Random Bits
Strange Conversations…
Lots going on these days. First and foremost, the funniest conversation of the week:
J: Ms. Bogie, guess what happened yesterday.
Me: What?
J: I was swimming, you know, after school. I got my period.
Me: Oh no!
J: Yeah, I didn’t even know.
Me: Oh….
J walks off to class. I laugh and shake my head at the randomness of 8th graders.
Second item of business: Showing a movie, “Super Size Me,” and getting sooo much finished. Done with planning for next Monday, most of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Crazy, eh? It’s because I am showing the movie and I have a discreet amount of time each period to work. It’s also because I am teaching stuff next week that I’ve done before, so I’m just revising a successful poetry unit and actually shortening it pretty significantly. Showing the movie is allowing me to get all of this planning finished, and it means that I can do mostly what I want over the weekend without regretting it next week. I’m hoping that the rest of the school year can flow pretty easily. (we have 55 more days of school. I have only 48—see third item of business for an explanation.)
Third item of business: I am getting ready for a seven day vacation from school, prior to spring break, so I’ll be home from school for 18 days. Unfortunately, I won’t get to do the things I most love to do, so I’m hoping to get some sedentary things done instead. I’m taking the days off because I have a bone chip in my left foot and I have to get it removed—foot surgery on March 26. So March 25 is my first day off of school, and I have surgery first thing in the morning on March 27. Hopefully I will be up and about before too long, but I’m assuming that I will be doing some convalescing. I have two projects to do when I’m home: make my BTSA binder, and finish grading some super old essays. If you’re local, you can plan to come visit me any time in those 18 days. ☺
Lots going on these days. First and foremost, the funniest conversation of the week:
J: Ms. Bogie, guess what happened yesterday.
Me: What?
J: I was swimming, you know, after school. I got my period.
Me: Oh no!
J: Yeah, I didn’t even know.
Me: Oh….
J walks off to class. I laugh and shake my head at the randomness of 8th graders.
Second item of business: Showing a movie, “Super Size Me,” and getting sooo much finished. Done with planning for next Monday, most of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Crazy, eh? It’s because I am showing the movie and I have a discreet amount of time each period to work. It’s also because I am teaching stuff next week that I’ve done before, so I’m just revising a successful poetry unit and actually shortening it pretty significantly. Showing the movie is allowing me to get all of this planning finished, and it means that I can do mostly what I want over the weekend without regretting it next week. I’m hoping that the rest of the school year can flow pretty easily. (we have 55 more days of school. I have only 48—see third item of business for an explanation.)
Third item of business: I am getting ready for a seven day vacation from school, prior to spring break, so I’ll be home from school for 18 days. Unfortunately, I won’t get to do the things I most love to do, so I’m hoping to get some sedentary things done instead. I’m taking the days off because I have a bone chip in my left foot and I have to get it removed—foot surgery on March 26. So March 25 is my first day off of school, and I have surgery first thing in the morning on March 27. Hopefully I will be up and about before too long, but I’m assuming that I will be doing some convalescing. I have two projects to do when I’m home: make my BTSA binder, and finish grading some super old essays. If you’re local, you can plan to come visit me any time in those 18 days. ☺
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