Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
My report cards are done. Done! Yay! Now I can just relax and have fun with the kids these last few days. Fourth Period – General Comments: They must be good for us. They taste too nasty to be junk food. Tastes like farts. Rabbit poop. Green rabbit poop. Odd [...]
Well, the kids got their wasabi peas, but I didn’t get to work on my report cards. The system was down most of the morning. When all 100 plus of us hop online and start plugging in grades our server has a nervous breakdown. Happens at least once every grade [...]
Tomorrow I am giving my students Wasabi Peas to taste and design advertisements for. They can write taglines and do art, while I sit at my desk and do report cards. I don’t know how much work I’ll actually get done because I want to watch the fun and listen [...]
Friday was not a good day for my self-esteem. As the day began a first or second grade girl I did not recognize ran up to me, “Ms. A! Ms. A!” I stopped, expecting to hear some playground tattling or tale of woe. Instead the sweet little darling informed me [...]
I am a teacher. I believe in introducing my students to new concepts, ideas and things. Today they each received a little slice of liverworst. A few approached the morsel boldly, popping it into their mouths. The others waited and watched. Izzy gagged, spit in his hand, then grabbed a [...]