OOOO mannn!! Who is excited about the top secret activity we learned about in Social Studies on Wednesday?!? I think it's soo exciting! I came home and immediately looked up the *treasure* (muggles may read this so certain words have been changed ;) that is located near my house. There are soo many, and I sooo want to do this sometimes really soon. Apparently this *treasure hunting* is a huuuuuge thing to some people. When I think of going *hunting* I think of maybe trying to find 10 pieces per hunt, but I was reading comments on some of the treasure that other hunters had left and they said they were on a specific type of hunting trip and went to more than 100 different locations PER DAY!!! They said in 6 days they had gotten over 700 treasures!!! That is sooooo I don't even know what to say! I think it'd be really cool to go on a hike that has a lot of them along the trail and that way you're hiking, but also treasure hunting.
In the Classroom
I think this is a really neat idea to use in the classroom. The kids would love it. It seems so exciting to go on a treasure hunt, I mean I'm in college and I was just like Let's Go! I think it'd be especially neat to do one of the ones that is a clue one, that each box leads you to the next one. It kind of reminds me of the amazing race. OO! I wonder if there is treasure that tells you to complete specific activities. It's like a world-wide amazing race! haha!
The New Look
so.... what do you guys think? do you like the new layout? I logged in and saw the background, and I was like it's time for a change! :) So I was looking at the other backgrounds and this one was under celebrations, and I was like YES! Let's celebrate!! I have soo much to do in the next week, that a little celebration and cheer on my blog is just the thing ;)
Cache you around! ;) (haha! *catch* you around... it's ok if you didn't laugh, I love corny jokes :D)
Imani
Friday, October 29, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
I need to find...
Does ANYONE know where I can find circle pretzels? I need ones that fit hershey kisses inside them! My cousin makes these little treats and they are sooo good and I soo wanna make them, but there are like no circle pretzels in the area!! I've looked and looked... has anybody seen them anywhere?
And I promise ;) as soon as I find them and (finally!) get to make them, I'll bring them to class to share :D
And I promise ;) as soon as I find them and (finally!) get to make them, I'll bring them to class to share :D
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Confesssions of a Shopaholic Moment... about Maps
So I had a Confessions of a Shopaholic moment... no I am not a shopaholic, and no, that wasn't me being in denial :) The story goes like this... Once upon a time (I'm channeling Dr. Gann's class here) I wanted to find a different kind of map, so I typed into Google, Map of the World, but I didn't come up with anything worth noting, so I typed in "Interesting map of the world" :) Channel Confessions of a Shopaholic when she typed in "angle on (some finance topic)" and her boss catches her. haha! (sorry if that story did not make you laugh or smile at all... I'm infamous for my stories... apparently I tell them really badly. It's like crickets chirping at the end... someone once told me to fix my stories I should say "then I found five dollars" because that makes the story instantly more interesting... )
Anyways!! The map that I found that I thought was cool kind of ties in with the internet and how it's at the tip of our fingertips and we use it pretty much allllll the time. http://www.yugatech.com/blog/the-internet/world-internet-map/ This map shows the internet connections around the world, kind of like density of internet. As you can guess, some countries don't even have a dot. I'd be interested to see how many connections constitute one dot.
Another cool map I found also has to do with the internet, but more with social networking sites... http://lh3.ggpht.com/raj.m.rao/R8OELsb1BmI/AAAAAAAACDk/FiDiQkaTBeY/s800/untitled%5B4%5D This map didn't come with a key to tell you how they determined what color each country would be, but I think it's interesting to see the different sites that are dominant in each country... some of them I've never even heard of!
Connect ;) with you later!
Imani
Anyways!! The map that I found that I thought was cool kind of ties in with the internet and how it's at the tip of our fingertips and we use it pretty much allllll the time. http://www.yugatech.com/blog/the-internet/world-internet-map/ This map shows the internet connections around the world, kind of like density of internet. As you can guess, some countries don't even have a dot. I'd be interested to see how many connections constitute one dot.
Another cool map I found also has to do with the internet, but more with social networking sites... http://lh3.ggpht.com/raj.m.rao/R8OELsb1BmI/AAAAAAAACDk/FiDiQkaTBeY/s800/untitled%5B4%5D This map didn't come with a key to tell you how they determined what color each country would be, but I think it's interesting to see the different sites that are dominant in each country... some of them I've never even heard of!
