I hate parent-teacher conference night. Not necessarily because of the conferences. I dislike these nights because they are very long evenings. I had two scheduled meetings and one that stopped by and they went quite well.
After mine were finished I met with my mentor for the resident educator program. That turned into an hour long conversation. Then my mom and brother stopped by the school to get a ticket for a basketball game and I walked them to the athletic office and talked to them for a few minutes. Then I finalized some things for tomorrow. I'm trying something new tomorrow so I had to make some modifications to my PowerPoint. After that I printed some materials for preparing for the OGT. Then I finished the PowerPoint that I had been distracted from earlier.
During my prep period today I took inventory of our Pepsi products and placed my final order.
Point of all of this? I typed this on my way home (I walk) and now I'm at my front door at 8:55 pm and those papers that needed graded wont be returned tomorrow because they're not even close to being done. *sigh*
Monday, February 25, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Clothes, Twitter, and Other Musings
Wow! It's been quite a while since I've said anything here. I'm just not the greatest at blogging, which is funny, because I always have plenty to say. I have a bunch of things in my head, but never know which ones to spend the time typing about. And sometimes I think of things that should definitely go on my blog but then I don't actually write about them. And then I'm not sure what I should say. I write as if I'm this anonymous person, yet most of my readers are my friends. And those who aren't won't care who I am, so I could probably blog about all kinds of things. But then there's always the chance that a student will stumble upon this. Or a parent. Or worse, a parent who doesn't like me. (There's always one or two.)
So, I'll blog away about something kind of generic while I contemplate all that word vomit above.
One of the things I like about my job (most days) is my wardrobe. I'm one of those weird people who loves to dress up. And I like wearing heels (again, most days). Today I wore a new skirt I bought this weekend. It was from The Limited (my favorite). It was originally over $69, but I found it on the final clearance rack for $16.99. And if you didn't already know this, The Limited offers student, teacher, and military discounts, so if you qualify for any of those, take some kind of ID and take advantage of the extra 15% off everything! In the end it was $15 something, even after tax. It's a plain grey, high waisted skirt with a couple of pleats in the front and super cute.
With it, I wore a black tank top that has little off-white polka dots and my favorite dark purple sweater (both also from Limited). I finished off my outfit with my amazing purple shoes and an awesome silk scarf given to me by my friend from China!
In other news, I created a twitter page that I'm going to try to use to inform my students of things like when tests and quizzes are. I've only told one class about it so far, but we'll see how that goes.
Another cool thing... the student council at our school is doing this awesome thing called "Sweet Tweet Friday." On Fridays, students are encouraged to tweet something nice about someone else with the hashtag #sweettweetfriday. They have even been encouraged to say something nice about someone outside of their typical friend group. This is one of the main reasons I created a twitter that I could use to communicate with students. This way I can interact with them and not care if they follow me. I also have a personal Twitter. It's still public, because that's the best way to get the most out of twitter, but I'm blocking any student who tries to follow me on that one.
I'll keep you posted on the status of that, if I remember. So... more to come, I guess! I'll try to be a better blogger. And try searching #sweettweetfriday this weekend. It will only be the third week though, and understand that teenagers are weird, so they may say some interesting things...
One more random thought... the best thing about midterms is that they force me to get caught up on all the grading I've been neglecting! Yay!
So, I'll blog away about something kind of generic while I contemplate all that word vomit above.
One of the things I like about my job (most days) is my wardrobe. I'm one of those weird people who loves to dress up. And I like wearing heels (again, most days). Today I wore a new skirt I bought this weekend. It was from The Limited (my favorite). It was originally over $69, but I found it on the final clearance rack for $16.99. And if you didn't already know this, The Limited offers student, teacher, and military discounts, so if you qualify for any of those, take some kind of ID and take advantage of the extra 15% off everything! In the end it was $15 something, even after tax. It's a plain grey, high waisted skirt with a couple of pleats in the front and super cute.
With it, I wore a black tank top that has little off-white polka dots and my favorite dark purple sweater (both also from Limited). I finished off my outfit with my amazing purple shoes and an awesome silk scarf given to me by my friend from China!
In other news, I created a twitter page that I'm going to try to use to inform my students of things like when tests and quizzes are. I've only told one class about it so far, but we'll see how that goes.
Another cool thing... the student council at our school is doing this awesome thing called "Sweet Tweet Friday." On Fridays, students are encouraged to tweet something nice about someone else with the hashtag #sweettweetfriday. They have even been encouraged to say something nice about someone outside of their typical friend group. This is one of the main reasons I created a twitter that I could use to communicate with students. This way I can interact with them and not care if they follow me. I also have a personal Twitter. It's still public, because that's the best way to get the most out of twitter, but I'm blocking any student who tries to follow me on that one.
I'll keep you posted on the status of that, if I remember. So... more to come, I guess! I'll try to be a better blogger. And try searching #sweettweetfriday this weekend. It will only be the third week though, and understand that teenagers are weird, so they may say some interesting things...
One more random thought... the best thing about midterms is that they force me to get caught up on all the grading I've been neglecting! Yay!
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