Posted in Meme, My life on April 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I totally stole this from Tense Teacher. It’s delicious and I am salivating at the prospect of having at it. Here we go!
Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror?
Of the three, I can regularly be found with SF and fantasy, with several of my favorite books in these distinct genres. I LOVE all the [...]
Posted in Teaching on April 26, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I have a student - let’s call him Sam - who was supposed to give me a speech this week. After his class met, I received this email:
From: Sam
Sent: Tue 4/24/2007 8:37 PM
To: Organic Mama
Subject: Absent
(IBID)
I am incredibly sorry for the absence from class today. Words cannot express the level of frustration I am [...]
Posted in Family Dynamics, General bitching on April 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Maybe my attitude sucks.
Maybe HERS does.
All I know is that the impending visit (in 6 hours) of my husband’s parents has me alternately calm, sweet and sedate or decidedly NOT. So, I used that agitated energy to run around like a demented rodent. I have cleaned the house, got the guest room ready [...]
Posted in Teaching on April 25, 2007 | No Comments »
When it was her turn to deliver her informational speech, she stood in front of the lectern, facing the class. Clearly nervous, she began to speak in a projected but trembly voice about her eleven year-old sister who has Cystic Fibrosis. Kris began her speech by reading a poem her young sister had written [...]
Posted in My life, Ten things Tuesday on April 24, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Hey, another week has flown by and instead of ridiculous flooding, we had 88 degrees yesterday! It was hot, sunny and perfect weather to take kids currently on April break to the local park. I am teaching this week, so my kids have been spending time with a good friend who, among other things, [...]
Posted in My life, Teaching on April 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In my job at TCC, I have some (culinary, for the most part) students for whom I provide the first real introduction to standard English grammar. While most undoubtedly had grammar in high school, their memories of the rules are sparse at best. With that understanding, I had them write an [...]
Posted in Meme, Mind blowers, My life on April 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This morning Mrs. Chili posted an interview meme that she got from Very Contrary. The idea is that the friend sent questions that Contrary answered, then Contrary offered to do the same for anyone else who wanted to participate. On her site, Chili filled out a sort of individualized list of quirky questions from Contrary [...]
Posted in Food, General bitching, Life with Dogs, Ten things Tuesday on April 17, 2007 | 4 Comments »
You know when the head space is crowded with a morass of images and feelings? The ghastly news out of Virginia is testing my equanimity and composure; I wanted to flail and rant today in class, as I stood before two groups of college students, but instead I held it together by sheer force [...]
Posted in Mind blowers, My life on April 14, 2007 | 4 Comments »
He said he couldn’t bear to touch or be near blue things.
Dale, car salesman extraordinaire at the local Buick dealership, is quite seriously phobic about blue things. He doesn’t recall when it started, but he knows that he always has to have a black pen on his person lest he should be offered a [...]
Posted in Mind blowers, My life, Teaching on April 13, 2007 | No Comments »
Teaching is such a varied adrenaline rush!
This past Monday was the first day of the new semester at Tiny Community College, where I teach three classes. At 8, armed with excitement, enthusiasm and a seriously high blood caffeine level, I headed to work to teach a section of Public Speaking I was very [...]
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