apparently i saved this instead of posting it on the 18th...

Drama Queen: Cars move and get hot, how come they don't sweat?
Student: They do sweat.
Drama Queen: They do???


I walked in on the juniors' Reading and Writing class today while they were talking about the Oscars and who Heath Ledger was and what other movies he was in since one girl didn't know who he was. Obviously (I think?) we were also talking about the fact that he is now dead.
Student: He's dead as in...he's deceased?
Me: No, he's dead as in he's alive.
Student: I think Miss Book just called me stupid!

Easy ways to impress 8th grade students...

Forget the fact that I can sing the states and the books of the Bible... today it had to do with my typing skills. They were all testing, so it was quiet in the room, making my typing at the computer seem super loud.

I was updating their class website with what I had just written on the board (which is behind my desk). So I had my head turned to look at the board while I typed. The fast typing was the first thing they noticed...then they realized that I wasn't even looking at the computer! They didn't believe me when I told them what I was doing, so I told them to come and watch. Apparently I am a freak show :) Haha...

"You're just like that Mavis Beacon lady!"

So I looked at them while I typed,
"That's because I AM Mavis Beacon."

Then I made them finish their tests :)

Why I shouldn't wake up to NPR in the morning...

a) I dream about being in Israel/Iraq/Gaza/etc and running because bombs are falling.

b) I dream about being on a school bus with someone who is showing me a snake skeleton that is on the floor and extends the whole length of the bus, then I see this headline on Yahoo! when I get to school this morning:
"Stunned scientists find the fossilized remains of a record-busting snake as long as a bus."

And suddenly it all becomes clear... :-P

Where in the world is...

Ms. Brett: If you could live anywhere in the country, where would it be?

Cursed Boy: Spain.

Another from the lovely Ms. Brett...she had written "Sierra Leone" on the board during a discussion with the seniors about conflict diamonds. It was at this point that the Academic Team Leader/math teacher walked in, looked at the board, and asked:
"Who's Sierra Leone?"


This was my favorite response on a midyear exam question (the question asked them to explain to their Grandmother why it was important to wear seat belts...referencing Newton's Laws of course...) Here's part of one, verbatim:
"For example if your on the highway moving at 65 m/h and crash into the car in front of you; you alone with everything inside of you would be fling forward at 65 m/h. With you body moving at this speed you would go through the window. And God knows your body is not ready for you to go through a window. The headrest is when you wear your seatbelt it stops your head from fling giving yourself whip blast or just breaking your own neck."