Connect ;) with you later!
Imani
Thursday, October 14, 2010
( : Geography : )
Howdy!
I have to say, I kind of love maps :) We have a big map of the world and map of the United States hung up in the hallway at our house, and I love to go look at it, especially when we take trips, it's neat to see the different states and cities you'll go through. And can I just say, I never knew Boston was sooo north of us. Before I went there this summer, I always thought that Boston was somewhere south of New York.... nope nope nope. It's less than 2 hours away from Maine! But anyways, I think it's so interesting to see where things are located, what seas are near what countries, where other places are in relation to us... That's why I thought all the maps that Dr. Meier showed us was cool.
I remember when I was in school, I'd always look in the geography text books in the index to see if Bangladesh had made it, as in mentioned anywhere. It's such a small country, but it has so many people!! I remarked to Heidi when Dr. Meier showed us the World Population map that the big pink blob next to India was probably Bangladesh even though Bangladesh is tiny, about the size of the state of Illinois. It's very densely populated. I found two other cool population maps at red one and green one. I think the red one looks dangerous! haha! I wouldn't want to fall on that! :)
Buh bye!
Imani
I have to say, I kind of love maps :) We have a big map of the world and map of the United States hung up in the hallway at our house, and I love to go look at it, especially when we take trips, it's neat to see the different states and cities you'll go through. And can I just say, I never knew Boston was sooo north of us. Before I went there this summer, I always thought that Boston was somewhere south of New York.... nope nope nope. It's less than 2 hours away from Maine! But anyways, I think it's so interesting to see where things are located, what seas are near what countries, where other places are in relation to us... That's why I thought all the maps that Dr. Meier showed us was cool.
I remember when I was in school, I'd always look in the geography text books in the index to see if Bangladesh had made it, as in mentioned anywhere. It's such a small country, but it has so many people!! I remarked to Heidi when Dr. Meier showed us the World Population map that the big pink blob next to India was probably Bangladesh even though Bangladesh is tiny, about the size of the state of Illinois. It's very densely populated. I found two other cool population maps at red one and green one. I think the red one looks dangerous! haha! I wouldn't want to fall on that! :)
Buh bye!
Imani
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Mulan and Pocahontas
So yesterday, I was looking something up and somehow I ran across the movie Mulan. I got really nostalgic and looked up a specific scene on youtube; to my great excitement I found that it has the whole movie!!! You have no idea how excited I was, I didn't watch the whole thing, but then I saw Pocahontas, and I forgot how much I looved that movie!! So I started watching my favorite parts from that movie too :) And as I was watching the Colors of the Wind song came on and it just seemed so relevant, to class, and to our culturally responsive teaching. I loved that line where she said/sang "how high does the sycamore grow? You'll never know if you cut it down..." That goes with respecting the earth and not being wasteful, but she even says something along the lines it doesn't matter whether we're colored or white... I just really liked hearing it all over again, it was one of my favorites when I was little. And as I was watching I got reacquainted with Flit and Meeko.... O man! I love those two! They're so funny together! For example when Flit saw Meeko's tail as a target and charged at him and then got stuck in the boat and they flipped it over... oooohhh, I love this movie! It just makes me all giggly. haha! Maybe nostalgic is more the word, it brings back all the good memories... I think movies sometimes these days are so polluted with sexual innuendo that watching a cartoon movie from the past just makes me happy, without having to look away from the TV or be amazed at what they show on TV... anyways, that's a long way from Pocahontas... just like Pocahontas is a loong way from what actually happened in history, but it's still a good movie. :D I'm thinking about watching Sleeping Beauty later... did you know I never watched that movie till I was in high school? That was the first time I watched Sleeping Beauty..laugh all you want, but me and my friend went through a Disney phase where we traded Disney movies for like two weeks and caught up on the classics ;)
Something smells tasy downstairs, I'm going to go investigate!! and then it's off to finish the concept map ;)
αντίο (bye in Greek)
Imani
Something smells tasy downstairs, I'm going to go investigate!! and then it's off to finish the concept map ;)
αντίο (bye in Greek)
Imani
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Eggplant Parmesan which induced a 5K.... and of course football
10.10.10 <-- How exciting is that?!?
