February 2010
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“If you want only one thing too much, it’s likely to turn out a disappointment....”
– Lonesome Dove (via julie911) (via quote-book)
January 2010
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In Sanity
connectkg:
My college philosophy professor stabbed his dad in the leg, his shin, with a pencil. He wanted to be sure he was dead.
He said the problem with god is suffering.
My sister says only God knows so she doesn’t worry about it. It being suffering.
When the call came that the fluid the doctor removed didn’t contain any cancer cells my grandmother said Thank God.
My mother says part of...
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5 Marketing Strategies Applicable to Your Kid's...
cristinfrank:
“Your kid is in the bottom three of the class,” was the unpleasant reality presented at my last teacher conference. It was then decided that I would bring my first-grader into school early, twice a week, for math help. After the second tutoring session the teacher e-mailed me to say she had a difficult time with my son. By the third session, we were dumped. “Something’s come up and...
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“I love San Francisco. If you need me, I’ll be here. For awhile.”
– Me
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By the way, just so you know,
a good thing about not having a car is both the physical and the mental satisfaction from just going somewhere and then making it back.
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Why Students Hate Algebra →
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On my way to the Marina for a PD (kids don’t have school), stopped for coffee at my transfer, and waited in line behind Catholic school girls and their moms, who were also waiting. For non-fat lattes. What a different scene. I prefer mine.
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You know it’s going to be a tedious day when you spend 30 minutes getting dressed around a pair of earrings.
Dear Save the Children corner canvassers,
No, I don’t have time to Save the Children. I’m busy saving the children.
Thanks anyway,
Ms. Basye
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Dear Sufjan Stevens,
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Katey
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Bonus points for SOTU
girloffscript:
I’m posting questions about the State of the Union on my speech class’s Facebook page for kids to answer to earn bonus points. They have to answer them and bring me the answers before first period tomorrow!
Ah, so cool!
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“Who we are isn’t so much what we do, but rather what we’re capable of when we...”
– Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper (Submitted by: myheartspeaks) (via quote-book) (via adelainicolebasye)
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Because that's what she did 40ish years ago as a...
Librarian: And you just look sad.
Me: Yeah. Today was just...a piece of crap.
Librarian: Well, at least you don't drink in the mornings yet.
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The missing element in my recent mild days
Short Tuesday schedule, long SPED meeting. 3rd, 5th, 6th periods down the drain. Student A brings knife to school and blames it on Student B, the most innocent kid on the planet. Surprise assembly! No 7th or 8th period. Student B cries, parents come. Parents yell, cops come, because of the knife not the parents. No one tells me anything. After kids leave, staff meets, then sits when it’s...
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That's poop to you
Brittnae: Ms. Basye, my stomach.
Me: What's wrong?
Brittnae: I got gas. It hurts...
Me: Do you have to go to the bathroom?
Brittnae: Yeah, I gotta boo-boo.
Me: Ok, well go boo-boo.
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“When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity...”
– Blaise Pascal (via spaceships) (via findout) (via connectkg)
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Hopefully there is more where this came from
As I lay in the half-pigeon and breathed deeper into a stretch in which my left leg extended behind me, my right leg bent underneath my upper body, and my pelvis sunk towards the floor, I was acutely aware, not so much of my breath, but of the belly-in, and of the belly-out, that was necessitated by my breath.
In—my stomach distends against my right heel—this is a new feeling, these...
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“Second, no movement could possibly tame the great wild lions of love, lust, and...”
– “The Case Against Settling” [Newsweek] (via sarakatherine)
Julia Baird is really great in this
(via newsweek)
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Clementine: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.
Joel: I know.
Clementine: What do we do?
Joel: Enjoy it.
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from The Book of Virtues
The Magic Thread
Too often, people want what they want (or what they think they want, which is usually “happiness” in one form or another) right now. The irony of their impatience is that only by learning to wait, and by a willingness to accept the bad with the good, do we usually attain those things that are truly worthwhile. “He that can have patience, can have what he...
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Ants in my pants
My school is infested with ants. They are hiding from the winter, and they are EVERYWHERE, including on me. Kishawn was picking them out of my hair, and I was brushing them off of my hands all day. And I was in denial all day, but I’m pretty sure I literally have ants in my pants. Hot, hot shower please!!
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I have not reflected on teaching lately,
but I have noticed a huge decline in the behavior and the “I want to learn” of my students since Holiday Break so I wanted to sort that out. I was hoping that it was the I-am-mad-I’m-not-playing-video-games after break blues, but that was two weeks ago, so I don’t know. I have been very stumped, so for the last few days, I’ve been really focusing on my attitude and...
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Use these for something someday
Flickr: The MLK BLVD Pool
http://mlkblvd.wordpress.com/
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“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s...”
– Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper (Submitted by: myheartspeaks) (via quote-book)
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“wat r u dion and this is brittnae the loud one in class i just wanted to said i...”
– Engrade message from Brittnae
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Mutually beneficial.
me: can you do my taxes? is that too much for you to do? that stuff scares me
Addie: haha yeh i can figure it out just send all your w-2's this way
me: ok thanks sister. if you ever need me to write a poem for you or anything, let me know