Monday, October 25, 2004

I Used To Have a Crush On Him In the 80's


I don't know why James Spader has always been typecast to play smarmy perverted characters, but he does it so well in Boston Legal.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Feeling Guilty

If a student fails, it's because they are not doing their part. That's what I keep telling myself. Every single day, I give it my all. I'm trying to teach, I'm trying to be creative, I'm trying to teach discipline, I'm trying to help, I'm trying to call parents, I'm trying every thing I could think of, and the kid just sits there and still doesn't do anything. I can't force a kid to do his homework. I can't make him take notes. And then when I express a little bit of anger at them, I felt that I failed everything because yelling doesn't accomplish anything either.

It hurts teachers more whenever we give out an F. Students think we give them F's because we hate them.

Monday, October 18, 2004

The Next 24 Hour Meal

Pizza.

I've been craving it a lot lately. I don't know if it's wishful thinking, but I think pizza is the perfect 24-hour meal. You can eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I wouldn't really do that though because it's not really healthy. But I do crave it as an afternoon snack, like right around 3:30 when school is out. I have yearnings for pizza or anything with pizza flavoring-- whether it's that cheap taquito at 7-11's, or pizza flavored potato chips, or an actual slice of pizza. What is it about that pizza flavor that makes me yearn nearly every day?

Monday, October 11, 2004

Christopher Reeve, 1952-2004


He will always be Superman in my eyes.

Thursday, October 07, 2004

Anagram

Teacher
Cheater

I'm shocked that the most hated word in a teacher's vocabulary can be created by the very same letters.

(And this came upon me as I was driving home.)

Sunday, October 03, 2004

The Side Effects of Teaching

I lost my voice. I should be resting it and not talk for a while, but that will be hard given that my job requires me to talk.

How did I lose my voice, you ask? The class from hell.