November 18, 2005
Pilgrim or Indian?
I have one student who is actually bright...well, in the sense that socially he get things and talking to him you'd never guess that he struggles as much as he does. Unlike most of my other kids. He's like a "regular ed" kid sometimes (which I forget what that's like at times) Anyways, when Thanksgiving got closer we started talking more about it and reading stories about the Indians and Pilgrims. One day he raised his had and being very proud he remarked..."Did you know that I'm 1/2 Indian and 1/2 Pilgrim? I don't really remember what I said, but it was hard not to laugh. He was pretty confident about it all. Maybe he's related to Pocahontas? You never know!
October 31, 2005
A Creepy Halloween Email
So I sat down to read my email at the end of a long day filled with Halloween parties, sugar-high kids and costume parades, only to find this extremely long email. As I read, I new exactly who this was from, although it was "anonymously" sent. I couldn't believe someone would actually do this. What a CREEP! Just a day in the life of being single! How random can life get?
FROM: J Nice
SUBJECT: :)
DATE: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:40:44 PM
TO: emily.dent@nebo.edu
Emily,
Hi. I have no idea how to start this mostly because I have never done this kind of thing before. I am going way out on a limb here mostly because I have nothing to loose. Please excuse the ambiguity I could not think of a better way to do this. Every time I run into you I get the strangest prompting to ask you out, but I have ignored up it up to this point. Please don't thing me some kids of weird smarmy stalker or something it's not like that. It's just every time I run into you I always walk away thinking "she is attractive, she has a beautiful smile....You should ask her out." No I don't know where you live, no I don't know what kind of car you drive, and no I haven't rifled through your trash. I know you because I have a child that attends Brookside.
That is primarily the reason I haven't asked you out. I wouldn't want to make you un-comfortable that is not very gentlemanly. My child is not in your class anymore, but was at one time. They thought the worlds of you. Anyway that fact may preclude the possibilities if that is the case I totally understand. I don't date co-workers with which I work for a lot of the same reasons. Who knows you and I may have absolutely nothing in common...and since I haven't been rifling through your trash I really don't know a whole lot about you on a personal level...that was a joke! :) Like I said I think you're a very attractive woman and you have a great personality so I decided to go way out on a limb and ask. At least this way if you're not interested there is not harm nor foul right? I can still pass you in the hall and I will not have caused you any undue stress.
A little about me: I am no Brad Pitt but I clean up nicely...I am 34 5'11" 150 lbs, I bathe regularly, I have all my hair and teeth, no tats or piercings, I am paper trained and I can even do a few tricks...
I have a BS degree, I can't tell you what I do mostly because you will know who I am. I have a good job and make about 55K a year. I own my own home, I have a great credit. I am LDS and active in the church, I have a current temple recommend and served an honorable mission.
I have kids obviously and am unfortunately divorced a fact that was neither my doing nor my choice. Everyone has their free agency right, wrong or indifferent. If you are interested I will gladly give you more detail as that is an obviously justifiable concern. I don't talk about it a lot mostly because it's not the most pleasant of topics.
Anyway if you're not interested you don't have to reply back. I am fine with that. As I said, At least this way if you're not interested there is no harm nor foul right? I can still pass you in the hall and I will not have caused you any undue stress. I had to ask. You can't blame me??? Besides a secret admirer is kind of romantic...as long as their not rifling through your trash right????
At a minimum,, Have a really great day.
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I just have a few things to say about this...
#1 Who does he think he is? If anybody thinks this is the way to impress someone....try again.
#2 I bet he copied and pasted this from his online dating profile
#3 "I get the strangest prompting to ask you out..." Oh Please, really come on!
FROM: J Nice
SUBJECT: :)
DATE: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:40:44 PM
TO: emily.dent@nebo.edu
Emily,
Hi. I have no idea how to start this mostly because I have never done this kind of thing before. I am going way out on a limb here mostly because I have nothing to loose. Please excuse the ambiguity I could not think of a better way to do this. Every time I run into you I get the strangest prompting to ask you out, but I have ignored up it up to this point. Please don't thing me some kids of weird smarmy stalker or something it's not like that. It's just every time I run into you I always walk away thinking "she is attractive, she has a beautiful smile....You should ask her out." No I don't know where you live, no I don't know what kind of car you drive, and no I haven't rifled through your trash. I know you because I have a child that attends Brookside.
