. you should check out and see if any actions are going on by you. there are over 3,400 worldwide. so chances are there is SOMETHING going on around you.  the website is www.350.org  and the website for ( Read more... )

First, before i say anything worthwhile, i would like to say that i am listening to the songs performed on Glee on a youtube playlist and they make me so happy and energy filled despite it being after 2am while i write this ( Read more... )