December 2007 - Posts
Somewhere I recently heard that 8 is the number of new beginnings.. . therefore, 2008 was a year for new beginnings. I don’t know how true this is in the spiritual realm, but for me that is how I am going to approach it. I like New Years because
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Happy Holidays to everyone. . . .
I have really been enjoying rest around here! I didn’t do anything for Christmas, went on a spending spree the day after Christmas and am working on a solid sleep programme! LOL. My uncle called and asked me how
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VACATION!!!! YIPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEE. . ..
In honor of vacation I decided to do a Thursday Thirteen on my plans for break! Sleep. This priority on my agenda
Unpack one box everyday. Yes, I still have boxes sitting around from the move.
Veg out in front of
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Our National Honor Society gives awards to teachers called the “Golden Apple Awards.” I received one today. In the introduction, the student said that I was the “cheer sponsors and spent many late nights at school.” But the thing
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I’ve been in review mode at school. We have semester exams right before the Winter Break. We’ve played jeopardy, bingo, sang and danced to prepare for our semester exams. And I am wiped. However, playing review jeopardy today was the WORST.
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Remember, I told you a few days ago that I was having my students rewrite children’s songs with our subject matter. Here are two of the student products. I figure I can show them b/c they do not have any of the students names AND the student’s
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I had my second evaluation of the school year during sixth period. It was awful. It is simply a bad time of the day for students. After lunch they are no good–learning wise–sitting still wise. And there are too many kids in the room; honestly,
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I wanted to review how my lesson with my 5th period went today. I gave each of the students a topic and a children’s song title. My instructions were to remix/rewrite the children’s song using the topic assigned. These high school freshman
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I realize that I’ve been venting A LOT lately. I’ve decided in honor of Christmas, I’m going to attempt to be positive at least until Christmas. I don’t want to be that evil person who never has anything to positive to say. So
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There are bad attitudes all the way around. Bad blood is boiling between me and these cheerleaders. All it will take is one word on their part and there will be some people removed from the team. Some of them are so very disrespectful and they know exactly
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For those of you who are interested and know me personally, you may view the cheer team’s performance at the State competition. The password is the same as it is for my blog. http://www.vimeo.com/415235 Let me know if you have problems.
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My heart was racing when I got up from my nap today. I wonder what caused this? Has anyone every had this happen before. I was in a completely relaxed state and then my heart starts racing for no reason. Hmmmm. . . it really has me thinking. We did not
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