Random thoughts

I am about to get into "super-busy right before school lets out" mode. But thought I'd try to post before I got too swamped.

My prayers as well as millions of others are with Virginia Tech. I'd like to think we could put aside politics at a time like this but not Rosie "why am still on public TV when Don Imus is fired" O'Donnell says its George Bush's fault because of allowing guns into the public. Come on now, somebody fire her...

Hope the Dolphins do well in the draft, cause it ain't looking good so far for next season. Real glad we gave up that home game to play in London...

Who's off American Idol? My pick is Phil Stacey is gone, Chris will be in the bottom three as well as one of the Divas. Please veto America's vote and get rid of Sanjaya. He sounded like a terrible 13 year old girl last night.

24: Will Jack get Audrey back? Will the president wake up?

DRIVE: Jamey and I tryed it the other night and it is a pretty good show. Not that we need more TV to watch.

Survivor: Who will win? I have enjoyed the season, with different twists. I love the old guy, but think he will be ousted near the end.

My Orlando Magic have earned the right to get swept by Detroit in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Way to go Magic.

Jamey and I are looking for a house now. There are a few (one especially) fixer-uppers that we have our eye on. And both have a POOL!! I hope it will work out for us to get one.

If I don't kill any 8th graders in the next few weeks. I will enjoy track season (hopefully) as it comes to a close and spring football as it gets started.

Great Quotes

As a teacher of 8th grade students I hear some wonderful thoughts every day. I wanted to share some of them with you. I don't put names because I am sure I said some dumb things when I was in that grade. Here you go:

When discussing the original 13 colonies one said: "yeah now we have 52 states". When asked by a classmate why we had 52 states he said, "duh, Hawaii and Alaska just joined".

When talking about how far away China was one said: "how far would it be to fly there". I said about 12-13 hours, to which he responded, "how far to drive there".

Still talking about China (but different student) one said: "how do they fit all those people on that little island, are they all in Tokyo" (the capital of Japan for any non-geographical people).

My favorite was last year: While taking a test over the states one comes to my desk almost in tears, "I can't find Alaska". I look at the map and see it and say, "it is there". She is still upset and says, "no it is always there", pointing at the spot between California and Hawaii, "it is always in a box right near California".

Double Standard

Apparently if you are a female teacher it is not as big a deal if you have sex with a student. This has got to be one of the worst double standards I have ever seen. I knew there was a chance of her not going to jail, but to actually hear about it makes me wonder why? Cameo Patch should be in prison for what she did. Now she will be famous.