You might be a school employee if...

Okay, so I got this in my email today and it made me laugh outloud...especially the velcro one. I literally had tears rolling down my face and every time I think of it, I break out in a violent laugh.

Jeff Foxworthy...
1. YOU might be a school employee if you believe the playground should be equipped with a Ritalin salt lick.

2. YOU might be a school employee if you want to slap the next person who says, 'Must be nice to work 8 to 3:30 and have summers off.

3. YOU might be a school employee if it is difficult to name your own child because there's no name you can come up with that doesn't bring high blood pressure as it is uttered.

4. YOU might be a school employee if you can tell it's a full moon or if it going to rain, snow, hail.... anything!!! Without ever looking outside.

5. YOU might be a school employee if you believe, 'shallow gene pool' should have its own box on a report card.

6. YOU might be a school employee if you believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, 'Boy, the kids sure are mellow today.'

7. YOU might be a school employee if when out in public, you feel the urge to snap your fingers at children you do not know and correct theirbehavior.

8. YOU might be a school employee if you have no social life between August and June.

10. YOU might be a school employee if you think people should have a government permit before being allowed to reproduce.

11. YOU might be a school employee if you wonder how some parents MANAGED to reproduce.

12. YOU might be a school employee if you laugh uncontrollably when people refer to the staff room as the 'lounge.'

13. YOU might be a school employee if you encourage an obnoxious parent to check into charter schools or home schooling and are willing to donate the U-HAUL boxes should they decided to move out of district..

14. YOU might be a school employee if you think caffeine should be available in intravenous form.

15. YOU might be a school employee if you can't imagine how the ACLU could think that covering your students chair with Velcro and then requiring uniforms made out of the corresponding Velcro could ever be misunderstood by the public.

16.YOU might be a school employee if meeting a child's parent instantly answers this question, 'Why is this kid like this?'

17. YOU might be a school employee if you would choose a mammogram over a parent conference.

18. YOU might be a school employee if you think someone should invent antibacterial pencils and crayons... and desks and chairs for that matter!

19. YOU might be a school employee if the words 'I have college debt for this?' has ever come out of your mouth.

20. YOU might be a school employee if you know how many days, minutes, and seconds are left in the school year!

Snowshoe Saturday

On Saturday, Jeff and I decided to go snowshoeing in the Wind Rivers. We didn't get to go exactly where we wanted to, but we still had fun. Some of the trails were a little less groomed and we had fun trying to get through the deepest areas. In some of the really deep areas I fell flat on my face, but then I was laughing so hard I couldn't get up. Needless to say I was pretty soaked by the time we were done! We had a great time and look forward to exploring more areas. Now that the weather is warming up, it is the perfect time to go. I was surprised how hot we got. We are excited to go again sometime soon!

I'm so excited...and I just can't hide it!

I am so excited!!!! I found out that I get to go to Washington D.C. next month!!! I have been taking this math class and our teacher, who is also the assistant superintendent of our district, told us last class she had extra money for four people to go the NCTM math conference. There are about 35 people in our math class and when we asked where it was and she said D.C. I thought everyone would want to go. She told us to send an email to her and tell her why we wanted to go if we were interested. Well, two of my friends and I decided to try for it thinking that we probably wouldn't get picked since we are some of the younger teachers. As it turns out, we ALL got picked so I guess no one put in for it. I am sooo happy because it will be so fun to go on a trip to DC that I don't have to pay for! The best part is that I get to go with some friends. We will be going to math conferences and are required to help the district map the math curriculum with what we learn, but I think it is such a great opportunity!!! I am hoping to learn a lot and can't wait for a chance to go back east. We leave around April 21 and get back around the 24th I think. The details aren't set in stone, but hopefully I will have much more interesting things to post about in the next month!!

It's Always Best to be Polite

We switch our kids for reading groups and Friday I had an interesting conversation with a little boy who can't sit still to save his life. It was so funny to me, I thought I would share.

We were reading this little passage about two boys named Ben and Jeff. Jeff dropped his hat into a fast moving stream that was very deep. Jeff decided to solve the problem by jumping in the stream and retrieving the hat for his buddy.

We have been working on problem and solution. The kids were asked if Jeff's solution to the problem was a good one and why or why not based on the details in the paragraph.

This little guy writes,

No, because HE/SHE may get hurt in the water because it is a fast moving, deep stream.

I then reply with,

That is a great answer, but I think you can just put "he" since we know from the paragraph that it's a boy since his name is Ben.

He then says,

Well, it's always better to be polite.

How can you argue with that?

When Jeff gets home, I wonder if HE/SHE will make dinner. Just trying to be polite.