We were a little bored around here today so Adam, the kids, and I donned some costumes and recorded a little ditty for everyone.
Make sure your volume is turned up because there's music.
Click HERE to view. Hope you enjoy!
Friday, November 23, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
transcripts from the beginning of the holidays
Me: Why are you guys all late to class today?
Student: Because it's cold.
(????? - and that is the kind of logic that pervades my life right now.)
Student: "That's not like 'an eye for an eye'; that's like 'an eye for a head.'" (what?)
Student: "How long are we going to be doing philosophy in this class?"
Me: "When you registered at the beginning of school, did you happen to notice that Humanities has a philosophy textbook?"
Student: "Well, I guess that's fine, but I didn't know we were going to be reading it."
Yesterday, I got to school and it was 86 degrees in my classroom. The boilers were running non-stop, and the maintenance crew couldn't figure out how to turn them off. I was tempted to have a discussion (since we are studying world religions) about HELL with the students, but instead, I opened all the windows and propped a fan in front of the side door. My armpits have not yet recovered from yesterday, but here I am again this morning. The heaters are rattling ominously. I'm going to start developing my own religion: praying to the boiler gods.
Lines from Student Essays:
"The children are healthy, living children, but ethically, they are not."
"Finally, enough was enough, when his unhappiness came to a great climax, Society, always self-perpetuating, and always adjusting to the Status Quo, dictated to him that he kill himself."
(yes. I, too, often feel that the status quo is encouraging suicide. at least - I feel that way upon reading certain passages from students' papers . . . )
"Bernard is a changed person at the end of the novel, and this is all due to the issue."
"As John learns the ways of this new society, sure, it seems strange that babies are bred in laboratories."
"After John's mother pasts away . . ."
"Someone in the book thought that sex and drugs made them happy; Lenina."
sigh. If I make it through today, I have five mornings in a row on which I do not have to get up at 5:25.
I hope Katie succeeds at her new job because I need all the therapy I can get.
love you guys!!!
happy Thanksgiving!!!
Emily
Student: Because it's cold.
(????? - and that is the kind of logic that pervades my life right now.)
Student: "That's not like 'an eye for an eye'; that's like 'an eye for a head.'" (what?)
Student: "How long are we going to be doing philosophy in this class?"
Me: "When you registered at the beginning of school, did you happen to notice that Humanities has a philosophy textbook?"
Student: "Well, I guess that's fine, but I didn't know we were going to be reading it."
Yesterday, I got to school and it was 86 degrees in my classroom. The boilers were running non-stop, and the maintenance crew couldn't figure out how to turn them off. I was tempted to have a discussion (since we are studying world religions) about HELL with the students, but instead, I opened all the windows and propped a fan in front of the side door. My armpits have not yet recovered from yesterday, but here I am again this morning. The heaters are rattling ominously. I'm going to start developing my own religion: praying to the boiler gods.
Lines from Student Essays:
"The children are healthy, living children, but ethically, they are not."
"Finally, enough was enough, when his unhappiness came to a great climax, Society, always self-perpetuating, and always adjusting to the Status Quo, dictated to him that he kill himself."
(yes. I, too, often feel that the status quo is encouraging suicide. at least - I feel that way upon reading certain passages from students' papers . . . )
"Bernard is a changed person at the end of the novel, and this is all due to the issue."
"As John learns the ways of this new society, sure, it seems strange that babies are bred in laboratories."
"After John's mother pasts away . . ."
"Someone in the book thought that sex and drugs made them happy; Lenina."
sigh. If I make it through today, I have five mornings in a row on which I do not have to get up at 5:25.
I hope Katie succeeds at her new job because I need all the therapy I can get.
love you guys!!!
happy Thanksgiving!!!
Emily
Monday, November 19, 2007
Good News, Sad News
Well, we have been on a roller coaster ride for the last few weeks with Ben's mother's hospitalization and quick downward spiral until her death on November 12th, at age 89. She was so debilitated these last few months, that I rejoice that she is no longer in discomfort, but I am so sorry to lose her. We did get to see Emily briefly and she was able to see her grandmother before she died. The family is adjusting pretty well and we are definitely looking forward to Thanksgiving with Vicki.
The good news is that Katie has accepted a position with Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare here in Roanoke! We couldn't be happier to have one of our daughters close by. She actually had several offers, but felt that this was her best choice, mainly because of the business's excellent reputation. I like to think she wanted to be near her wonderful family, too!
I hope you are enjoying the slide show addition to the blog - it was a little tricky to install, but I think it's cool. I'll try to switch out the pictures now & then. If you want to email an album, I can try to plug it in.
I am interested in hearing from the rest of the clan! What are you doing for Thanksgiving? How were your birthdays? Will we be seeing you at Christmas? Does a black bear climb trees?
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