11.23.2008
Home for a Week
I get to be home a whole week for Thanksgiving! There’s no school Wednesday through Friday of next week so I just decided to take off Monday and Tuesday as well. I was badly in need of a break from everything. So Snowb and I flew home Friday night to Thatcher, AZ. Unfortunately our plane was delayed an hour (we always get the luck…) but we made it home. I’ll keep you posted on the goings on of the week…they should be fun fun fun! I know some of you wonder what ever there is to do in Thatcher….. just you wait!
11.15.2008
First Basketball Game
Yesterday was our first basketball game of the season and my first game to coach. In honor of the big event, my lovely roommate Allison made me a basketball pumpkin pie! Check out how cool that is!So the big game was in Price, UT about a 2 hour bus drive each way. Every Friday I will have a game with us playing first and the boys after us. Compared to us, the boys are way better. We lost our game last night 53 to 22.....they didn't play very well. We have lots of work to do! I wish that we had been able to start practicing much earlier. Plus, we only have practice for an hour and a half 3 days a week.....not much. I'll take what I can though. I'm really loving it!
11.13.2008
My Students' Imaginations.....
I love seeing what my Spanish 3 class comes up with. The other day we learned the Conditional tense (what would happen) and so I had my students write a Presidential Speech on what they would do if they became President of the United States. This was my personal favorite:
"Si fuera presidente, los estados unidos tendria divertido. Pintaria la Casa Blanca todos los colores. El nombre de la Casa Blanca seria la Casa del Arco Iris. Explotaria Antartica para divertido. Explotaria la luna para hacer fuegos artificiales. Todo el tiempo seria una fiesta. La bandera tendria mi cara. Todas las casas serian pequenas pero mi casa seria muy grande. Seria el presidente del mundo."
For those of you who don't speak Spanish:
"If I was President, the United States would have fun. I would paint the White House every color and it's name would be the Rainbow House. I would explode Antartica for fun and explode the moon to make fireworks. There would always be a party. The flag would have my face on it. Every house would be small but mine would be huge. I would also be the President of the world."
I thought this was a crack up. It was more funny when he was up in front of the class reading it!
Here's another favorite part of one. This particular student isn't as far ahead as the rest and mostly just likes to speak Spanglish. He likes to add "o" to the end of everything. So this is what he said for "signing a peace treaty" - "signo un peaceo treatyo." Guess you had to have been there when he was saying this outloud in front of everyone.
And no worries, I'm not making fun of my students.....I thoroughly enjoy it with them!
"Si fuera presidente, los estados unidos tendria divertido. Pintaria la Casa Blanca todos los colores. El nombre de la Casa Blanca seria la Casa del Arco Iris. Explotaria Antartica para divertido. Explotaria la luna para hacer fuegos artificiales. Todo el tiempo seria una fiesta. La bandera tendria mi cara. Todas las casas serian pequenas pero mi casa seria muy grande. Seria el presidente del mundo."
For those of you who don't speak Spanish:
"If I was President, the United States would have fun. I would paint the White House every color and it's name would be the Rainbow House. I would explode Antartica for fun and explode the moon to make fireworks. There would always be a party. The flag would have my face on it. Every house would be small but mine would be huge. I would also be the President of the world."
I thought this was a crack up. It was more funny when he was up in front of the class reading it!
Here's another favorite part of one. This particular student isn't as far ahead as the rest and mostly just likes to speak Spanglish. He likes to add "o" to the end of everything. So this is what he said for "signing a peace treaty" - "signo un peaceo treatyo." Guess you had to have been there when he was saying this outloud in front of everyone.
And no worries, I'm not making fun of my students.....I thoroughly enjoy it with them!
11.12.2008
Tagged....5 things
10 years ago...
1. I was still taller than all the boys :)
2. I was clueless about everything
3. I had bangs! They rocked...ok, not really...
4. My age of doing dares began (maybe I shouldn't admit that...)
5. I was still a pretty picky eater...now I'll eat anything (see #4)
5 things on today's to do list
1. Catch up on Grading
2. Lesson Plans for tomorrow
3. Grocery Store
4. Return some phone calls
5. Go to the gym
5 snacks I enjoy
1. cheese crisp (if you don't know what this is....well, too bad! Delicious!)
2. yogurt
3. chips & salsa
4. cereal
5. celery w/ peanut butter
5 places I have lived
1. Thatcher, AZ
2. Provo, UT
3. Cuernavaca, Mexico
4. Almeria, Spain
5. Alcala de Henares, Spain
5 favorites
1. Being outside
2. My family
3. Playing sports
4. Exploring new places/things
5. the Beach
5 jobs
1. Pharmacy Technician
2. Spanish Teacher
3. English Teacher
4. Basketball Coach
5. Walmart Vision Center
1. I was still taller than all the boys :)
2. I was clueless about everything
3. I had bangs! They rocked...ok, not really...
4. My age of doing dares began (maybe I shouldn't admit that...)
5. I was still a pretty picky eater...now I'll eat anything (see #4)
5 things on today's to do list
1. Catch up on Grading
2. Lesson Plans for tomorrow
3. Grocery Store
4. Return some phone calls
5. Go to the gym
5 snacks I enjoy
1. cheese crisp (if you don't know what this is....well, too bad! Delicious!)