That is primarily the reason I haven't asked you out. I wouldn't want to make you un-comfortable that is not very gentlemanly. My child is not in your class anymore, but was at one time. They thought the worlds of you. Anyway that fact may preclude the possibilities if that is the case I totally understand. I don't date co-workers with which I work for a lot of the same reasons. Who knows you and I may have absolutely nothing in common...and since I haven't been rifling through your trash I really don't know a whole lot about you on a personal level...that was a joke! :) Like I said I think you're a very attractive woman and you have a great personality so I decided to go way out on a limb and ask. At least this way if you're not interested there is not harm nor foul right? I can still pass you in the hall and I will not have caused you any undue stress.
A little about me: I am no Brad Pitt but I clean up nicely...I am 34 5'11" 150 lbs, I bathe regularly, I have all my hair and teeth, no tats or piercings, I am paper trained and I can even do a few tricks...
I have a BS degree, I can't tell you what I do mostly because you will know who I am. I have a good job and make about 55K a year. I own my own home, I have a great credit. I am LDS and active in the church, I have a current temple recommend and served an honorable mission.
I have kids obviously and am unfortunately divorced a fact that was neither my doing nor my choice. Everyone has their free agency right, wrong or indifferent. If you are interested I will gladly give you more detail as that is an obviously justifiable concern. I don't talk about it a lot mostly because it's not the most pleasant of topics.
Anyway if you're not interested you don't have to reply back. I am fine with that. As I said, At least this way if you're not interested there is no harm nor foul right? I can still pass you in the hall and I will not have caused you any undue stress. I had to ask. You can't blame me??? Besides a secret admirer is kind of romantic...as long as their not rifling through your trash right????
At a minimum,, Have a really great day.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I just have a few things to say about this...
#1 Who does he think he is? If anybody thinks this is the way to impress someone....try again.
#2 I bet he copied and pasted this from his online dating profile
#3 "I get the strangest prompting to ask you out..." Oh Please, really come on!
October 14, 2005
Change
Well, sadly enough the district informed me that they were pulling "Bear" out of my classroom. I had very mixed emotions about this change, but most of all, I was concerned with what I would do with her kids. A few months in the year. They gave me an aide to replace and help. Well...the first aide was a very very strange lady to say the least and was definitely not much help. She was older and struggled working with the kids. When I asked her to take a few minute to introduce herself, she pulled out a 50 page book on her family history. and proceeded to go through it page by page talking about her grandparents ---I finally had to stop her to move on. To be honest...she was more work than help. It wasn't much longer that I got another aide. This time it was a 65 year old man who weighed around 300 lbs. A big teddy bear. He was better than the first aide, and worked hard, but was more like a student then an aide. He would get the kids all wound up and would throw them over his shoulder.
One funny story about my second aide was one Wednesday morning while the kids were at library. He was helping me hang some things outside my classroom. He went to put something into his pocket and realized that his pants were on backwards. We both laughed really hard and I could tell that he was embarrassed. He quickly went into the bathroom to change before the kids came back.
One funny story about my second aide was one Wednesday morning while the kids were at library. He was helping me hang some things outside my classroom. He went to put something into his pocket and realized that his pants were on backwards. We both laughed really hard and I could tell that he was embarrassed. He quickly went into the bathroom to change before the kids came back.
May 14, 2005
Pee-Wee Herman
I have this student, we'll call him "Keith" who I've worked with for a couple of years. Well after working with him for that long I had no idea he was a fan of Pee-Wee Herman. So one day it was his turn with the surprise bag (show-n-tell) He brought a huge picture of Pee-Wee Herman that was framed and signed personally by him. I just had to laugh. Most kids bring their toy cars, or a special necklace or something trivial. But this was the last thing I would expect any kid these days to have. I mean honestly what 9-year old hangs up a signed picture of Pee-Wee Herman? The funnier part is that I have a good friend Dave who is also a fan and we had just watched "Pee-Wee Herman's Big Adventure" Movie, just a week ago. Who knew that there was another fan out there in this world?
March 14, 2005
A Few More Funny "Bear" Stories...
***One of "Tess" goals it to read foods off of a menu-Well, "Tess" doesn't know any better, but "Bear" typed up in very large letters a LUNCH MENUE .....I had a hard time walking by this everyday. Spelling isn't her strong point.
***On March 2nd, Most schools celebrate Dr. Suess' B-day. Well, as "Bear" talked about him, she kept referring to him as Dr. Zeus. This confused our special ed kids very much. I found it quite funny when on little boy asked her if Dr. Zeus was on Disney's Hercules.
***When it comes to teaching you are continually doing assessments to see how the kids are doing. We do simple assessments called running records to see the level the kids are reading at. If they are reading at 95% accuracy or better, we bump them up to a higher level. Well...this simple concept was too complex for "Bear". She tested Sherie one day and even though she scored 89% The little 1st graders said to was too easy. So she bumped her up to a higher level. Do we believe our data? or a 1st grader? Let think about this one.
