Thursday, March 27, 2003

Flipping Burgers If you're considering working in the fast food industry, you might want to wander over to The Disgruntled Ex-Burger King Employee site and click on Diaries on the side menu.  Then read, and read, and read. It'll make you laugh.  It'll make you cry.  It'll make your stomach tie-up in knots at the thought of going back to Burger King, McDonalds, or the like. 8:10:16 PM     |

All That Juggling This whole week has been shot to pieces with benchmark testing.  Essentially I'm stuck with my 2nd period for over four hours while they take a test in whatever subject area is scheduled for that day.  The tests don't take that long, though, so there's quite a bit of time to kill.  Being the wonderful teacher I am, I tried to give them plenty to do, including vocabulary work, poetry to analyze, and a whopper of an essay to write concerning symbolism in A Farewell to Arms. But my students always want more.  They want trivia questions, they want to deconstruct popular music, and lately they want to learn how to juggle.  Being who I am, I'm more than happy to show them the ropes.  Proof:         Joey and Jeanette are off and running after about an hour of practice. But some people never get it, as Mari asks once again, "What am I supposed to do with this?" More juggling to follow tomorrow, I'm sure. 7:49:03 PM     |

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