jamie lynn spears and blankie

"You look like a pop star I know...Britney Spears...no, Jamie Lynn Spears."

Thanks.

- a second grader I visited the other day

"You always say that your secret weapon is your blankie."

-2nd grader Peter

cake

"Your lessons are like really good...cake. We're just looking to add some decorative frosting."

-my CT

3 times?

I wear 3 rings on one finger...they go together...

"You got married THREE TIMES???"

uh, no

"Do you have children?"

-same student

awesome

Overheard in 3rd Grade:

student: Do you have a cat?
Me: No, why?
student: You smell like cats.


"Ms. G., Conor is drawing bald Britney Spears on the back of his "no bullying" poster."

I mean really, what do you do with either of those things?

Thank You Card

Dear George, thank
you for some idias
that you gived
to me.

from: H

thank-you card from my second grade partner who interviewed for an expert book on soccer

yes,

soccer

A Haiku About Rings

Earrings as a gift

and a note about ringworm

first day back to school

Janvier over

This month. was. wild.

Not in like a really exciting way, but in a no time to think or ponder or reflect, just go go go.

Back to the field on Tuesday. I went into my class 2 weeks ago and literally had to peel half of them off of me. It was precious.

My reform prof was one of those really dichotomous people. She walked in the first day of class looking very serious and unfun. Turns out she is one of the most openly caring professors I've had these last few months. She built this community in our classroom. We had to post our assignments for everyone to see on our course site. I mean if you think about it, so often we spend endless time on assignments independently and never allow our colleagues to see the fruits of our labor. We talk all the time about how learning is a social process. She left us with a poem...well song lyrics really. Simple Gifts. I personally have a hard time really thinking about song lyrics when I've known the tune to a song for so long. So ponder...

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,

'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,

And when we find ourselves in the place just right,

'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

When true simplicity is gain'd,

To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,

To turn, turn will be our delight,

Till by turning, turning we come round right.

Ignoring the religious undertones....I mean really we go go go and then I think we find ourselves in the right place.