“I was a Harry Potter nerd. Pencils were wands. I was going to Hogwarts. The whole thing. You don’t understand what a nerd I am. I mean, if they remade them, I’d still go. Like, I’ve seen all of [the originals], and that’s always going to be Harry. That’s always going to be Ron and Hermione. But if they did it again, I absolutely would go, because I want to see it all again.”
—Jennifer Lawrence (via ruperts)
March 2012
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Stupid names on the Roll book
So… Today… I discovered that there’s a kid in my school named ‘Lestat’. Not only that, but his two siblings are ALSO named after Anne Rice’s characters.
I find this hilarious.
Which got me to thinking …
Teachers: Any interesting names (FIRST NAMES ONLY) on your Roll?
“M-mm-miss… Dan said that m-my mum is a piece of fruit!”
—Year 1 girl, in hysterical tears.
Two days into teaching in the country...
Admittedly, I was really worried. I thought I’d be wrestling off feral children, dealing with a poorly-equipped school and pining for home in the city.
But I LOVE the school, the structure, the learning, the staff, the support, everything. My Year 1s are AMAZING kids. And I could live up here, really, if I wanted to.
There are perks:
to having an educationally amazing and technologically snazzy boyfriend.
I’m just sayin’.
“You better be pregnant by the end of the school year!”
—Persistent student (she brings up babies every day!)
Things to bring next time I relieve a PE teacher
- WHISTLE
- BIGGER WATER BOTTLE
- SUNSCREEN
My throat is killing me. I’m SO dehydrated. And I was outdoors ALL DAY in clear blue sky and didn’t bring my sunscreen… So, yes, I have a bright red sunburn in the shape of my v-necked t-shirt. And I have to go to a wedding in 2 weeks.
GOD, WHY!
On a side-note… Does anybody know of any great places to find Reliever/Substitute lesson plans? I’m thinking about having a look at what’s out there. Link me?
Murphy's teaching laws
- The clock in the instructor’s room will be wrong.
- Disaster will occur when visitors are in the room.
- A subject interesting to the teacher will bore students.
- The time a teacher takes in explaining is inversely proportional to the information retained by students.
- A meeting’s length will be directly proportional to the boredom the speaker produces.
- Students who are doing better are credited with working harder. If children start to do poorly, the teacher will be blamed.
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