THAT BOY: how was today a fun day as you said earlier
ME: yeah we are working with magazines and pictures on powerpoint
I have powerpoint in my classroom!
THAT BOY: ooooooohhhhhhhh mrs. document cam and projector

There are some perks to being a teacher.
You know...

Friends.
Sushi.
and Blue stuff.

MISS YOU MUCH!

The ONE that did not get away...

It is not okay to read books in class but it is okay to watch movies.

"It is better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6."

Justliketheoldays...

I almost got hit by a buggy.

I was dancing in the shower tonight.
I never do that.
It would have served me right
to fall and bust my ass.
But I didn't.
I was dancing in the shower tonight.
Really. That never happens.

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The antonym of "contraband" is NOT "milk and cookies."

"even dough"

...Grading essays...

I wonder why people don't think that you can notice the change.

They used to say the words.
They used to tell what they were doing before you had to ask.
They used to speak in a tone that held caring even in the frustrating times.
They used to want to talk.
They used to call.

I wonder why people don't think that you can notice the change.
Or that you haven't seen it before.
Without love, you have to just give up.

"What kind of woman are you?"

He said...

It is better to misplace a car then to have it stolen.

Teacher moments...

"A grown woman knows when to let you go."

I love you...and you can take that any way you want.

If I get blamed for someone else's passive aggressive-"ness" one more time...