God, Kat. That's crazy writin'.
We should all really, really come up with a list of books we teach, rubrics, etc, and share on Google docs.
You know, in our copious free time.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strix - Mar 08, 2011 2:20:30 am PST #26864 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Kat - Mar 08, 2011 2:51:55 am PST #26865 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Well, I don't comment anymore on in-class essays. It's all practice all the time. If they are getting low grades, they should come and see me and I'll walk them through it.
AP readers spend approximately one minute on each essay and ICE echo that at this time of the year. The work is necessary for them, but the feedback isn't so important at this point. The experience of working with the prompts is what matters.
Erin, join the AP listserv (the EDG) and there is a ton of sharing of resources etc. And a lot of shit too, because a bunch of English teachers online = verbosity.
sarameg - Mar 08, 2011 3:22:52 am PST #26866 of 30001
I'm ready to go to work! Except my ride won't come until 9ish. Uhg.
msbelle - Mar 08, 2011 3:49:31 am PST #26867 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Perkins is there a time today I can call or IM with you about the bugs?
Thanks for the encouragement people.
Suzi, glad you got it, sorry I forgot to include a note.
Jesse, there is a to-do list and I am ignoring it. I may need to up meds to get me out of this, not sure.
Jesse - Mar 08, 2011 3:57:20 am PST #26868 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sounds like it couldn't hurt, really. I mean, right?
tommyrot - Mar 08, 2011 4:44:16 am PST #26869 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Perkins, do you sleep with clothes on? Because if you do, you'd generally see bedbug bites on your arms, neck and other exposed areas.
Also, bedbug bites often appear in groups of three in a line ("breakfast, lunch and dinner") as a single bedbug often will bite more than once in a night.
A friend of mine was told by pest control people she had bedbugs. Her house was treated. For months afterwards she thought she was still getting bitten, despite the fact we couldn't find any other evidence of the little bastards. Finally she saw a dermatologist, who told her the marks on her skin were not bug bites, but some sort of skin condition.
brenda m - Mar 08, 2011 5:00:15 am PST #26870 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Urp. Performance review coming up. Wish me luck.
Ginger - Mar 08, 2011 5:02:43 am PST #26871 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
You will rock, Brenda.
hippocampus - Mar 08, 2011 5:18:04 am PST #26872 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Good luck Brenda!
We got the construction mess cleaned up and DH and I are going to faculty meeting on Wednesday to share our concerns, which our main teacher requested as a way to drive home the need to clean up to the jr high teacher. Apparently, folks have been trying to deal with this since the fall. I understand this, but I'm still having trouble with the fact that the stuff has been out there for so long, I never saw it, and the folks who did thought it should be cleaned up, but didn't do more than say so. Tradgedy of the commons anyone? I'm glad it wasn't worse.
sumi - Mar 08, 2011 5:18:26 am PST #26873 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!