Quotes of the Day:

My education classes have officially begun! Here are two goodies from class:

"Those of you who are single... well, maybe you have a dog for company."

"The first kids I taught really suffered, and I hope I don't see them on the street."

1 Confession, 2 Complaints

Confession: I snuck out of school right after 6th period. Technically I'm supposed to stay until 3 in my classroom (what classroom?) to help students (what students?) with their questions (what questions?). I left.

Complaint #1: I am already behind on my homework. "What?" you may ask. "Mary has never turned in a late assignment in her life! Are her limbs broken? Is she suffering from a hemorrhagic fever?" No. The lovely professors forgot to include the due date with the assignment ("these will be due in the fall semester" is what the syllabus told me). Now I'm behind. I planned on doing it last night, but I had to go to the night class they informed me of, oh, at 4 p.m. yesterday. That's right! Two hours before class started. I am slightly frustrated with the lack of organization and communication.

Complaint #2: It's cold today.

To remedy above complaints, I am planning on some hours curled up in a coffeeshop with the biggest hot coco they'll give me, whispering sweet nothings to my mac as we do my homework.

a couple quotes:

As seen in junior persuasive essays:

"The school gets prophets for selling soda, and not just for having the machines."

"In conclusion, starting school late can be a good thing or a bad thing for many reasons."

more school thoughts. sorry. it's my life now.

I love grammar class. I am finally in a room with 9 people who hate apostrophe abuse as much as I do. It should be fun.

After school I had a chat with one of the English teachers. He's the brusque cusser who makes fun of everyone (including himself), so the muy serioso teachers go crazy and the jokers fall in love. I'm somewhere in between. But in the course of our conversation (about classroom management/discipline), he said, "Now I know you'll appreciate this because you're a strong Christian..." We had never talked about faith. Or really anything except for some surface joking around about how I was running an errand. I'd like to think that my faith is evident through even my basic interactions, but more likely he assumed I am a believer because I go to a Christian college. It was interesting, anyway.

Freshmen are super entertaining.

I graded a Spanish project today - it was a shield the kids had to fill in with pictures of their favorite song, car, food, season, and sport. They were graded on neatness and completeness. It reminded me of a conversation with my Dour Anonymous Commentator in which he told me those projects were his Least Favorite Ever. I was gracious to the kids because of it. Thanks, DAC!

That's all for today, I think. Now, off for a jog, a room cleaning, and a drive to Seattle for a wedding!

cont.

A cause and effect chain:
I took a vitamin.
I puked.
I felt too sick to drink my coffe.
I have a headache.

Yes, if I take vitamins in the morning, they make me puke. I thought somehow my grown-up body would be more mature about vitamins than in the past. I was wrong.

We had the first spirit assembly today. It made me smile. High school kids are so funny. It's a little strange to be welcoming the freshman class. They came in the gym through a tunnel - all 400 of them. They just kept coming! All the movement (think herd of cattle) made me slightly dizzy and nauseated (see above). But then there were 48 in my graduating class. Anything over 100 is intimidating.

The kid I didn't like transferred out of the class. I feel illogically guilty.

Favorite quotes of the day:
"I am just a really really unique person, so I don't have strong opinions about that crap!"
"So, like, be respectful or whatever."