Category Archives: school

Poetry Thursday

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Laura

Thanks for posting your beautiful poem Mom!  (And thanks for the indirect reminder to post mine!) Here’s mine for this week:  It’s a fairly sad children’s poem but I’m posting it this week because next week, I want to post … Continue reading →

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How Mom spends her days, Take Two

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Laura

Last year, I posted a list of what Mom did with her time (in the opinion of my students).  Well, this year, we’ve arrived at the end of that unit again.  So here’s this year’s batch of ideas. They were … Continue reading →

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You can get a lot of stuff done if you stay up four hours longer than you usually do!

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Laura

First, Nik and I took down the queen bed frame that was in my room and sort of set up my table.  We were missing a few bolts.  But we were able to get it functional at least, if not … Continue reading →

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Peace has come (at least to my school)

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Laura

Last year, the Russians and the Hispanics HATED each other.  I’m not exaggerating.  It was a constant feud.  We were constantly breaking up fights, mediating disagreements, and trying to tell both sides that they really were not all that different … Continue reading →

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11:54

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Laura

That’s what time we got to the New Year’s party at Ryan and Heather’s!  Just in time to say hi to everyone and then yell, “Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!”  (and the same to you too!) This was my first New Year’s … Continue reading →

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Babies (no, that’s not what I’m going to announce)

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Laura

From E’s drill last week:  Yesterday, Mr. B call Mrs. B and Mrs. B went home quickly and Mr. B said to her, “I want to [have a] baby.”  And then J walked up to me to hand in all … Continue reading →

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Babies (no, that not what I’m going to announce)

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Laura

From E’s drill last week:  Yesterday, Mr. B call Mrs. B and Mrs. B went home quickly and Mr. B said to her, “I want to [have a] baby.”  And then J walked up to me to hand in all … Continue reading →

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Pictures, by my students

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Laura

This past Friday through Monday, several of our students, all of whom are Meskhetian Turks, participated in a Youth Refugee project where they took pictures, under the supervision of National Geographic photographer.  You can read a little bit about it … Continue reading →

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Who is your everyday hero?

Posted on October 27, 2007 by Laura

Describe someone in your life who is an everyday hero: “The person in my life who is an everyday hero is Mrs. B is my hero because she helps us learn more things.  And she tries to help us with … Continue reading →

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A compliment

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Laura

Here is a compliment that I received the other day.  This student has many challenges, to say the least.  I don’t teach him (I did last year) – I just have him in homeroom.  Anyway, to keep him calm, I … Continue reading →

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