2. yogurt
3. chips & salsa
4. cereal
5. celery w/ peanut butter
5 places I have lived
1. Thatcher, AZ
2. Provo, UT
3. Cuernavaca, Mexico
4. Almeria, Spain
5. Alcala de Henares, Spain
5 favorites
1. Being outside
2. My family
3. Playing sports
4. Exploring new places/things
5. the Beach
5 jobs
1. Pharmacy Technician
2. Spanish Teacher
3. English Teacher
4. Basketball Coach
5. Walmart Vision Center
11.07.2008
Come on, Give the guy more credit....
So he's not perfect, I mean who is? We can't pinpoint certain problems all on one person, especially the problems of a whole nation, some 300 million people. It's just not logical. Although President George W. Bush doesn't have high approval ratings, there is something to be said for him. After reading this, you'll know what I mean. He has stood strong in the face of attacks on all fronts and not changed his mind or policies like so many other less than caliber politicians. He has integrity, which I undoubtedly admire even though I haven't always agreed with some of the things he's done. As was pointed out to me, I think all the "hate Bush" sentiments is everyone just jumping on the bandwagon. This says it all.......
The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace
by Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
Earlier this year, 12,000 people in San Francisco signed a petition in support of a proposition on a local ballot to rename an Oceanside sewage plant after George W. Bush. The proposition is only one example of the classless disrespect many Americans have shown the president.
According to recent Gallup polls, the president's average approval rating is below 30% -- down from his 90% approval in the wake of 9/11. Mr. Bush has endured relentless attacks from the left while facing abandonment from the right.
This is the price Mr. Bush is paying for trying to work with both Democrats and Republicans. During his 2004 victory speech, the president reached out to voters who supported his opponent, John Kerry, and said, "Today, I want to speak to every person who voted for my opponent. To make this nation stronger and better, I will need your support, and I will work to earn it. I will do all I can do to deserve your trust."
Those bipartisan efforts have been met with crushing resistance from both political parties.
The president's original Supreme Court choice of Harriet Miers alarmed Republicans, while his final nomination of Samuel Alito angered Democrats. His solutions to reform the immigration system alienated traditional conservatives, while his refusal to retreat in Iraq has enraged liberals who have unrealistic expectations about the challenges we face there.
It seems that no matter what Mr. Bush does, he is blamed for everything. He remains despised by the left while continuously disappointing the right.
Yet it should seem obvious that many of our country's current problems either existed long before Mr. Bush ever came to office, or are beyond his control. Perhaps if Americans stopped being so divisive, and congressional leaders came together to work with the president on some of these problems, he would actually have had a fighting chance of solving them.
Like the president said in his 2004 victory speech, "We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. And when we come together and work together, there is no limit to the greatness of America."
To be sure, Mr. Bush is not completely alone. His low approval ratings put him in the good company of former Democratic President Harry S. Truman, whose own approval rating sank to 22% shortly before he left office. Despite Mr. Truman's low numbers, a 2005 Wall Street Journal poll found that he was ranked the seventh most popular president in history.
Just as Americans have gained perspective on how challenging Truman's presidency was in the wake of World War II, our country will recognize the hardship President Bush faced these past eight years -- and how extraordinary it was that he accomplished what he did in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time.
Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies. It has shown to the world how disloyal we can be when our president needed loyalty -- a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House.
The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace
by Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
Earlier this year, 12,000 people in San Francisco signed a petition in support of a proposition on a local ballot to rename an Oceanside sewage plant after George W. Bush. The proposition is only one example of the classless disrespect many Americans have shown the president.
According to recent Gallup polls, the president's average approval rating is below 30% -- down from his 90% approval in the wake of 9/11. Mr. Bush has endured relentless attacks from the left while facing abandonment from the right.
This is the price Mr. Bush is paying for trying to work with both Democrats and Republicans. During his 2004 victory speech, the president reached out to voters who supported his opponent, John Kerry, and said, "Today, I want to speak to every person who voted for my opponent. To make this nation stronger and better, I will need your support, and I will work to earn it. I will do all I can do to deserve your trust."
Those bipartisan efforts have been met with crushing resistance from both political parties.
The president's original Supreme Court choice of Harriet Miers alarmed Republicans, while his final nomination of Samuel Alito angered Democrats. His solutions to reform the immigration system alienated traditional conservatives, while his refusal to retreat in Iraq has enraged liberals who have unrealistic expectations about the challenges we face there.
It seems that no matter what Mr. Bush does, he is blamed for everything. He remains despised by the left while continuously disappointing the right.
Yet it should seem obvious that many of our country's current problems either existed long before Mr. Bush ever came to office, or are beyond his control. Perhaps if Americans stopped being so divisive, and congressional leaders came together to work with the president on some of these problems, he would actually have had a fighting chance of solving them.
Like the president said in his 2004 victory speech, "We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. And when we come together and work together, there is no limit to the greatness of America."
To be sure, Mr. Bush is not completely alone. His low approval ratings put him in the good company of former Democratic President Harry S. Truman, whose own approval rating sank to 22% shortly before he left office. Despite Mr. Truman's low numbers, a 2005 Wall Street Journal poll found that he was ranked the seventh most popular president in history.
Just as Americans have gained perspective on how challenging Truman's presidency was in the wake of World War II, our country will recognize the hardship President Bush faced these past eight years -- and how extraordinary it was that he accomplished what he did in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time.
Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies. It has shown to the world how disloyal we can be when our president needed loyalty -- a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House.
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