sass and sensibility

"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."

Apr 23, 2007

13 days later...

Yowza, it's been a long time...

Last week was a really long one for some reason. Part of it was that the weather started getting nicer, so no one wanted to be in school. Plus track meets started, there was a field trip, etc, so no one was in class and the schedule was all messed up. Ugh. But one day I ran a track practice with the kids, and then I went to see them run at a meet too, so that was fun :)

A few weeks ago I took the 8th graders on a field trip to a magical place located just north of the city where they invent things... Except it's not like your normal office building or lab...it's more like walking into Willy Wonka's factory. For example, if you are working on children's toys, you work in a pirate ship. If you are working on outdoor stuff, then you work in this cave type place with a waterfall... Basically the kids thought it was Disney World. We were in the lobby and the guy was explaining some of the inventions to them. One was an attempt they'd made to make a cover for a pop can that would keep the fizz in after you opened it (you may have seen a similar thing for a two liter bottle...). So he was talking about how it was really difficult and they had to try all sorts of different things, and he grabbed a bag off of the shelf of things they'd tried.
FS took one look at the bag he was holding and the bag left on the shelf and his hand shot up in the air,
"You mean you have two bags of 'Oops'?!?"

One of the best parts was when the guy told us it was time to go inside and the kids all walked towards the door and he was like, "No, back here by the bookshelf." Then he pressed a button and the bookshelf opened into the wall revealed the inside of the warehouse that looked more like a town with trees and a stream and a castle in the middle. Quite amazing--the kids loved it!


FS had a good one in class today too. We were talking about sound...
Me: Once the volume of a sound gets above 100 decibels, it can damage your hearing. That's why you wear earplugs when you use a jackhammer...
FS: Who's Jack Hammer?


And last week I was in the restroom and ran into one of the track girls...
"Oh, Miss Book! Do you have a white girl brush?"
I guess you've gotta call it what it is...:)


And now the year is about to get crazier than ever with just four weeks of class left before finals week...I feel like I still have so much more I want to teach them! And people keep stealing my class time for track meets and stuff like that. Which doesn't matter in a normal school, because if three kids leave for a track meet, there are still 20 kids left. But if three kids leave my chemistry class...I don't have a class anymore! 70% of my juniors are in track too. This makes for some interesting weeks...

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This blogging idea is great! Yes, I concur that your stories are fabuloso. Perhaps one day in the future you'll be able to go back and use your notes to write a book...... I agree with you about teaching. If you don't teach it in sept,oct,jan,feb or mar. then forget it. There are too many social interruptions during the holidays and at the end of the year.Mother Hubbard

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