Monthly Archive: October 2009
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28
The new kid
I just met the new kid. He seems kind of sad. His mom’s got a new a boyfriend–which wasn’t so bad until out of the blue and for no reason he said, “It’s me or the kid toots. I don’t like the lad.” So now he’s the new kid. He lives with his dad.
Oct
28
How do you scare your kids?
Courtesy The Onion I might add: “Hey! What’s this swimming in the toilet?” “The cat just barfed . . .and it’s your turn.” “Did you remember to unhook the dog from the hitch before we left?” “Mom wants you, and she’s got a list.”
Oct
26
No, grammar is not confusing . . .
Every day, my 8th graders tackle a paragraph riddled with errors and make corrections. I get these at Education World. We then go over the errors as a class. Pretty straight forward, right? Well, most of the time. This was today’s unedited text: Dedicated on October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was a gift …
Oct
25
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair said, “It’s difficult to get a man to understand something if his salary depends on him not understanding it.” I really liked this quote. I think I’ve actually run into this phenomenon in a couple of arenas (of my life) recently. It certainly would explain some things. A little context: I’m a clean …
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