So I've been meaning to make eggplant parmesan for a while, and the other day my grandpa found some really good eggplant at the grocery store so he went ahead and bought it. So on Friday, I was completely exhausted and I didn't wanna do anything involving the kitchen, but the eggplants were going to get old, so I buckled down and started making it, knowing the end result would pay off... AND BOY DID IT!! ooo man! It was soo incredibly good! The eggplant was tender and I love mozzarella, so I made sure to put plenty of that, but the fried breading and tomato sauce made an excellent accompaniment for the pasta... needless to say, it was won-der-ful! It was so wonderful that I ate way too much. On top of that, I had one of those ice cream drumsticks! :D I forgot how much I love sugar cones with ice cream... I was supposed to go "training" for my 5k that I was going to do the next day, but that was not going to happen ;) So anyways, I ended up going to bed late Friday and when I woke up at 7am on Saturday I had no wish to go run a 5k. But alas, I had promised my friend we'd go, and it was for Autism Speaks, so I was gonna drag myself out and do it. So me and my friend went and while we were standing around waiting, we saw everyone and they all just looked so athletic! I was like oo man, we're going to be last, we are soo gonna be the last ones to finish. Then as we were "running" (more like jogging, walking for a while, and then jogging again) I was like hey, we're not doing so bad, this might work out ;) It was her first 5k, so she was just kinda going with the flow, but we had fun. Definitely laughed at ourselves a couple of times. Once I bent down to tie my shoe and one of the race people were like are you down? Do I need to call a nurse? It was kind of funny, I bet we looked tired ;) Anyways, I had my best time for a 5k, ~42mins, so before all you expert runners start laughing about how slow that is, I'm proud of myself ;) hahaha! I told someone my time that night, and she was like ohhh, that's pretty good, and then she was like, actually, that's really slow. But anyways, it was fun, and it was for a good cause.
Football :D
:) the Colts wonn... o mannn, that game was such a nail biter! I was like are you kidding me?!?! And I can't believe Dallas lost!! They just played really horribly. Did anyone see the overtime between green bay and washington? That was a pretty strong kick :D I'm not a fan of washington, but ever since the packers let go of Favre, I just don't like them that much. I mean Favre definitely needs to make up his mind, but I like his spunk. Although if he flip flops at the end of this season, it's over. I'll be a huge packers fan.... just kidding. I don't think I could ever be a Packers fan, even if I lived in Green Bay, this is going to sound so odd, but whenever I think of the Packers I think of like an old backpack, which is so weird considering they have a young team, especially at quarterback, but whatever...
Sunday School Lesson
I have to say I'm pretty proud of myself. In Sunday school the next chapter I was going to teach was on kindness, and I was like this is such a cut and dry subject. Everyone knows you should be kind to each other, how am I supposed to make this interesting? So I was just hanging out around the house and it hit me all of a sudden! I was so excited, totally stoked about my lesson. I had the kids use chalk out in the parking lot and illustrate what kindness is to them. This one kid drew a picture of him hugging his sister. It was so adorable. I took a picture of each of their drawing and then I had them write about what they drew, after I print out the pics we'll make a poster and put it in the classroom, I'm so excited! :D
O! I love this commercial! (I am in no way associated with Travelers Insurance, I just think this commercial is so fun!) Could you imagine being on a safari and coming across this watering hole? :D
well, I think that's enough for now, I'm still working on my brother's blanket, it's coming along nicely. I realized that football season = crochet fever. Crocheting gives me a good excuse to sit comfortably and watch the game without feeling like I'm wasting time ;)
Till next time!
