The health teacher sent this out to our staff saying, "How would you grade this?" It made me laugh out loud. Just another fun day at Shiloh...
TEST QUESTION: Name 2 foods in the meat group.
ANSWER: pork and chitlins
Wow. Good times, good times...
Friday, March 28, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Easter Pictures
Kathy & me with our new Easter haircuts!
With Mom & Dad (and Harry the bunny)
Dad, Mom & Harry
Pseudo-family...us with Spencer & Sydney
Big shock: Dad does an impromptu show with Easter Eggs as props!Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Mary Poppins & Supernanny
So this year we have a lot of changes at my school. Namely, discipline. I have never heard of so many kids being suspended as they are this year. It's like, there are actual consequences for misbehavior and disrespect. In the past, kids have been "just expressing themselves" and a lot of things were let go that should have been handled more seriously. Not the case now! Last week a kindergartner was suspended and his mother sent him to school the next day anyway. The teacher buzzed the office and said he had arrived in her classroom. The principal said, "Oh no he's not!" Shortly after, his mother was called to come pick him up and informed that suspension was really not her decision. He went home. On Monday, a girl was suspended for stealing food from the cafeteria not once, not twice but three times this year! When I passed through the office that morning, she was writing lines ("I will not steal...I will not steal...") in the office while she waited on her mother to pick her up. Wow, and we thought that was outdated? I think not!
I appreciate holding kids accountable for their actions in school, because in life they will be held accountable too. I don't know why this is such a novel idea to some administrators. Sure kids are learning, and we are the ones parenting them for the most part! I told someone the other day I think teaching should be renamed "Paid Parenting." Helping a little person to navigate the world is no easy task, especially when you have 20+ little friends in your class at any given time. However, when we let them call the shots and run the show, we are disabling them for life. I try to express this in the classrooms I teach at church too. Sure it's church and they are just kids, but kids need limits and boundaries (i.e. jumping off tables in the Sunday School room is unacceptable and unsafe!). Sometimes I feel like the Supernanny...presenting the obvious and watching people be amazed when it works. Other times I feel like Mary Poppins...I come in, work my magic and then move on.
I appreciate holding kids accountable for their actions in school, because in life they will be held accountable too. I don't know why this is such a novel idea to some administrators. Sure kids are learning, and we are the ones parenting them for the most part! I told someone the other day I think teaching should be renamed "Paid Parenting." Helping a little person to navigate the world is no easy task, especially when you have 20+ little friends in your class at any given time. However, when we let them call the shots and run the show, we are disabling them for life. I try to express this in the classrooms I teach at church too. Sure it's church and they are just kids, but kids need limits and boundaries (i.e. jumping off tables in the Sunday School room is unacceptable and unsafe!). Sometimes I feel like the Supernanny...presenting the obvious and watching people be amazed when it works. Other times I feel like Mary Poppins...I come in, work my magic and then move on.
The other day I had a particularly challenging day and I told Kathy, "I need a drink!" She apologized saying, "I'm sorry I totally didn't bring you a sweet tea from Chick-fil-A!" I told her that wasn't the kind of drink I was referring to, but thanks anyway!
Sigh. Teaching is such fun!
A
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
American Idol
So here are my comments on American Idol.
I do not care for Kristy Lee Cook. I think the country version of Eight Days a Week was just absolutely awful. She butchered it royally. She's gotta go. David Hernandez has to go too. Come on people, he used to work at a male strip club, and he sounds like he belongs on the Love Boat. Please.
Loved Michael Johns' version of Across the Universe. Loved Brooke White's version of Let it Be and David Cook's version of Eleanor Rigby were brilliant. I was sad that David Archuleta (my favorite) missed a few words last night, but I agree with another blogger who mentioned he's got a lot of pressure on him for such a young kid. David Castro is okay, but last night wasn't his best. His version last week of Halleluia was excellent. The Irish girl, Carly Smithson, did a pretty rockin' performance last night.
So we shall see...and I'm the doof who forgot to vote. GRR!
I do not care for Kristy Lee Cook. I think the country version of Eight Days a Week was just absolutely awful. She butchered it royally. She's gotta go. David Hernandez has to go too. Come on people, he used to work at a male strip club, and he sounds like he belongs on the Love Boat. Please.
Loved Michael Johns' version of Across the Universe. Loved Brooke White's version of Let it Be and David Cook's version of Eleanor Rigby were brilliant. I was sad that David Archuleta (my favorite) missed a few words last night, but I agree with another blogger who mentioned he's got a lot of pressure on him for such a young kid. David Castro is okay, but last night wasn't his best. His version last week of Halleluia was excellent. The Irish girl, Carly Smithson, did a pretty rockin' performance last night.
So we shall see...and I'm the doof who forgot to vote. GRR!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Quiet
quiet my heart, still my voice
tough for me to do
leaning on the Everlasting
trying so hard to do it right, live right
dreams fill my mind
not yet, some day, one day
trusting, loving, learning
every day, every thing, every worry
my call, my choice
giving it away to Him
so please, Jesus
still my voice and quiet my heart
tough for me to do
leaning on the Everlasting
trying so hard to do it right, live right
dreams fill my mind
not yet, some day, one day
trusting, loving, learning
every day, every thing, every worry
my call, my choice
giving it away to Him
so please, Jesus
still my voice and quiet my heart
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Think Twice
Our small group is doing a study currently on Justice and how Christians respond to the many injustices being done in the world. How fitting the song chosen by David Archuleta tonight on American Idol. Last week he sang Imagine by John Lennon. This week, Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins. Interesting choices for a 17-year-old, I think. Very culturally relevant, and socially aware. I'm including the lyrics below:
ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE
She calls out to the man on the street
"Sir, can you help me?
It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep,
Is there somewhere you can tell me?"
He walks on, doesn't look back
He pretends he can't hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there
Oh think twice, it's another day for
You and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise
She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she's been crying
She's got blisters on the soles of her feet
Can't walk but she's trying
Oh think twice...
Oh Lord, is there nothing more anybody can do
Oh Lord, there must be something you can say
You can tell from the lines on her face
You can see that she's been there
Probably been moved on from every place
'Cos she didn't fit in there
Oh think twice...
ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE
She calls out to the man on the street
"Sir, can you help me?
It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep,
Is there somewhere you can tell me?"
He walks on, doesn't look back
He pretends he can't hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there
Oh think twice, it's another day for
You and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise
She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she's been crying
She's got blisters on the soles of her feet
Can't walk but she's trying
Oh think twice...
Oh Lord, is there nothing more anybody can do
Oh Lord, there must be something you can say
You can tell from the lines on her face
You can see that she's been there
Probably been moved on from every place
'Cos she didn't fit in there
Oh think twice...
Monday, March 3, 2008
What God's Doing...
Me and Kathy at the Gladiators GameGod is so good. Lately, I've been feeling his love in a big way. This past week has been very instrumental in my feeling that way. On Tuesday I received a call from my team leader for the Kenya trip. We have our first team meeting on Saturday! I'm so excited! I just can't get enough of the fact that in just a few short months I'll be standing on the African continent, embracing children and serving them in whatever way possible.
God is also doing things in my friendships, especially with my good friend Kathy (in my profile picture). We've had some really deep, personal conversations this week and I just love the fact that God draws us together with people at just the right seasons of our lives. Just further evidence that He cares for us in a very personal way. He's so awesome like that...
God is also doing things in my friendships, especially with my good friend Kathy (in my profile picture). We've had some really deep, personal conversations this week and I just love the fact that God draws us together with people at just the right seasons of our lives. Just further evidence that He cares for us in a very personal way. He's so awesome like that...
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