It's FRIDAY!!

Apparently there's nothing like being a teacher to make you appreciate the weekends. And I'm proud of me, I weathered a full day of teaching on only 4 hours sleep. (I do not plan to make this a habit!) The fact that both my large classes were considerably smaller from absences helped quite a bit.

In other news, happy belated birthday Becky! (ooh, alliteration! Sorry, in the midst of a poetry unit, so I look for sound devices everywhere.) I honestly intended to call you on the actual day, but I forget what happened to prevent me from doing so... Anyway, I just wanted to reassure you that the lack of contact does not mean that you were forgotten.

I have much more to do in the next few weeks than I'd like--meaning I should start some of it now, before the evening's entertainment, but I just can't bring myself to do it. Perhaps if it weren't so wet outside I'd be more likely to go out there and start the stack of grading I have. Ah, well.

Perhaps I will go finish a book not meant for school...

I had a good day teaching today!

The students were well-behaved! I needed this; I needed a day to not feel like a total failure. And this is the kind of constructive criticism I can use.

Hee hee, I just saw that I had 123 posts. :) Welcome to Sesame Street! Today's post is brought to you by the letter "P," for "I just got a palm tree today!" One of the elementary ed people who knows my roommate got the plant, but her rooms don't get enough sun, so she gave it to us. I should remember to water it tonight, or at least see if my roommate did before she left.

Apparently teaching well gives me energy! Which is good because I continuously have a lot to do.

Currently reading: Back to The Count of Monte Cristo if I ever get a chance. It would be really nice to finish before spring break, but I'm not keeping my hopes up, as I have a poetry unit to design before then. Any suggestions of poems that are good examples of verse forms to teach? (ie. sonnets, ballads, lyric poetry, elegies, odes, villanelles, etc.)