Am I There Yet?: Thursday June 16, 2011

I learned a couple of valuable lessons today in the classroom.

1. Be confident in my abilities and willingness to learn and grow with enlightenment and perspective, no matter what adversity and catty drama someone tries to throw at me.

2. A forced smile to combat embarrassment and hurt feelings is painful, but ultimately the best response to most situations concerning peers.

On a happy note though, I have this thing where I tell the kids I'm going to, "Twist their ears off," if they get something wrong. Of course I'm kidding and of course they know this. We have a great time with it. Today while I was doing a practice test on the vocabulary words with the white boards, one of the students was thinking awfully hard about the answer. He looked up at me and said, "You're about to twist my ear off, aren't you?" I said, "Yep, and it's going to go nicely on my sandwich."

I've been really proud of their efforts, and I hope I'm making some small impact in their lives during the short time I have them.

IT'S MY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

T-Minus 9 Days until we leave for our Disney cruise!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I picked two more HUGE zucchinis today from our garden. I decided since they were so round and large at the bottom (like this lady I saw at the gym today) that I'd try a "zucchini pizza" I found on Pinterest.