February 2007

Five Plus One Equals Eight

February 9, 2007

When I drove back from KC this week there was lively conversation in the car about what students know and don’t know compared to when we were young. There was an administrator, a central office administrator, two math teachers and me. When I piped up from the driver’s seat about my horror that students don’t [...]

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Stupid, Stupid, Stupid

February 7, 2007

My trip to Kansas City (I want to call it KC, but I don’t know if that’s kosher – anybody? Kansans?) was excellent if not entirely exhausting. [Sidenote: Gates' BBQ sauce is TO DIE FOR and I loved the kick it provided. Good on ya, Gates.] We visited schools that are entrenched in some fantastic [...]

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Indicative Of Many E-mail Exchanges Between Us

February 6, 2007

Sometimes Mallory writes me for help for her papers in college. So I pretty much need to kick ass at this paper…look it over, it has to have these requirements: research each furn. system and describe in detail compare/contrast each product explain the benefit of each system explain how power is incoporated explain when/why each [...]

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I Ain’t Got No Money, But Baby I’m Rich On Personality

February 5, 2007

Oh, no. No, no, no nonononono. Prince does NOT have on the do-rag. C’mon, people! I can’t take the do-rag. It’s raining in Florida, Kelly. See the rain? Oh. I can understand wanting to save your hair when you have black hair. I get the do-rag now. All is forgiven. I only pretended to watch [...]

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Conundrum Cafe

February 2, 2007

Today I ponder Big Things. Career choices. Freelance work. I wonder what would happen if I put the controversial theme over here in my sidebar where my cuppa normally is. I wonder if people would feel compelled to give me advice. Over my Kona coffee (with a dash of Coconut Run Latte coffee grinds sprinkled [...]

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All Noise. All The Time.

February 2, 2007

This is what it’s like here in my house. These are the grown up versions of what I have had in my classroom. For the love of all that is good and holy, teachers, don’t stifle this. These are the experimental artists who bring the innovative into our world. When that kid is tapping his [...]

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Midwestern Soy Chai

February 1, 2007

Two meetings in a row were scheduled at this building our district uses a lot and near it is a great coffee drive-through place with all these lovely people. I’m not kidding; they are the nicest bunch of people. Midwestern nice. One of the baristas even knows I’m trying to lose weight (because my ordering [...]

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Not Very Often

February 1, 2007

It isn’t often that I happen upon a new blog and fall head over heels in love with the writing immediately. The first time I started seriously reading them and realizing the power of the words of normal regular people like me who were out there practicing their writing was a joyous day indeed. There [...]

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