| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 |
I think maybe the comments I left yesterday about kids really applies better to freshmen and sophomores. I have juniors and seniors today and I am feeling a renewed sense of hope for the future of our country. I still think our kids need more discipline... maybe that's why these kids are in advanced math though...they are the ones that were given some boundaries. hmmm bears thinking about! |
| Monday, June 06, 2005 | ||
Well, 365 days of wedded bliss have now passed for Kim Shire. In honor of the big day I have changed my Xanga skin to match our wedding colors. I am subbing in an English class today. I am blown away by what teens these days think is acceptable behavior. They laugh at me when I tell them to be quiet. They are amused not by the content I am teaching, but by the fart noises that an immature classmate is making with his desk. They think it is okay to openly defy an adult (I very quickly send the message home that it is NOT okay with me.) I feel sorry for the 75% of the class that feels completely overtaken with the antics of the rest of the group. How are American kids going to learn if most teachers spend 25% of their time on review, 25% of their time on pointless district requirements and 45% of their time on classroom management? If they are the future, I am afraid to leave myself in their hands as a senior citizen one day... How do we as a Christians make ourselves relevant enough to make a difference in the world? We have to combat the socialist dogma that is encoded into our apathetic young at public school. We have to fight the victim mentality that the media and justice system have firmly lodged into their brains. Ah, well, maybe we should move to Canada. Or maybe we should stay and find a way to make a difference for some. Being 30something can be a troubling thing... sigh... |
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 | ||
Feeling divine sense of peace today. Subbing for dance classes - in other words, YOGA DVDs. Relaxed. Very relaxed. mmmmmm |
| Wednesday, May 25, 2005 | ||
Post production blues have set in. HONK! closed on Sunday, and since then I have been unable to sit still. Unfortunately, I also have no energy and all I want is pizza hut and chocolate. Where is that next play? Gotta be busy with that! Hee hee going crazy subbing in a band class today. kids are watching Beatles movies. I had to leave the room or I was going to fall asleep. Such a shame too, since i am a big White Album fan.... I just can't stay awake if I'm not BUSY! |
| Sunday, May 01, 2005 |
Well, my little sis graduated college yesterday. The ceremony was as usual...lots of people I don't know saying unmemorable things on stage. I did find out from the keynote speaker that flowers don't play with red rubber balls and kittens don't know anything about math. There was a point to that, but somehow I don't remember that part. Isn't that how life is sometimes - we remember the anecdotes, but not the lesson we were supposed to learn from them. After the graduation I got to visit with some of my kids (aka former students and actors) as three of them graduated yesterday from George Fox. Along for the veiwing were seven others. It was great to catch up a bit with them. I am in shock that my own commencement day was ten years ago. I guess it's about time to get back to that grad degree I've been wanting for seven years now. After we mingled with the pomp and circumstance crowd on the GFU track, Andy and I played cheuffer for my 13 year old cousin out to the family shin dig. Andy decided that we should drive a new way to the rural home of my other sister. It was a scenic drive through the best of Oregon....but it was also a heckalong drive. All I wanted to do was fall asleep for a nice nap, but in the back seat was my talkative cousin with all the seventh grade gossip to share... What a painful age! You are old enough to know that adults aren't thrilled with making conversation with you, but too young to comprehend why. I make a huge effort with her to make her feel grown up... So a long hour and a half later we arrived. Andy only had five or six bite marks on his right arm from when I got uncontrollably hungry (Holly thought this was funny too). The visit with the family was great. Highlights include Bailey the chocolate lab, a walk with Andy and another cousin into the canyon to see the bridge that my brother in law built, bleating at goats, hugging Grandma, celebrating with my baby brother and his nearly fiance at the blessings of her parents, eating smoky BBQed chicken breasts and home canned beans, kissing Andy to embarass the future sister in law, banana peanut butter chocolate pie, deuling laptops with "life of Joann" slide shows running non stop. And hug upon hug. (mmmm...hugs). Heard on the drive home: Kim: "Thanks for making me feel like a newlywed tonight." Andy: "Well...you make me feel so loved." And my favorite moment of all: slipping into obliviousness on my pillow less than two seconds after my head hit it. mmmmm....a nap sounds good about now. |
