That is the best salad! I love Strawberry Spinach Salad! Yum, yum on.
Today went rather well. 7th took a quiz (that they could have done good on) and 8th worked on their cartoons for the last day in class. Maybe I will take a pic of the good ones and show them off on my...blog. But that'll have to wait till Wednesday.
I may not have any good stories from today. But Memory did. She went on a field trip with her team today and one of the kids was looking for fossils by the water. It has been raining a lot lately and the ground is still kinda muddy and wet. What happened was, the girl slipped in the mud and fell into the water, competely drenching her. Resulting in a thoroughly wet 7th grader. :D heehee
The other thing, not quite as funny. The students went and played in the playground. One boy tried to get off the killer..I mean merry-go-round and somehow hit his head. He was brought back to the hospital and had to get stitches! Eek! And Memory said the field trip went fine. That is a pretty loose definition of fine.
4.15.2005
4.14.2005
Friday...err...Thursday...uhh...
Craziness abounds.
Having a "half-day" Monday made Tuesday feel like Monday. Then for some reason, today felt like Friday. Thank goodness tomorow is Friday, or I would not make it through the week.
The 8th graders have been enlarging various comic pictures. It's quite fun. They are doing a good job too. The first day was loud, and frustrating, but now that they understand, they are doing fine.
So, today we went to Wal-mart and I got a box for my sweaters. When we came home, Shannon went to put some TP in the RR (haa haa...game night...) but we were out! We just got home and missed it! Boo! Boo.
Besides that. Fine day, looking forward to the weekend.
Having a "half-day" Monday made Tuesday feel like Monday. Then for some reason, today felt like Friday. Thank goodness tomorow is Friday, or I would not make it through the week.
The 8th graders have been enlarging various comic pictures. It's quite fun. They are doing a good job too. The first day was loud, and frustrating, but now that they understand, they are doing fine.
So, today we went to Wal-mart and I got a box for my sweaters. When we came home, Shannon went to put some TP in the RR (haa haa...game night...) but we were out! We just got home and missed it! Boo! Boo.
Besides that. Fine day, looking forward to the weekend.
4.13.2005
My British Outcome
Who should I vote for?
Your expected outcome:
ConservativeYour actual outcome:
Labour -4  | |
 Conservative 35 | |
| Liberal Democrat -31 | |
| UK Independence Party 45 | |
| Green -2 |
You should vote: UK Independence Party
UKIP's primary focus is on Europe, where the party is strongly against joining both the EU constitution and the Euro. UKIP is also firmly in favour of limiting immigration. The party does not take a clear line on some other policy issues, but supports scrapping university tuition fees; it is strongly against income tax rises and favour reducing fuel duty.
Take the test at Who Should You Vote For
4.11.2005
This Day
Today I basically had a half-day. We graded all the Performance Assessments in about 4 hours, and then did some text-book review, and then went home. Sweet.
I did some grading, some logic-puzzling, and we had Puffy's left-overs. Yum.
Only 31 Days of school left for me. I have to remember to ask off the 19th, that way I can go to the midnight show of Star Wars! Hee hee!
I did some grading, some logic-puzzling, and we had Puffy's left-overs. Yum.
Only 31 Days of school left for me. I have to remember to ask off the 19th, that way I can go to the midnight show of Star Wars! Hee hee!
4.10.2005
Wooooooo!
We are watching some crazy Korean show (the joys of campus cable). It is odd. Almost funny, but just more confusing and strage. If you've never noticed, you can tell if the show you are watching is Korean if you hear them cheer..."Wooooooo!" It is so distinctive yet hard to replicate. Korean goodness I guess.
Is this for real?
While eating some Chocolate Malt Chip Call Hall ice cream at Dara's last night, we happened upon this truck. (Actually, it just pulled in to the spot and a lady got out and bought a pack of Natural Light beer and then got back in and drove off.) Crazy. So is it real?
We (Shannon, Mom, Maria, Nick, Jenette, Chris, and I) were thinking of it. They have meetings and are like, "How can we boost business? It's been kinda dead lately." So after some brainstorming, they come up with some ideas.
