I know I am only a child of the 80s-90s but "back in my day" we took geography. . .right?
I never took geography and it was never offered as a class in my high school.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sj - Feb 19, 2008 8:59:40 am PST #186 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
darlini - Feb 19, 2008 9:03:51 am PST #187 of 10001
Thanks Amych! I came to teaching in a long and round about way and I have fallen in love with it. Funny thing is, I miss comp this term. I am doing the structured emphasis in Film Studies through our English dept. but I am a TV/Pop Culture scholar at heart so I have been neglecting my movie watching for TV, song vids, machinima and video games so I find that while I am teaching Film History, I am (re) learning it along with the students which makes it more work than composition sometimes. I do find, however, that the film students are very resistant to foreign language films. The professor who teaches the lecture this term has structured the course around cinema as global throughout its history so we have watched films in Mandarin, Italian, French and Egyptian as well as English. The students response has been less than encouraging.
Susan W. - Feb 19, 2008 9:04:49 am PST #188 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
We had one semester of World Geography in 9th grade. The other half of the history curriculum that year was Alabama History. I remember next to nothing from either class, though I think I've learned geography fairly well on my own.
Actually, the one thing I remember from that class? Getting into a drawn-out argument with the teacher because she insisted A.D. stood for After Death.
DavidS - Feb 19, 2008 9:04:56 am PST #189 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Pix - Feb 19, 2008 9:25:49 am PST #190 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Plus the head of the moving crew was this insanely tall black man with an oh-so-posh British accent who called one of his guys "Number One" (the other guy was just John) and said "Engage" as the cue when they were team lifting things.
I'm slightly in love with your mover, brenda.You aren't the only one!
Welcome, darlini! I am another lit/writing teacher, though I teach at the high school level. I hear what you're saying about the pile of grading that doesn't seem to get lower no matter how many papers you grade.
juliana - Feb 19, 2008 9:36:33 am PST #191 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Hi darlini - I get up your way at least once a year - I have family there.
msbelle - Feb 19, 2008 9:41:16 am PST #192 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am kinda obsessed with getting sweater vests for mac. I have more than a handful of bids out on ebay. but c'mon argyle sweater vest for Easter?!?! so cute!
DavidS - Feb 19, 2008 9:49:08 am PST #193 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I am kinda obsessed with getting sweater vests for mac. I have more than a handful of bids out on ebay. but c'mon argyle sweater vest for Easter?!?! so cute!Aren't you worried that people will mistake him for Dracula?
msbelle - Feb 19, 2008 9:59:37 am PST #194 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
confused. so, no.
I need to brave the gi-normo toysRus after work. I think I will get myself candy for the effort.
tommyrot - Feb 19, 2008 10:02:23 am PST #195 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.