Imani
So I've been meaning to make eggplant parmesan for a while, and the other day my grandpa found some really good eggplant at the grocery store so he went ahead and bought it. So on Friday, I was completely exhausted and I didn't wanna do anything involving the kitchen, but the eggplants were going to get old, so I buckled down and started making it, knowing the end result would pay off... AND BOY DID IT!! ooo man! It was soo incredibly good! The eggplant was tender and I love mozzarella, so I made sure to put plenty of that, but the fried breading and tomato sauce made an excellent accompaniment for the pasta... needless to say, it was won-der-ful! It was so wonderful that I ate way too much. On top of that, I had one of those ice cream drumsticks! :D I forgot how much I love sugar cones with ice cream... I was supposed to go "training" for my 5k that I was going to do the next day, but that was not going to happen ;) So anyways, I ended up going to bed late Friday and when I woke up at 7am on Saturday I had no wish to go run a 5k. But alas, I had promised my friend we'd go, and it was for Autism Speaks, so I was gonna drag myself out and do it. So me and my friend went and while we were standing around waiting, we saw everyone and they all just looked so athletic! I was like oo man, we're going to be last, we are soo gonna be the last ones to finish. Then as we were "running" (more like jogging, walking for a while, and then jogging again) I was like hey, we're not doing so bad, this might work out ;) It was her first 5k, so she was just kinda going with the flow, but we had fun. Definitely laughed at ourselves a couple of times. Once I bent down to tie my shoe and one of the race people were like are you down? Do I need to call a nurse? It was kind of funny, I bet we looked tired ;) Anyways, I had my best time for a 5k, ~42mins, so before all you expert runners start laughing about how slow that is, I'm proud of myself ;) hahaha! I told someone my time that night, and she was like ohhh, that's pretty good, and then she was like, actually, that's really slow. But anyways, it was fun, and it was for a good cause.
Football :D
:) the Colts wonn... o mannn, that game was such a nail biter! I was like are you kidding me?!?! And I can't believe Dallas lost!! They just played really horribly. Did anyone see the overtime between green bay and washington? That was a pretty strong kick :D I'm not a fan of washington, but ever since the packers let go of Favre, I just don't like them that much. I mean Favre definitely needs to make up his mind, but I like his spunk. Although if he flip flops at the end of this season, it's over. I'll be a huge packers fan.... just kidding. I don't think I could ever be a Packers fan, even if I lived in Green Bay, this is going to sound so odd, but whenever I think of the Packers I think of like an old backpack, which is so weird considering they have a young team, especially at quarterback, but whatever...
Sunday School Lesson
I have to say I'm pretty proud of myself. In Sunday school the next chapter I was going to teach was on kindness, and I was like this is such a cut and dry subject. Everyone knows you should be kind to each other, how am I supposed to make this interesting? So I was just hanging out around the house and it hit me all of a sudden! I was so excited, totally stoked about my lesson. I had the kids use chalk out in the parking lot and illustrate what kindness is to them. This one kid drew a picture of him hugging his sister. It was so adorable. I took a picture of each of their drawing and then I had them write about what they drew, after I print out the pics we'll make a poster and put it in the classroom, I'm so excited! :D
O! I love this commercial! (I am in no way associated with Travelers Insurance, I just think this commercial is so fun!) Could you imagine being on a safari and coming across this watering hole? :D
well, I think that's enough for now, I'm still working on my brother's blanket, it's coming along nicely. I realized that football season = crochet fever. Crocheting gives me a good excuse to sit comfortably and watch the game without feeling like I'm wasting time ;)
Till next time!
Imani
Thursday, October 7, 2010
he wants to be a teacher because....
hehe.... so today I was at Happy Valley and I ate lunch with the kids :) they had brownies for dessert and the little boy who was sitting next to me (he often gets in trouble for being "off task" but he is so smart and really sweet) but anyways, he sat down and he told me that one of the aides had a big brownie, that it was hanging off the side of her tray. and I was like really?!? that's huge! It might be because she's a teacher. About a minute later he told me "I wanna be a teacher here at Happy Valley when I grow up." And I thought to myself wow, this kid really has plans, that's impressive. And then I asked him what makes him want to be a teacher and he said "the brownies." It made me laugh soooo hard (on the inside). But it was so adorable! He wants to be a teacher for brownies...
When I was in first grade I kind of wanted to be a teacher so I could tell people what to do! ooo man... thinking back I can't believe that was my motive. I was really looking forward to being a teacher in 2nd grade when my teacher made me re-write a journal entry. I was so upset! I was going to become a teacher and then teach her kids and make them re-write stuff! (I'm sitting here shaking my head... what a far cry from the real passion a teacher should have... but don't worry, I've reformed my thinking ;) )
Anyone else have any amusing/inspirational I want to be a teacher because.. stories? I think it is so interesting what brings people to want to be teachers, especially elementary. There's such a variety of passion :)
hei (bye in Finnish)
Imani
When I was in first grade I kind of wanted to be a teacher so I could tell people what to do! ooo man... thinking back I can't believe that was my motive. I was really looking forward to being a teacher in 2nd grade when my teacher made me re-write a journal entry. I was so upset! I was going to become a teacher and then teach her kids and make them re-write stuff! (I'm sitting here shaking my head... what a far cry from the real passion a teacher should have... but don't worry, I've reformed my thinking ;) )
Anyone else have any amusing/inspirational I want to be a teacher because.. stories? I think it is so interesting what brings people to want to be teachers, especially elementary. There's such a variety of passion :)
hei (bye in Finnish)
Imani
Monday, October 4, 2010
O dear....
