Candy is Sweeter but Liquor is Quicker...

4th grade student- "Oh...cool phone.... I have a cooler phone though..."
Me- "Thank you, now go get back to work"
4th grader- " Yeah...mine has a touch screen... it has Jack Daniels on the cover... you know.. alcohol...." goes back to his desk singing some tune about liquor that I have yet to hear in life...

Rapping helps with Spelling

I am not happy to be substituting, but it is a necessary evil. I am making myself (and believe me with the MWC tournament on today it was a major push) sub so that a week from today I will be off to Virginia.

The good thing about substituting ? Well there are a few but the one I am enjoying today ? Internet access. When you sub @ schools' other then your own I have no world wide web to while away the time. It's a double edged sword though b/c I know the teacher so I feel more of an obligation to be a good sub. Now that I have said internet I can share with you the gem that I heard yesterday in a 6th grade class.

" Dude it's easy ! Florida.. like Flo- Rida (a rap star)" " Oh... ! Got it !"

I can't believe I forgot about this trick...

Magic Tree House (or any book on cd) is like heroin to my first graders. I put on the cd and tell them to work on spelling and they have NEVER been so quiet... it is a modern day miracle. I need to do this more often...

Why my life is lucky (for once)..

If I still taught at my old school, I would be doing this (Parent Teacher Conferences) tonight. Which would make me HATE my principal even more. Why ? Because instead I will be here, (Huntsman Center)hoping my team pulls a major upset.. go Utes ! I will also (as my sis in law says) "keeping my spotters out" for the following...

Drca behind the back moves (and typical turnovers)
Henderson shooting 3's (even when he perhaps shouldn't) and being incredibly cocky (even when he perhaps shouldn't)
RAGE toward all blue wearing fans and players
extreme rage toward Donkey boy, Jimmer and JT
Carlon Brown's grumpy bear face

This and many other things await me... why isnt' the day over already ? Oh and I tried to put tried to be a cool linker and put photos but I am not that cool... so you will have to settle for 3 photos of Boylen and his many emotions...

I spoke too soon...

C "I accidentally spilled some counters and I even said I was sorry, and D still called me a chucklehead"
oh the agony of name calling at seven...just wait till the older grades...

Monday Morning never goes fast enough...

I wish I had something to entertain, but alas it is just Monday morning and nothing humorous has occurred. T (aka the bane of my existence) is not here... can't you sense me breathing a sigh of GREAT relief ?