I’m pretty good at keeping myself entertained what with my interests. Most of them are solitary pursuits that I can do alone, which often works just fine for me. I’ve gotten to a point where I enjoy the company of a few good folks, and the rest…bleh, not so much. Hey! But I’m easy to Read more...
Got issues?
Don’t we all? The pollutions of life can really get you down sometimes and have you wallowing in self-pity and misery. But you don’t have to stay there. If the problem has a solution, then it’s not really a problem. If it doesn’t, just throw it in the bag with the rest of the horse poo and keep on moving.
I could become one. Ordinarily, I might have a fruity drink, with a dash of liquor, maybe twice a year. No buzz, just a pretense of being grown-up when I’m out with friends. But lately…this job has me salivating for something stronger whenever I go out. I mean I want the real stuff – no Read more...
Getting educated is hard work! Read more...
Beats what I’ve been doing… Read more...
One of the things I dislike about working in the public (and with the public) is that someone will come along and mess up a perfectly ok day with some crap. Now it’s no secret that I dislike my job. But I gotta work, ’cause I have to feed this pesky little habit called eating. Read more...
I am overwhelmed with paper and reports. Too much. When do we get to just teach? And now they want us regular core teachers to add GYM to the class period. Lemme see — 55 minutes allocated per class. Typical class size = 25. That’s less than 3 minutes per student per day, and that’s Read more...
I’ve been back in the classroom for two weeks and I’m still alive. I am pleased. Teaching last year was horrific. I felt more like a warden at Alcatraz than a teacher. I still wonder if I managed to teach ANYTHING! Oh wait, there were those handful of students who told me “gee, I really Read more...
I haven’t counted how many weeks until this new school year is over. Why bother? I will say, though, I’m having a much better experience. Last year at this time, I was wailing like a baby. Misery was my middle name. This year, I actually have a lot of likable students. Maybe it’s the age. Read more...
I will paint them blue… Read more...
The very last thing I tried to do kinda capped off my day. I’ve been wanting to change the header on this site. So I found the info regarding the header, i.e. size., went into Gimp and proceeded to draw over the copy I made of the header file. I was feeling right proud of myself too. Read more...