Next weekend I will be running in my first ever 10k race. The weekend after that, I will return from a three day camping trip with the school to run in what will be my second 10k. I have some misgivings about this. Since this past winter vacation, I have willed myself to fight my [...]
Friday’s morning class boys’ team usually names themselves “Electric Fan.” Ringleader: “Teacha! Today, we not Electric Fan. We team name is ELECTRIC GAY.” Other boys: “NO!” Me: “Really? G-A-Y?” Ringleader: “Yes.” Me: “Uhh, why?” Ringleader: “We must Electric GAY.” 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike
It happened two weekends in a row: I spilled liquids all over my MacBook, in more or less the same circumstances. Both times, I was frantically trying to find a way to watch a live stream that would air a KU basketball game. (To anyone who thinks I got my just desserts: shaddup, and by [...]
Student: Teacher, teacher! Who is Ophelia? Me: Have you ever read Hamlet? (Student shakes her head no). Well, long story short, Hamlet was a prince who wanted to kill the man who killed his father, but didn’t know what to do. Student: Kill him! Why not? Me: And then there was this girl whose name [...]
