February 26, 2009

i'm back.

so after a several month hiatus, i’m back.  i think i’m just not a blog person.  anyway, a few weeks ago i started getting random phone calls from a blocked number - one time it was rick astley, one time it was light saber noises, and once it was arnold schwarzenegger sound bytes.  after the last one, a student admitted it was him (gloated, really).

which brings me to today.  parent teacher conferences.  i was meeting with that kid and his mother and the mother asked me for my phone number in case she needed to contact me.  naturally, i responded with a very cool, “oh, i think your son has my phone number.”  to which he turned totally ghost-white.  then i added, “since i gave it to all my students at the beginning of the year.”  the kid completely lost it and started cracking up, which pretty much made what would have been an otherwise crummy day.  score one for ms. l.

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November 23, 2008

kendra:

Non-Newtonian fluid? What?!

You can walk AND swim in it, apparently.

this is cornstarch and water.  trust me - i’m a science teacher.  i really, really want to do this.

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November 17, 2008
mmm… momofuku milk bar.  pork and egg bun plus brown butter cinnamon roll truly was the best breakfast ever.

mmm… momofuku milk bar.  pork and egg bun plus brown butter cinnamon roll truly was the best breakfast ever.

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November 10, 2008
This is devastatingly accurate.  This chart puts me right in the middle of “disillusionment.”  The accompanying article is even more depressing, as it characterizes everything I have been feeling and just makes me feel like a stereotype teacher.  Let’s hope January comes sooner rather than later.

This is devastatingly accurate.  This chart puts me right in the middle of “disillusionment.”  The accompanying article is even more depressing, as it characterizes everything I have been feeling and just makes me feel like a stereotype teacher.  Let’s hope January comes sooner rather than later.

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kendra: azizisbored: I will see you in January Momofuku Bakery and Milk Bar!!! Check out that awesome etc section!!!! David Chang, please open a spot in LA. davidcho: Eater: The menu for Momofuku baker and milk bar is out Can someone just tell me what julep crump is? Click the image, or here, to see it enlarged. HHOOOLLLLYY SSHHIIITTT! Milk Bar and Bakery! ohhhh myyyy goodnesssss.  momofuku + bakery = amazing and impossible to resist.

kendra:

azizisbored:

I will see you in January Momofuku Bakery and Milk Bar!!!

Check out that awesome etc section!!!!

David Chang, please open a spot in LA.

davidcho:

Eater: The menu for Momofuku baker and milk bar is out

Can someone just tell me what julep crump is?

Click the image, or here, to see it enlarged.

HHOOOLLLLYY SSHHIIITTT! Milk Bar and Bakery!

ohhhh myyyy goodnesssss.  momofuku + bakery = amazing and impossible to resist.

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October 31, 2008

I want so badly for my students to be this enthusiastic about anything I teach them.

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October 28, 2008

I wore my glasses for the first time today in front of my students.  One girl goes to me, “Miss, you actually look like a teacher today.  Normally you just look like a student but just dressed up nice.”  Granted, a student in a later class then told me that my face looked weird, but I’ll still take what I can get.

Maybe if I wear glasses every day they’ll start listening?

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October 27, 2008
kendra: lumber: apollosraven: (via read-voices)

kendra:

lumber:

apollosraven:

(via read-voices)
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I don’t know why I like this as much as I do.

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I have always wanted to make banoffee pie… I’m pretty sure I’ve figured out my plans for the week now.  If only I had obligations outside of food.

I have always wanted to make banoffee pie… I’m pretty sure I’ve figured out my plans for the week now.  If only I had obligations outside of food.

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