She: “Wednesday night: dinner out.” He: “Uh-huh.” She: “Thursday night: pizza delivery.” He: “Uh-huh.” She: “Friday night: dinner out.” He: “Uh-huh.” She: “Now it is Saturday night and I have forgotten how to cook.” He: “No. You may have lost the incentive, but I am sure it will come back [...]
Once again I have been given licence (and a license) to educate children.  I love to make kids think. Sometimes my methods are a little unorthodox, but they are usually fun. Today I was in a special needs classroom with 3 hearing impaired kids and their aid, Ms. Ash.  Cognitively there is [...]
Today I gave one of my students, Em, the first black olive she had ever eaten. She looked at it skeptically, poked it with her finger, and queried, “What is this?” She noticed her friends eating them off the tips of their fingers. She tried hers on for size and [...]
According to the dictionary consistency is: a degree of density, firmness, viscosity, etc. steadfast adherence to the same principles, course, form,etc. agreement, harmony, or compatibility, especially correspondence or uniformity among the parts of a complex thing the condition of cohering or holding together and retainingform; solidity or firmness. [...]
Running dialogue below one of my status updates: Status: At dinner tonight Amoeba pea-ed on the floor! Comments:   ‎*snort*  Corny.   How many peas did he lose on the floor?   Not telling. That would be disturbing the peas.   And I can’t pick ’em up either, ’cause then I’d be accused [...]