- Take down safety signs from construction sites.
- Make prank phone calls to deranged people, such as "Your wife is cheating on you."
But that's all I can remember. So, if you have some ideas, let me know.
Anyways, it was funny. Our other idea was police drive behind them and when someone writes down the phone number from the truck, the police would keep an eye out for what that person may do.
Pre-Gift 6
Shannon's 6th gift was actually given to him after his 7th gift, but that's okay. You still get the idea.
Post-Gift 6 and 7
So here are Shannon's last two gifts from me. He kinda knew they were coming, but fun none-the-less. It's a Canon Powershot A95 and a 128mB compact flash card. Very fun. The camera is really good.
4.09.2005
JCMS KCA Results
Been a while since I posted something "wordy." And as usual, my thoughts are based on my job.
First off, having a job may take up all my weekdays. I am at school from 7:30 to 5:00 usually, which means driving makes it from 7 to 5:30. That's a long day. 10.5 hours. Then when I get home, I am still thinking about it all the time. I feel bad, every time we go somewhere, I have stuff to say, but it is always about teaching. Sorry if I bore you or get repetitive. It is my life. *sigh*
So, state testing ended yesterday. I have 44 students, 42 of which finished. So that kinda stinks. If less then 95% o the school students test, you are automatically a school in improvement.
Kansas middle schools had to have 60.1% of thier 7th grade mathematics students score proficient or above (48% or above) to meet AYP. JCMS had about 72%. So that we made fine. But, the problem comes that each subgroup has to pass also. Subgroups are predetermined groupings of students based on race, SES status, and SPED. 30 students or more in any category (except 40 for SPED) and you have a subgroup. At JCMS, the white subgroup passed, the SPED subgroup passed (so far, not all scores are in), the Low SES subgroup (free and reduced lunch) passed, but our last subgroup, the Blacks, did not. Only 49.6% has passed. Way low.
So here is my problem with NCLB. It puts the blame for JCMS not meeting AYP on our Black kids. Not fair. Talk about discrimination. I hate the fact that throughout the whole year I was told to watch the "Black" students. Try to make sure they are learning. Adapt your activities and learning styles to the "Black" students. And now...Its the "Black" students fault we didn't make it. They didn't do good enough. I hate that. We are putting the blame for the school's problems on the fact that a group of students who can't change their ethnicity do poorly on state tests. I don't know how to fix the problem (obviously or we would have had them pass). But I do know I don't like it.
First off, having a job may take up all my weekdays. I am at school from 7:30 to 5:00 usually, which means driving makes it from 7 to 5:30. That's a long day. 10.5 hours. Then when I get home, I am still thinking about it all the time. I feel bad, every time we go somewhere, I have stuff to say, but it is always about teaching. Sorry if I bore you or get repetitive. It is my life. *sigh*
So, state testing ended yesterday. I have 44 students, 42 of which finished. So that kinda stinks. If less then 95% o the school students test, you are automatically a school in improvement.
Kansas middle schools had to have 60.1% of thier 7th grade mathematics students score proficient or above (48% or above) to meet AYP. JCMS had about 72%. So that we made fine. But, the problem comes that each subgroup has to pass also. Subgroups are predetermined groupings of students based on race, SES status, and SPED. 30 students or more in any category (except 40 for SPED) and you have a subgroup. At JCMS, the white subgroup passed, the SPED subgroup passed (so far, not all scores are in), the Low SES subgroup (free and reduced lunch) passed, but our last subgroup, the Blacks, did not. Only 49.6% has passed. Way low.
So here is my problem with NCLB. It puts the blame for JCMS not meeting AYP on our Black kids. Not fair. Talk about discrimination. I hate the fact that throughout the whole year I was told to watch the "Black" students. Try to make sure they are learning. Adapt your activities and learning styles to the "Black" students. And now...Its the "Black" students fault we didn't make it. They didn't do good enough. I hate that. We are putting the blame for the school's problems on the fact that a group of students who can't change their ethnicity do poorly on state tests. I don't know how to fix the problem (obviously or we would have had them pass). But I do know I don't like it.
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