'War Stories'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Oh, I am SO jealous! I went to Mexico last year this week, so I can't complain.
I want me some tulips, though. Pretty, pretty tulips. *sigh*
I have been super-studious teacher girl in the last three weeks; I think I might go and get a latte and come back and work on my book. I'm feeling a little burnt on Effective Teaching Strategies.
Oh poor Erin. Come teach here! I would be a great cooperating teacher and would keep those "Effective Teaching Strategies" fresh and shiny.
(Effective Teaching Strategy #1: Have caffeine before school starts. #2: Read book before teaching it. #3: Wear funny hats....etc)
I haven't done that in a few years now, actually. I really need to get back to corrupting the new teachers molding the youth of America.
But see, with you, I wouldn't need to corrupt! It would be sympatico, I'm tellin' ya.
"Effective Teaching Strategies"
Ooh, I've been learning some of those in my teaching class. Apparently you're supposed to "know your audience" and "actually care whether your students are learning" or something.
Man, they never teach you guys about the power of the funny hats.
I'm going to use a Santa Scottie dog and a stuffed tortoise to stage the dogfights from "White Fang" next week.
The Scottie dog is wearing a hat. Is that close enough?
Next Friday I have to give a ten-minute presentation. I'm thinking of showing the projector scene in "Hush" and discussing the elements of comedy and drama.
Education classes, as a whole, are idiotically easy, PC. If you manage to speak a coherent sentence, you are lauded as a genius.
Bitter that I spent 30,000 on this? NOOOOT me.
Excellent. Props of any kind are essential.
Actually, I have something you might enjoy reading, Erin. It's a speech I made at my mentor's retirement party (who was the Best Teacher Evah, no kidding), but it talks about the top three myths of teaching. Would you like to take a look? It's even mildy funny.
Yes! I really, really would!
Could you do me a favor, in a couple of weeks? Maybe look at my teaching resume, and cover letter and tell me how suitable you think it is? Give me feedback?
Email addy is good.
Education classes, as a whole, are idiotically easy, PC.
Heh. Yeah, most of it seems pretty intuitive, just things I'd never actually considered with any sort of focus.
I wanna read the speech too, Kristin! Especially if there are funny hats involved.