February 2012
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on buying hunger games midnight tickets
Me: Shit. um. Hunger Games tickets apparently go on sale at midnight
@allisons: It's really necessary to get them this far in advance?
Me: I don't know! I'm so confused. Should I expect potter?
@allisons: I'm assuming most of the fandom can't drive themselves to the theater so we should be okay
The thoughts of all female teachers (or you know,...
iamlittlei:
lessonsfroma4thgrader:
-I promise I’m not trying to look promiscuous in this turtleneck. -I would button this cardigan, but then there’s going to be that gap between these buttons and that is just asking for people to think about just how large my chest is. -Maybe if I wear this scarf it will hide the fact that my boobs are so big and people will take my opinions seriously.
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“Only a dark cocoon before I get my gorgeous wings and I fly away”
– Joni Mitchell (The Last Time I Saw Richard)
January 2012
18 posts
this person i am today is someone i recognize
I woke up at 4 am wide awake.
Instead of waking up in a stressful panic, which is typical of me when i’m at my worst, i felt energized. I accepted my fate, had two cups of coffee, and watched CBS’s Sunday Morning programing (my favorite news source) on DVR. I took a long, hot shower, caught up on my internet news, and put on some normal layered clothes - the weather forecast today is...
#3. Speak
With the risk of being pelted to death with rocks, I think I missed the boat with this book. As a 22 yr old college grad, I’m not one to be pretentious about writing in YA books, but this one I couldn’t get over. I thought that the writing was very cliche and predictable and although the intent seemed valiant, I found myself rolling my eyes at some point. Although some things that...
Today I woke up early and after a morning cup o’ joe drug my ass to the pool. I’ve been feeling a little defeated lately, trying to pull myself through emotional hurdles on my own can sometimes prove more than I can take.
I’ve always loved Sundays because I can take my time doing the things I need to get done. I swam a mile, which is better than therapy, before 10 am and I...
I'd like to thank the academy...
Okay, another year and another crack at a bucket list goal I’ve never managed to attain:
Watch all of the Best Picture Nominees before the academy awards.
And I doubt this year is gonna be the year it happens between grad school, teaching, and tutoring. BUT! There’s always a shot.
Best Picture “The Artist” “The Descendants” “Extremely Loud &...
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a little late but worth the wait
So I’ve been meaning to post about this since the new year, but life has been getting in the way of my internet habits.
I’m taking the 50 book challenge.
In 2012, my new year’s resolution is to read 50 books. It’s about a book a week. I’m including novels I’m reading for my classes at school, because technically I don’t HAVE to read them to do my job,...
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#2: Sold
Sold
By: Patricia McCormick
I finished this novel this morning and threw the book down in the middle of a SSR period. The class, all senior boys, laughed and were excited to get to the end. This book….is the heart-wrenching tale of a young girl from Nepal who gets trapped in the world of human sex trafficking.
What’s cool about this book is that it’s told through vignettes...
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#1: Breathing Underwater
Breathing Underwater
By: Alex Flinn
This is the first book I finished this year. Breathing Underwater is a YA book my sophomores are reading, and tells the story of Nick, a popular high school student, in an abusive relationship with his girlfriend Caitlin. The story takes you back and forth between Nicks past (his relationship with Caitlin) and his present (the court proceedings after Caitlin...
“What can be explained is not poetry.”
– W.B. Yeats (via bodasdesangre)
“This moment yearning and thoughtful sitting alone,
It seems to me there are...”
– Walt Whitman, This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful (via teachingliteracy)
“To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr., The Purpose of Education (via positivelypersistentteach)
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December 2011
14 posts
And you may tire of me, as our December sun is...
“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.”
– Stephen Chbosky (via thinkofmekindly)
There ain't no place like Home for the Holidays.
After dragging my sorry, busted ass to work this morning and totally zombi-ing through the day, my Christmas vacation began.
I went into school this morning with nothing.
I came out with 4 books to read over break, a piercing migrane from students, and a bill from Rowan for $3,000.
Seeking refuge from home I remembered that my mother (who typically works during the day) had taken the day off...
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To the Boy I Could Never Write About
Love; it will not betray you
Dismay or enslave you, it will set you free
Be more like the man you were made to be
Whenever I listen to this album I avoid from the beginning to the end I think of cornfields, cigars, Maryland, and us.
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“I wrote the way I wept, and danced, and made love.”
– Jimmy Santiago Baca
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is a slug a bug?
5th Grader: Ms. Megan, what's a slug?
Me: Well, it's like a very slow, slimy bug
5th Grader: So like a snail?
Me: Well, yes but without a shell.
5th Grader: So, like a naked snail?
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Teaching Chronicles: Chapter 1 : Wait...you want...
I’m surpised I’m still standing right now.
If you enjoy finding the humor in a person’s demise, then please. Read on.
Tuesday:
8:00 AM - Receive call from Principal. “Hi Megan, do you have any commitments right now? Can you come to my office around 9?”
Inner Thoughts: Commitments? Um, yeah like maybe TEACHING? It’s in the middle of the school day.
Actual...
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I haven’t blogged in over a month.
I’ve started a new job in the admissions department in a vocational school. It’s a mostly administration-like position with a little special ed instrution sprinkled within. I am the youngest in my department by at least 25 yrs. And although the workload is way less and the pay is the same, I miss classroom teaching every day.
I’ve also...
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“There is light in both the broken glass and in the diamond.”
– Mark Neppo
November 2011
6 posts
“And it’s hard to want to stay awake
When everyone you meet, they all seem...”
– Death Cab for Cutie
pennstation:
dalek-master:
Coldplay- Fix You...
welcome back
In the midst of the crazy mayhem October produced, Tumblr really seemed to take a backseat. Here’s an update on life since we last spoke:
I’ve completed my first teaching experience! Halloween, my last day, was a lot of work both physically and emotionally. It was really sad to leave my kids, although I knew I was leaving them in good hands. It was also sad because I knew I was...
October 2011
7 posts
“But to change for others is to lie to yourself…not all who wander are aimless,...”
– from the movie Mona Lisa Smile [2003] (via falenburg)
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A Pumpkin for Pat
There once was a little girl named Pat, who was excited to go to the pumpkin patch at Frankie’s Farm. Pat, who had never picked a pumpkin at any sort of patch before, was determined to find the perfect pumpkin.
When Pat’s teacher told her that their class would be taking a field trip to Frankie’s Farm to pick pumpkins, Pat was ready to go.
“What kind of pumpkin do you...
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“My favorite children’s book is about a little prince who came to Earth...”
– - Adam (2009)
This movie haunts me. I hope I meet someone who makes me feel like this one day.