Monthly Archives: January 2006

Is it wrong that today in my honors math class we discussed the fact that some people donate their body to science?

It all started when one boy asked if my brain was wrinkly. I had just explained a hard (to them) math problem and he said my brain must be really wrinkly because I was so smart and knew all this stuff. I replied that I didn’t know, I hadn’t seen my brain. But I have touched a brain in a science class in college. And that led to where they got the brain and how some people donate their bodies to science for research just like some people donate their organs. So we spent a few minutes talking about that. It was interesting and fun. I like that kind of random thing.

On another note, I had two new students in first period today. One moved here today from another middle school in our town. He did not know how to do what we working on. He sat in the back beside our new student from last week, who speaks very little English. I sat between them for most of the second half of first period trying to teach one kid, in broken Spanish, how to solve an equation and do long division, while trying to teach another kid in English how to solve an equation and do long division. Augh!! The other new kid in the class is just a switch from third period, so he knew what was going on, thankfully!

I also had a boy talk about buying purses. We talked about equation situations in real life and when I asked him what he would buy if he went to a store right now, he said purses. So we went with it and made a nice equation about buying purses. See…math can be fun!

FOUR JOBS I’VE HAD:
1. day care sub
2. student worker at Baylor
3. teacher at University for Young People
4. sixth grade math teacher

FOUR MOVIES I COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN:
1. You’ve Got Mail
2. Pride and Prejudice (the 6 hr version)
3. Father of the Bride
4. While You Were Sleeping

FOUR BOOKS I COULD READ OVER AND OVER AGAIN:
1. Little Women
2. all the Anne of Green Gables stories
3. Teaching Esme
4. Pride and Prejudice again yes I know.

FOUR TV SHOWS I WATCH
1. What Not To Wear
2. Clean Sweep
3. Oprah
4. Matlock

FOUR PLACES I HAVE BEEN ON VACATION
1. Belize!
2. Mexico
3. Mount Rushmore
4. The Grand Canyon

FOUR WEBSITES I VISIT DAILY
1. school email
2. google
3. people’s blogs
4. gradespeed

FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
1. chicken fried steak
2. fettucine alfredo
3. cheesecake
4. french fries

FOUR PLACES I WOULD LIKE TO BE RIGHT NOW
1. in bed
2. on the beach, sunning
3. on a nice mountain top
4. at my parents house

FOUR BLOGGERS I AM TAGGING
1. Brittney
2. Jan
3. Erica
4. Emily

I have more to add, but blogger is being dumb, so I might put them later.

I don’t like thinking up titles. They always seem cheezy and I am just going to ramble anyway so whats the point. Lydia and I had SUCH a fun time this past weekend. We hung out on Thursday night and Friday and did lots of great stuff, such as…shopping with matching purses, finding cheap clothes, trying Krystal burgers, squeezing the contents of our wallets into wallets at Target to see which one to buy and hopeing no one thought we were trying to shoplift, riding a bike inTarget, acting like professional photographers, “exercising creativity”, chasing ducks, trying not to step in duck poo, picnicing, and watching a very interesting movie. Oh and of course girl talk for many hours! It was a blast! Here is my best picture from our photography experience, I might put others up if Lydia does Lydia, thank you for your friendship! You are a gem! As Cliff would say, “It’s quacktastic!”

