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The Chalk Talks

A place where teachers can breathe, vent and LAUGH!!

June 2008 - Posts

Sippin' On Gin and Juice...

....or I guess Malibu and juice would be more accurate...well, if I'm really honest, probably just Malibu. First of all, I AM OFFICALLY ON SUMMER VACATION!!!! And what am I doing first? Blogging. I'm not sure what that says about me. OK, well the first Read More...

I Think I May Have Super Powers...

Because yesterday I leaped across several desks in a single bound. Call me crazy, but I think that counts. I am literally counting the hours to the end of the school year. This time of year there is absolutely NO TEACHING going on whatsoever. Everybody Read More...

Circus Monkeys

Although perhaps the saddest realization I've had since titling this post is...I'm not sure if I work with circus monkeys or I am one of the circus monkeys. Let me explain my thinking. The following little scenario should explain why I think I work with Read More...

Things That Make You Go Hmmmm.....

Other possible titles...."Keg Stands for Seven Year Olds" or "Why Do Schools Employ So Many Socially Awkward People??" Yesterday was Field Day! Another day that signals the end of the year and yet again demonstrates that we are all over it. (Have you Read More...

We Are Drowning In Our Own Insanity...

...Or Maybe We've Just Dropped Our Spoons In The Gravy (Alternative titles - Slowly Spinning Out Of Control and/or The End Is Near, Yet Never Near Enough) We had a clerical day today (which means that all the teachers come to work and frantically try Read More...

It's A Boy!!

I walked into the cafeteria to pick up my class today. "Mrs. Mimi!", shouted Curly, "It's a boy!!!" Now, many of you may remember that he made a similar early morning announcement about his mother "peeing on a stick" . Well, it's a boy...and although Read More...

That New-Fangled Technology....

...The Calendar (sigh) Granted, it is a dry-erase calendar and although I am comfortable with my dry-erase abilities, perhaps others feel less confident with that technology. I am trying to be more understanding and accepting- I've heard I can be (brace Read More...