Is yawning contagious? Why is yawning contagious? Well, that subject was brought up as a comment in my last post. So I wondered if it would be a good topic to write about. As it turns out, I’m not really sure it is. There are almost as many answers to the above question as there […]
All about the Yaawwwn Read More »
It has been a few weeks now with nary a post from me. You’d think in all that time I would actually have something to say, but sad to say I don’t. Not much at least. This new job so far is keeping me a little poorer than subbing alone. Finding half-days for subbing to
This week was mostly unremarkable. Monday I was in second grade, Tuesday and Friday PE, Wednesday sixth grade science, and Thursday I was in third grade. The highlights, or in one case “low”light, were probably the PE classes and the third grade class. Science was a “students work on projects while sub circulates” day- not
As most of you know I generally sub at any grade level I can in the districts I’m signed up for. That could mean anywhere from K-8, though my most comfortable levels are around 3rd-7th and during the less lean times I stick to them for the most part. However, these are not those times
From teens to tots Read More »
Well, I have been on the early shift for the last couple of days and I just have to say that that, coupled with my tendency to not sleep through the night, makes for one tired teacher. Yesterday I had it easy. I left to a temperature outside over 40º colder than it was the
Marley and who? Not me. Read More »
I have been doing a lot of catching up on TV shows lately. This has eaten into my available time to write in this blog. That, and my interest is sort of lagging right now. I now have several DVDs I checked out of the library in addition to several hours of TV shows I
Not quite a list, because my interests are varied, but some of the things I like to do, all G-rated of course. (I have a daughter or two who may read this. Yes, they are all over 16, but they are still my little girls.) I like insignificant bits of trivial knowledge. The more trivial
No, not that kind of meeting. I mean meeting three students from my church. I should add that none of them were in my class but rather I sort of just ran into them. Two of them approached me, and for the other I recognized his name and approached him. It started with graduatin rehearsal the
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Okay, I really want to know who someone is. Really. When I work in one of the two middle schools in this one school district, I am constantly mistakenly called Mr. Foote. It’s usually the students, but about a month ago a teacher called me by that name too. Yes, today I was mistaken for
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Just one joke, but an interesting one. Yes, even Christians can laugh at jokes about hell. As usual, I claim no ownership whatsoever of this stuff I dredge up on the ‘net: Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma School of Chemical Engineering, Final Exam question for May of 1997. Dr. Schambaugh is known for
Humor again at last Read More »