Thank you other blogger person for this fun and informative idea
LAYER ONE:
– Name: Teresa
– Birth date: February 3, 1983
– Birthplace:Houston
– Current Location: Texas
– Eye Color:green/blue depending on what i am wearing
– Hair Color: brown
– Height: 5’5″
– Righty or Lefty: Righty
LAYER TWO:
– Your heritage: English, Irish, Indian, who knows what else
– The shoes you wore today: blue Reef flip flops, and it is Jan 2nd!
– Your weakness: snacking
– Your fears: snakes
– Your perfect pizza: meat lovers
– Goal you’d like to achieve: own a house
LAYER THREE:
– Your most overused phrase on MSN or Chat? well, AIM, but probably a smiley
– Your first waking thoughts: who is thinking?
– Your best physical feature: I like my eyes
– Your most missed memory: gosh, so many
LAYER FOUR:
– Pepsi or Coke: water or dr pepper or iced tea
– McDonald’s or Burger King: both are equal
– Single or group dates: both
– Adidas or Nike: Adidas
– Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: neither if its in a can
– Chocolate or vanilla: twirl
– Cappuccino or coffee: hot chocolate
LAYER FIVE:
– Smoke: yuck
– Sing: in my car
– Take a shower everyday: yes
– Do you think you’ve been in love: yes
– Want to go to college: done.
– Liked high school: yes
– Want to get married: done
– Believe in yourself: almost always
– Get motion sickness: once in a while, if in a car and hot and hungry and reading
– Think you’re attractive: i’m okay
– Think you’re a health freak: not at all
– Get along with your parent(s): yes they are wonderful
– Like thunderstorms: Love ‘em especially with a tin roof
– Play an instrument: piano and guitar sorta
LAYER SIX:In the past month…
– Drank alcohol: no
– Smoked:no
– Made Out:
– Gone on a date: yes
– Gone to the mall: lots
– Eaten an entire box of Oreos?: probably, six at a time, dunked in milk
– Eaten sushi: gross!
– Been on stage: no
– Been dumped: no
– Gone skating: no
– Made homemade cookies: if the ones in the frozen roll count
– Gone skinny dipping: nope
– Dyed your hair: nope
– Stolen Anything: nope
LAYER SEVEN:Ever…
this is dumb and i have never done any of these
LAYER EIGHT:
– Age you hope to be married: already am
– Ages and Names of Children: none yet
– Describe your Dream Wedding: the one I already had
– How do you want to die: never, Jesus comes back when Cliff and I are like 100
– What do you want to be when you grow up: a mommy
– What country would you most like to visit: France
LAYER NINE:
– Number of drugs taken illegally: 0
– Number of people I could trust with my life: 3
– Number of CDs that I own: maybe 20 or so
– Number of piercings: 0
– Number of tattoos: 0
– Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: Maybe 10, the good ole cleveland advocate
– Number of scars on my body: one from chicken pox
– Number of things in my past that I regret: i try not to think about that

I am a blog idea stealer. Since not much is happing and I”m just hanging out around home, here is a recap of 2005 that I stole off another blog.

1. What did you do in 2005 that you’d never done before?
I graduated from college, I was a matron of honor in a wedding, I taught my own classroom, I made a salary big enough to support us (kind of).
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I am not much for making these, because precious few are ever kept by anyone, much less me. A general ongoing goal is to improve my spiritual walk and be more disciplined about reading the Word.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Holly and Laura and Dawn all had sweet little girls this year
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, but our community did loose two very special men of faith.
5. What countries did you visit?
The US. (Pittsburgh and Pensacola were my farthest destinations)
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
More confidence/effectiveness/positive attitude at teaching
7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Driving in a bus with Cliff and college students, namely some loud sophomore boys (Dustin, Casey, Brain) all over Pittsburgh, hanging out with Erin before her wedding trying not to kill us while driving around, graduating and my bracelet falling off halfway across the stage and some important regent guy handing it to me
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
graduation and getting a job
9. What was your biggest failure?
probably some student I didn’t help that I could have
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had some girl-doctor scares in February. I’ve been sick lots while teaching, but nothing major.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my living room set
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Cliff being a wonderful husband
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
parents who refuse to let their child learn responsibility, people who cannot keep their business private
14. Where did most of your money go?
bills and doctor bills
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
setting up my classroom(yes I am wierd), one year anniversary with Cliff
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
I don’t know
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter?
I am about the same in both those areas.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
play games, cook good meals, make cool lessons, read nice books, play guitar, take pictures
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
watch TV and read blogs and complain
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it with lots of great people on lots of different days
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
I was already in love with Cliff. I do love my students now.
22. How many one-night stands?
none
23. What was your favorite TV program?
What Not to Wear and Extreme Makeover Home Edition
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
no one
“Bless those that curse you, do good to those that hate you and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you” Matthew 5:44
25. What was the best book you read?
The whole Mitford series is great!
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I really like Nichole Nordeman “Brave” and “What If” and Jadon Lavik “What If” (hmmm I just noticed that I like two very different songs with the same names, odd.)
27. What did you want and get?
job
28. What did you want and not get?
probably stuff I didn’t need
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
without a doubt “Pride and Prejudice“
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 22 and I can’t remember what I did. I think I took a day off of student teaching and went to my parents. Yeah thats what it was. And we ate at Macaroni Grill where I had always wanted to eat. They sang Happy Birthday to me in opera and gave us this yummy brownie thing to eat. And we had crayons to write on the table.
31.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If my close friends still lived here, yes I am still grieving that
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
I got some nice stuff this year. hopefully casual but elegant. Who knows..
33. What kept you sane?
Clifford
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Um…well I really don’t pay attention to this much
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
I liked seeing the Iraqi people holding up their ink-stained fingers showing that they voted.
36. Who did you miss?
Mammaw and Pappaw and I wish everyone who lives far away lived here. Why can’t we just all live in the same big city!
37. Who was the best new person you met?
I met lots of great people at school, Dana my car pool friend maybe.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
Don’t freak out about stuff and keep your mouth shut if it doesnt concern anyone else
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
“So long, status quo, I think I just let go, You make me want to be brave…”