.... this is going to be a long one, I can feel it in my bones... :)
New Bookshelf :D
Does anyone else feel the thrill of rearranging your room? This weekend (instead of studying ;) ) I brought a new bookshelf into my room, I'm serious I was soo excited! It's more space to put my books and sort of reorganize. I used to be such a re-decorating junkie when I was younger. I'd rearrange my whole room every couple of months. And I'd do it all by myself! I had such arm strength when I needed to move my bed or dresser, but my mom would always joke with me that when I had to carry things for her I was like ummm, that's too heavy, but I had no problem moving furniture. Anyways, I got a new bed a couple of years ago and it's pretty much impossible to move, and plus it would look awkward in any other position in my room. So for a long time I haven't rearranged my room... Well you can imagine how excited I was to get a new bookshelf :)
Crocheting ;)
AND this weekend I also finished a blanket I started crocheting last winter. Does anyone else crochet?! I loove it! My cousin always call me a grandma, but seriously, it's so much fun. I love the satisfaction when you finish a project and you can actually use it. Next project.... a blanket for my brother. It's brown and blue... I bought the yarn last winter when I was on a crochet marathon, I was crocheting all the time and this yarn was too pretty to pass up ;)
FOOTBALLL :D
On to football news! yayy! :) except that Peyton and the Colts lost :'( AND they didn't even show the game! I was following the last couple of seconds on the computer and they tied at 28 and I was like YES! Overtime!!! and then.... uggghhhh!! I literally groaned out loud when I saw that he kicked the field goal!! why?!?! At least Eli still hadn't played yet, so I could count on him... and he won!! And I watched the Denver/Titans game... whew! that last botched kick was such a relief! Sooo glad Denver won... (sorry Titans fans) I'm currently tuning in and out of the Patriots/Dolphins game.... :) Miami was doing soo good! and now they're losing... hope they can turn it around... (yeah right.... :P)
Mash :P
So I don't know if I mentioned this in one of my last posts, but I had Shepherd's Pie for the first time last week, it was soo good!! I couldn't stop thinking about it till I went to bed that night... I'm still trying to hunt down the recipe, I'll let you know how that goes. Anyways, instead of a mashed potato top the lady put a potato cauliflower mash on top. It was so incredibly good. It was really smooth too. So! of course, I had to try and make it, and finally after a whole weekend of trying to make it, I finally did tonight. It was so wonderful! It tasted just like potatoes and cauliflower. It had a really nice buttery taste, but it wasn't overpowering AND I didn't want to wait that long for the cauliflower to get really tender, so when it was al dente I finished it. I'm actually glad i did that though cuz there were some nice baby chunks of cauliflower in the mash... MMMmmmm! I definitely got my starch in for the day! ;)
Social Studies PLAY!
Can I just say, I loved the plays today! Everyone did such a good job!! I was just really bummed I didn't have my camera... I'm serious the days I don't have my camera handy... KODAK moments GALORE! I definitely think that acting it out internalizes the material so much better. Rather than just reading a textbook or even having an interactive lecture isn't the same thing as actually acting out the parts! And I think it's such a good idea to use in the classroom. Especially with ample time to prepare, this can be such a great tool, not just for each of our own classes, but the school as well. Like we discussed in class, this would be awesome to do for the younger kids. Anyways, I thoroughly enjoyed it, I just wish I was wearing red to make the "Lobsterback!" comments more real ;) and Denise.... her enthusiasm for her part still makes me giggle :D
There are so many historical moments that are sometimes just stored in the back of our minds, but doing plays about it is something the kids will remember (so when they're in Social Studies in college and have to write a list of Social Studies memories... they have a lot more exciting thing to write than others... wouldn't we be so proud?)
