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WTF, Dallas?!?!
Two events worthy of note out of Dallas, Texas this week: 1. The city of Dallas is going to begin to charge people who live outside of Dallas if they are involved in a car accident. Have any of you ever driven in Dalla… -
Wordy Wednesday and Surprises
I walked into my classroom today to discover a gift from a former student. The student and I have bumped into eachother very few times since I had her in class two years ago. Nonetheless, today, she gave me a gift--or ra… -
Funny Kids!
A line from an essay I am scoring: "Jackie's experience with the priest allowed him to find his own view of the church rather than the view that old Mrs. Ryan felt him up with." Aaaah, the jokes that can come from thi… -
Undeserved/In Other News
I received an email today from the parent of a student I had in class two years ago. The student is a senior now. She is a class officer, and she is in her final year of AP English (amongst other AP classes) at our schoo… -
Oddities
School has officially started. I am so busy reading the writing of others that I feel like I have nothing to discuss and write about myself. In other random news, I went to see a cousin yesterday. He and I are about si… -
To Continue...
To respond to the question most posed in my last post: The woman in question has been teaching for four years and is about 16 years my senior. She is well old enough and seasoned enough to plan and execute her own curr… -
The Reason I Think Pregnancy May Have Turned Off My Thought-To-Mouth Filter:
It irritates me enough to have to remind my students not to be intellectual parasites... must I say the same to another teacher? Really? I want to tell her this: "NO! I will not share my syllabus with you! If, a day … -
Life at the Barnyard and Wordy Wednesday
Totaling it up, I have heard students referred to as all of the following during staff development this week: 1. Horses 2. Dogs 3. Fish I guess one animal in a barn is no different than another. In other news, I sp…
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