I learned this weekend are:
1. Saw the movie "He's Just Not That Into You" and yeah, it was cute and funny (the funniest line in the whole movie was the line about the prepositions) and entertaining and I liked it, but it made me realize how NOT excited I am to re-join the dating game. I know, Mormon dating is totally different (hazard in the horizontal) but some of the rules/strategies/worries still exist. But I'm hoping that since I'm older, the guys I date will be older and therefore more mature and not (as) into the game tactics; ie: if you say you'll call, just do it. Know what I mean?
2. Ok. If you're not used to eating all the crap, don't binge; because even though the tastes-like-heaven part is rockin, the not being able to poop the next day isn't. Oh, the pain.
PS Sarah, I love hanging out with you! Thanks for a lot of fun and good times and ice cream! Love ya!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
It's Electric!
Oh, wow, you guys. Middle school just got, like, 800 times better. Not only am I HALF-WAY THROUGH my student teaching, but Friday was the Valentine's day dance. Since we only had about 30 minutes in each class, and the kids would be too hyped up for anything productive, I decided that my time would best be used in teaching them the lost art of The Electric Slide.
Thanks to Amazon and it's mp3 downloading center, it was cake finding the song. And most of the students were excited to learn it! My favorite was when I would tell them what we were doing and two of my big tough Tongan kids were like, "oh, that's tight!" and did it right along with me. We went through it a few times each period, and then played other music to "chillax" or dance to. It was so much fun!
Later, at the dance, it was a blast getting down and seeing a different side of my students. They got to see a different side of me, also, which I think probably surprised them. I had challenged two of my students (or Mrs. Feveryear's students) to a "dance-off" and there was a lot of trash-talking going on. I informed them that I had been working on my running-man for days, and I knew that scared them. The good kind of scare, I hope. Seriously, it was so much fun. My favorite thing to do at the dance was to go up to a group of 6th-grade-looking students and ask them if they wanted a dance lesson. Even when they said no, I would go right on and show them how to get jiggy with it. I would get right up in their face and say, "are you having fun? Isn't this great? Do you just love to dance?" and I know it created a very awkward moment for them, which was my plan.
And, when the DJ played the Electric Slide, there were so many of my students (and others too) that jumped right in! It was so rockin'. I love that they got to see that side of me that isn't always telling them to spit out their gum or start their fluency writing or to put on their uniform shirt instead of wearing it slung over their shoulder.
And the dance-off? Well, the judge we got wasn't around when it happened, but I'm going to say that this kid who just jumped in and wasn't even in the comp probably won. One of the students totally showed us how to stripper dance in the circle, it was hilarious.
You guys, I am loving it. My student teaching has definitely been a trip, and there are those times when I get so frustrated, but I am seeing improvement in so many of my students, and I really just get a kick out of them. I would so love it if I could get a job at Glendale for the next school year.
Oh, and the other day we put Johnny Cade on trial for the murder of Bob Sheldon (from "The Outsiders") and each student had a part. Mrs. Feveryear had a sub that day, so he was the judge. I was so impressed at how much some of the students put into researching their parts and how they really got into character. In my first period, the student who was playing the lead prosecutor asked Johnny if they had gotten any from Cherry and Marcia when they walked them home. It was funny, but I had to lay down some "appropriate-ness" rules in the periods after that. I love how much my students are getting into this novel! I hope they like poetry that much!
Thanks to Amazon and it's mp3 downloading center, it was cake finding the song. And most of the students were excited to learn it! My favorite was when I would tell them what we were doing and two of my big tough Tongan kids were like, "oh, that's tight!" and did it right along with me. We went through it a few times each period, and then played other music to "chillax" or dance to. It was so much fun!
Later, at the dance, it was a blast getting down and seeing a different side of my students. They got to see a different side of me, also, which I think probably surprised them. I had challenged two of my students (or Mrs. Feveryear's students) to a "dance-off" and there was a lot of trash-talking going on. I informed them that I had been working on my running-man for days, and I knew that scared them. The good kind of scare, I hope. Seriously, it was so much fun. My favorite thing to do at the dance was to go up to a group of 6th-grade-looking students and ask them if they wanted a dance lesson. Even when they said no, I would go right on and show them how to get jiggy with it. I would get right up in their face and say, "are you having fun? Isn't this great? Do you just love to dance?" and I know it created a very awkward moment for them, which was my plan.
And, when the DJ played the Electric Slide, there were so many of my students (and others too) that jumped right in! It was so rockin'. I love that they got to see that side of me that isn't always telling them to spit out their gum or start their fluency writing or to put on their uniform shirt instead of wearing it slung over their shoulder.
And the dance-off? Well, the judge we got wasn't around when it happened, but I'm going to say that this kid who just jumped in and wasn't even in the comp probably won. One of the students totally showed us how to stripper dance in the circle, it was hilarious.
You guys, I am loving it. My student teaching has definitely been a trip, and there are those times when I get so frustrated, but I am seeing improvement in so many of my students, and I really just get a kick out of them. I would so love it if I could get a job at Glendale for the next school year.
Oh, and the other day we put Johnny Cade on trial for the murder of Bob Sheldon (from "The Outsiders") and each student had a part. Mrs. Feveryear had a sub that day, so he was the judge. I was so impressed at how much some of the students put into researching their parts and how they really got into character. In my first period, the student who was playing the lead prosecutor asked Johnny if they had gotten any from Cherry and Marcia when they walked them home. It was funny, but I had to lay down some "appropriate-ness" rules in the periods after that. I love how much my students are getting into this novel! I hope they like poetry that much!
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