Anyways.... homework is calling my name.... till next time!
Imani
New Bookshelf :D
Does anyone else feel the thrill of rearranging your room? This weekend (instead of studying ;) ) I brought a new bookshelf into my room, I'm serious I was soo excited! It's more space to put my books and sort of reorganize. I used to be such a re-decorating junkie when I was younger. I'd rearrange my whole room every couple of months. And I'd do it all by myself! I had such arm strength when I needed to move my bed or dresser, but my mom would always joke with me that when I had to carry things for her I was like ummm, that's too heavy, but I had no problem moving furniture. Anyways, I got a new bed a couple of years ago and it's pretty much impossible to move, and plus it would look awkward in any other position in my room. So for a long time I haven't rearranged my room... Well you can imagine how excited I was to get a new bookshelf :)
Crocheting ;)
AND this weekend I also finished a blanket I started crocheting last winter. Does anyone else crochet?! I loove it! My cousin always call me a grandma, but seriously, it's so much fun. I love the satisfaction when you finish a project and you can actually use it. Next project.... a blanket for my brother. It's brown and blue... I bought the yarn last winter when I was on a crochet marathon, I was crocheting all the time and this yarn was too pretty to pass up ;)
FOOTBALLL :D
On to football news! yayy! :) except that Peyton and the Colts lost :'( AND they didn't even show the game! I was following the last couple of seconds on the computer and they tied at 28 and I was like YES! Overtime!!! and then.... uggghhhh!! I literally groaned out loud when I saw that he kicked the field goal!! why?!?! At least Eli still hadn't played yet, so I could count on him... and he won!! And I watched the Denver/Titans game... whew! that last botched kick was such a relief! Sooo glad Denver won... (sorry Titans fans) I'm currently tuning in and out of the Patriots/Dolphins game.... :) Miami was doing soo good! and now they're losing... hope they can turn it around... (yeah right.... :P)
Mash :P
So I don't know if I mentioned this in one of my last posts, but I had Shepherd's Pie for the first time last week, it was soo good!! I couldn't stop thinking about it till I went to bed that night... I'm still trying to hunt down the recipe, I'll let you know how that goes. Anyways, instead of a mashed potato top the lady put a potato cauliflower mash on top. It was so incredibly good. It was really smooth too. So! of course, I had to try and make it, and finally after a whole weekend of trying to make it, I finally did tonight. It was so wonderful! It tasted just like potatoes and cauliflower. It had a really nice buttery taste, but it wasn't overpowering AND I didn't want to wait that long for the cauliflower to get really tender, so when it was al dente I finished it. I'm actually glad i did that though cuz there were some nice baby chunks of cauliflower in the mash... MMMmmmm! I definitely got my starch in for the day! ;)
Social Studies PLAY!
Can I just say, I loved the plays today! Everyone did such a good job!! I was just really bummed I didn't have my camera... I'm serious the days I don't have my camera handy... KODAK moments GALORE! I definitely think that acting it out internalizes the material so much better. Rather than just reading a textbook or even having an interactive lecture isn't the same thing as actually acting out the parts! And I think it's such a good idea to use in the classroom. Especially with ample time to prepare, this can be such a great tool, not just for each of our own classes, but the school as well. Like we discussed in class, this would be awesome to do for the younger kids. Anyways, I thoroughly enjoyed it, I just wish I was wearing red to make the "Lobsterback!" comments more real ;) and Denise.... her enthusiasm for her part still makes me giggle :D
There are so many historical moments that are sometimes just stored in the back of our minds, but doing plays about it is something the kids will remember (so when they're in Social Studies in college and have to write a list of Social Studies memories... they have a lot more exciting thing to write than others... wouldn't we be so proud?)
Anyways.... homework is calling my name.... till next time!
Imani
Friday, October 1, 2010
Critical Voice and Guatemalans and Humus
Critical Voice
I liked this article... (how bland of a statement, but at the moment I couldn't think of a better opening line) I thought it was interesting that it seemed like Stan really thought that his plan for teaching actually was good. The first time I read it, it seemed like he thought teachers would be relieved to have their lesson plans handed to them. Then when I read over it again it seemed more like he was talking to administrators that they could have full control of their teachers. He must really think very little of teachers to think that they want the creativity stamped out of them and only do what people tell them to do. Either that, or he has a very stereotypical view of administrators. That they want all the power. Though it may be rare, I'm sure there are many administrators and principals who advocate for their teachers.