***Also, "Bear" used a lot of treats to reward the kids--almost too much. I would her her say on the other side of the bookcases "I'm hungry so let's earn..." This happened almost everyday.
***Another funny story that happened to "Bear" was with "Tess" our 11 year old with downs syndrome. "Bear" works with her because she is on about the same level as some of our first graders. But being 11, she is going through some physical changes and has started wearing a bra. Well, she spent a long time at the sink and got her sleeves wet. When she sat back over at the table, the wet sleeves bothered her, so she pulled her arms inside. Then she raised her hands. "Tess's" shirt ended up flying right up to her shoulders. Panicking "Bear" ran to get her coat to cover her from the closets. She was trying hard to protect the innocent 1st graders. She didn't know quite how to handle the situation and told the other kids not to look under the table. When you say to a 6 year old NOT to look. Guess what they'll do? Yep you guessed they were more interested then before. I think at this point she had and lost control of the kid. She honestly didn't know what to do. So she called me over for help. This time I didn't hold the laughter in. I just had to laugh at the whole situation...Including how "Bear" handled it all.
***Okay so I could go on and on with lots of "Bear" stories, but I just have to share one more. A few weeks ago at a Faculty Luncheon, "Bear" smashed her fingers into a chair. It was so bad that she had to have surgery on it. Well it was quite a dramatic ordeal and because so, she decided that she didn't really need to do progress reports on her students. Leagally that's not compliant at all and the auditors that come rip you apart for little things like this... but it was "TOO MUCH WORK. THEY SHOULDN'T EXPECT ME TO DO IT" was her words. "IT'S THE END OF THE YEAR ANYWAY." How are the auditors going to know she smashed her fingers down the road? I'm not quite sure.
***On March 2nd, Most schools celebrate Dr. Suess' B-day. Well, as "Bear" talked about him, she kept referring to him as Dr. Zeus. This confused our special ed kids very much. I found it quite funny when on little boy asked her if Dr. Zeus was on Disney's Hercules.
***When it comes to teaching you are continually doing assessments to see how the kids are doing. We do simple assessments called running records to see the level the kids are reading at. If they are reading at 95% accuracy or better, we bump them up to a higher level. Well...this simple concept was too complex for "Bear". She tested Sherie one day and even though she scored 89% The little 1st graders said to was too easy. So she bumped her up to a higher level. Do we believe our data? or a 1st grader? Let think about this one.
***Also, "Bear" used a lot of treats to reward the kids--almost too much. I would her her say on the other side of the bookcases "I'm hungry so let's earn..." This happened almost everyday.
***Another funny story that happened to "Bear" was with "Tess" our 11 year old with downs syndrome. "Bear" works with her because she is on about the same level as some of our first graders. But being 11, she is going through some physical changes and has started wearing a bra. Well, she spent a long time at the sink and got her sleeves wet. When she sat back over at the table, the wet sleeves bothered her, so she pulled her arms inside. Then she raised her hands. "Tess's" shirt ended up flying right up to her shoulders. Panicking "Bear" ran to get her coat to cover her from the closets. She was trying hard to protect the innocent 1st graders. She didn't know quite how to handle the situation and told the other kids not to look under the table. When you say to a 6 year old NOT to look. Guess what they'll do? Yep you guessed they were more interested then before. I think at this point she had and lost control of the kid. She honestly didn't know what to do. So she called me over for help. This time I didn't hold the laughter in. I just had to laugh at the whole situation...Including how "Bear" handled it all.
***Okay so I could go on and on with lots of "Bear" stories, but I just have to share one more. A few weeks ago at a Faculty Luncheon, "Bear" smashed her fingers into a chair. It was so bad that she had to have surgery on it. Well it was quite a dramatic ordeal and because so, she decided that she didn't really need to do progress reports on her students. Leagally that's not compliant at all and the auditors that come rip you apart for little things like this... but it was "TOO MUCH WORK. THEY SHOULDN'T EXPECT ME TO DO IT" was her words. "IT'S THE END OF THE YEAR ANYWAY." How are the auditors going to know she smashed her fingers down the road? I'm not quite sure.
February 13, 2005
Sleeping Beauty
Another funny "Tess" story is sometimes her stubbornness really comes out. She was out playing at recess and when the bell rang to come in, she decided she didn't want to finish playing. So instead she pretended to be Sleeping Beauty and laid herself down right in front of the doors so that nobody could go in or out. She was laying on her back with her eyes closed pretending to be asleep. And no matter what I tried to do to convince her to move, nothing seemed to work. She was deeply convinced that the only way she could move was to wake her up with a kiss---pucker up! Meanwhile, all the kids had to walk clear down to the other end of the school to go inside.
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