I found this recently. The context is pre-vacation for a couple of my students. I’m not sure where they were going together but I remember it being far enough that they needed a plane ride.
I think this list was written by a girl that was staying behind to the girl or girls that […]
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Things to do on vacation, or The joys of late childhood
May 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: Humor · Children · Fun Stuff · Growth
Easter Renewal
April 9th, 2007 · 8 Comments
How’s That Connection?
Managing relationships, is kind of like using a cell phone.
People who frequently do know where to get the best connection– where the signal is clearest–and they know where it’s not. An avid cell user can even tell you what the reception will be like without even turning the phone on. Geography, geology, […]
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The Tooth Fairy Letters
April 3rd, 2007 · 15 Comments
Update 4/5/2008: This post contains the first of 7 letters that my daughter, Emma, has received from the Tooth Fairy. You can find an expanded version of this post on my new blog, Think, Thank, Thunk on a new post entitled The Tooth Fairy Secrets.
I preface this post by saying that, from time to […]
Tags: Writing · Children · Parenting · mysteries
Teacher Tools: This is Why I Deserve (or Don’t Deserve for that matter). . .
March 22nd, 2007 · 14 Comments
Once, when I was doing my student teaching, I created a test for a “Business Communications” unit. Back then it was all about me, so I titled it “The Greatest Business Communication Test Ever” or something just as ridiculous.
Anyway, for some reason, I thought it was pretty damn good. A great measure of […]
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Couple of Quick Notes
March 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments
I haven’t found many notes this year for some reason. But when I do, they’re almost always amusing.
Found these two today:
Fine I will give you your leo bacfk on Monday. But first what did I say if I was talking about you. And someone. . . I’m not saying who but they […]
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You see silly male adolescence. I see masters of double entendre.
March 20th, 2007 · 13 Comments
From Webster’s College Dictionary:
double entendre n. a word or expression used so that it can be understood in two ways, esp. when one meaning is risqué.
Book projects/reports are due next week. For most, this is not news. Of course, these four had no idea this was coming. Well, maybe […]
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“Tracking something,” said Winnie-the-Pooh very mysteriously.
March 11th, 2007 · 15 Comments
Pooh was walking round and round in a circle, thinking of something else, and when Piglet called to him, he just went on walking.
“Hallo!” said Piglet, “what are you doing?”
“Hunting,” said Pooh.
“Hunting what?”
“Tracking something,” said Winnie-the-Pooh very mysteriously.
“Tracking what?” said Piglet, coming closer.
“That’s just what I ask myself. I ask myself, What?”
“What do you […]
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Global Warming: A Free Interdisciplinary Curriculum
March 5th, 2007 · 4 Comments
The picture above is of my family (minus me, I’m taking the picture . . .duh) and Will Steger. It was taken at this year’s St. Paul Winter Carnival in January. The temperature that day was about 5 degrees and the wind was really kicking out of the north, so the wind chill was actually […]
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I love the smell of dead squid in the morning . . . smells like victory
February 27th, 2007 · 16 Comments
I love great movie speeches. Don’t you? Here are maybe my four top movie speeches of all time–as I remember them.
Though you may have to forgive me. The seventh graders down the hall started dissecting things this week. I may be a little foggy on exact wording for a few of these.
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What to do about those pesky boxelder bugs
February 27th, 2007 · 21 Comments
I’m wondering if anyone else out there has noticed anything suspicious about the bugs around their house lately. The word “bug” is a scientific term biologists use to combine two species:
The Family of Animals That You Can Kill With A Rolled Up Magazine, and The Family Of Animals That Are Too Quick For That.
I ask […]
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