As far as developing and having a critical voice, I think teachers with passion have that. You have to. You can't be really passionate about something without willing to speak up for it. When we see kids being mistreated or unfair rules being enacted how are we supposed to stand by silently? I think of the Malcolm X quote, "If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything"
Guatemalans
in other news... I saw something on the news that made me so incredibly upset. Apparently in the 1940s Americans injected the Guatemalans with STDs for a study! I could barely believe it. I mean who does that? The first rule in conducting studies is that you can't harm the people that you're studying. Why do we think that people in 3rd world countries are somehow less than others? How can people justify something like that? It reminded me of when the colonists gave the American Indians blankets infected with smallpox. What are we supposed to do with information like that? I mean what do you even begin to do to correct that? Or make sure that something like that never happens again? Why can't we learn from history? You can't see the future, but historical vision is 20/20 you can see what you did, know what happened and what the effects were. Goodness... I'm slightly dumbfounded.
Humus
Lastly, I went to my field placement on Thursday and it went a lot better than the first day went. There were a lot of interesting events, plenty of journal material, but I'll just tell you the funniest, shortest story. I was helping with a science lesson with the students and we were talking about climates and they were reading in the textbook, and one kids was reading about soil and he said, "soil is made of nutrients and humans" I giggled in my head and told him it was humus. Could you imagine :)? You can tell that kids sometimes guess at words. When they get to a foreign word, without really reading, they just tell you what they think it might be. I had to tell a couple kids to slow down and really read. But it was a good day. Got a rough plan for what I'm going to do for my lesson. We'll see how that goes ;) AND! I learned about the gallon guy/girl! Click on the link in the links section... I thought it was a great way for kids to learn comparative measurements! It was even helpful to me!
Adeus! (bye in Galician <-- where do they even speak that?)
Imani
I liked this article... (how bland of a statement, but at the moment I couldn't think of a better opening line) I thought it was interesting that it seemed like Stan really thought that his plan for teaching actually was good. The first time I read it, it seemed like he thought teachers would be relieved to have their lesson plans handed to them. Then when I read over it again it seemed more like he was talking to administrators that they could have full control of their teachers. He must really think very little of teachers to think that they want the creativity stamped out of them and only do what people tell them to do. Either that, or he has a very stereotypical view of administrators. That they want all the power. Though it may be rare, I'm sure there are many administrators and principals who advocate for their teachers.
As far as developing and having a critical voice, I think teachers with passion have that. You have to. You can't be really passionate about something without willing to speak up for it. When we see kids being mistreated or unfair rules being enacted how are we supposed to stand by silently? I think of the Malcolm X quote, "If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything"
Guatemalans
in other news... I saw something on the news that made me so incredibly upset. Apparently in the 1940s Americans injected the Guatemalans with STDs for a study! I could barely believe it. I mean who does that? The first rule in conducting studies is that you can't harm the people that you're studying. Why do we think that people in 3rd world countries are somehow less than others? How can people justify something like that? It reminded me of when the colonists gave the American Indians blankets infected with smallpox. What are we supposed to do with information like that? I mean what do you even begin to do to correct that? Or make sure that something like that never happens again? Why can't we learn from history? You can't see the future, but historical vision is 20/20 you can see what you did, know what happened and what the effects were. Goodness... I'm slightly dumbfounded.
Humus
Lastly, I went to my field placement on Thursday and it went a lot better than the first day went. There were a lot of interesting events, plenty of journal material, but I'll just tell you the funniest, shortest story. I was helping with a science lesson with the students and we were talking about climates and they were reading in the textbook, and one kids was reading about soil and he said, "soil is made of nutrients and humans" I giggled in my head and told him it was humus. Could you imagine :)? You can tell that kids sometimes guess at words. When they get to a foreign word, without really reading, they just tell you what they think it might be. I had to tell a couple kids to slow down and really read. But it was a good day. Got a rough plan for what I'm going to do for my lesson. We'll see how that goes ;) AND! I learned about the gallon guy/girl! Click on the link in the links section... I thought it was a great way for kids to learn comparative measurements! It was even helpful to me!
Adeus! (bye in Galician <-- where do they even speak that?)
Imani
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