Monthly Archives: January, 2012

A Cultural Visitor

My school has a cultural exchange with Venezuela.  So, every year in early January, a small group of students and a teacher from our partner school in Caracas visits our school for about a month.  The students are usually in grades six and/or seven, and have been learning English from a very young age. They [...]

I’m Done

Are you able to recall an incident which greatly disappointed you, but, logically, it really should not have greatly disappointed you? My eighth grade Onesies greatly disappointed me recently, and, the situation is one that I really should not have taken so personally. The Situation:  Approximately 50% of the class (there are 13 enrolled in [...]

I’m Partial To Gray

The other day, one of the sixth graders during after school study hall – I proctor the sixth and seventh grade study hall on Thursday afternoons, from 3-4:30pm – was admiring my Kate Spade iPhone case. It is designed with multicolored vertical stripes on a bright blue background.  I really like it, and have received [...]

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