- Two of my students are writing biographies about a famous person who is one year older than I am.
- A guy at FHE told a story about how he and his friends started a school-wide food fight, and I felt sympathy for the administration.
- When I went to check out a DVD in the LRC I almost passed as a professor (I wished I could have because then I could have checked it out).
- I clearly remember events from 15 years ago.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Things That Make Me Feel Old
Thursday, January 22, 2009
40 Things You May Not Know About Me.. But Probably Do :-)
So, I couldn't think of 100 things. KaRynn did, which is amazing. Forty will do for me. Besides, isn't 40 a symbolic number that signifies completeness or something?
1. I am the only member of my family born outside California. I was born in Utah Vally Hospital-- a BYU baby.
2. In middle school I played the French Horn, and when I was in 8th grade I took tap dance lessons.
3. I did a study abroad program in Nauvoo studying 19th century American lit. We drove from Utah and then toured the east coast starting at Williamsburg and ending in Kirtland, OH.
4. I have had 15 roommates at BYU.
5. I make my bed almost every day. Even if I don't make it in the morning, I make it when I get home from work... sometimes I even make it at night. It's just so much better to get into bed at night when it has been made.
6. I have been an ordinance worker at the Provo Temple every Saturday morning for the past year.
7. In the last couple years I took up oil painting as a hobby.
8. Even though (and perhaps because) I am an English major, I hardly ever read in my free time...unless you count other peoples' blogs or Church magazines.
9. My Grandma Sheranian taught me to knit, but the only project I ever completed was a 1 foot square doll blanket.
10. During the Salt Lake Olympics in 2002, I went to Washington D.C. I went with my mom and my cousin Becca and her mom. Every day we went to museums and memorials, every evening we went to a different mall in the VA suburb we were staying in, and every night we watched the olympics.
11. I haven't lived with TV (meaning standard channels or cable) in the past 3.75 years... and even before that it was on and off.
12. I am closer in age to my mom's youngest brother than she is to him. He's 8 years older than me, and she is 14 years older than he. So I'm good friends with my aunts.
13. I only read the first Twilight book and feel just fine about that.
14. I have to get enough sleep. Or I get mean.
15. I have two quilts on my bed. I pieced one for my laurel project and my mom pieced the other as a post-mission gift.
16. I have been in 5 countries besides the U.S.: Canada (Niagra Falls), England (London airport), Senegal (Dakar airport), South Africa, Swaziland. I know England and Senegal don't really count.... to bad, because I wish I could have seen both those countries. Even my claim to seeing Canada is sketchy....
17. That's right, I've never been to Mexico, even though I grew up a 2 hour drive from the border.
18. I resisted joining facebook for 6 months after my mission, but finally gave in.
19. On my dresser I have a cute picture of my dad kissing my mom on the cheek. I really like it.
20. The other day I bought 5 pairs of shoes at Payless (for $100) but later returned two pairs.
21. I wrote a course on personal finance, but have never balanced my checkbook. Ha ha!
22. Just so you don't get the wrong idea, I have good money sense and have always been a natural saver. I even put birthday money, when I was a kid, into my bank account instead of buying toys.
23. I hate the taste of papaya. It takes like my vomit.
24. Fourteen is my lucky number. I decided it would be when, as a 5th grader, I won a cake walk by standing on the number 14.... but later found out that it's a lucky number according to J.R.R. Tolkein as well.
25. I love animals. If an animal gets hurt, I cry. And puppies, kittens, and bunnies make me more excited than anything.
26. I owe my mother a lot. While pregnant with me, she was put on bed rest for a long time. Then, after I was born, I had really, really bad colic for 3 months and didn't stop crying except to eat or sleep. I hope karma doesn't work in this case.
27. Even though I have lived in my apartment for 9 months, I still can't help but take pictures of Mount Timpanogous. I have taken picture off my balcony probably over 15 different times. The view always changes.
28. I love, love, love dark, dark chocolate. 80% coacoa content Lindt bars are what I'm talking about. It's the real deal.
29. My mind usually works in efficiency mode. I alwasy think about how I can streamline, save time, save resources, save energy, save trouble, make things easier.
30. When I was born, my parents lived on 50 South and 700ish East in Provo... less than a mile from where I live now.
31. I may have been named Rebecca except for the fact that my cousin who was born 2 months before me got that name. :-)
32. Since I began student teaching, I get to practice my Spanish every day with a woman name Alceira who vacuums my room. She barely speaks any English at all. It's funny because I will forget and ask her to leave the door open, or something. Then I realize she didn't understand me at all, and we laugh. She teaches me Spanish, and I teach her English
33. I couldn't enjoy a roller coaster (meaning I refused to ride them) until I was about 16. Even now, I have my limits.
34. I have never gotten a ticket for a moving traffic violation.
35. I did get a $50 parking ticket when I was in L.A. over winter break.
36. I have never fallen asleep in class, watching a movie, or reading a book. Literally. If I'm that tired, I either don't go, or stop reading or watching, and go to bed.
37. I usually drink warm or hot water instead of cold.
38. The only time I was ever hospitalized was when I had my tonsils taken out when I was 7 years old.
39. One of my favorite genres of literature is Latino American lit, especially YA Latino American Lit.
40. My favorite food combination is bananas, chocolate, and peanut butter. Try melting a few chocolate chips, stirring in some peanut butter, and dipping a banana in it. I tell you, it's heaven!
1. I am the only member of my family born outside California. I was born in Utah Vally Hospital-- a BYU baby.
2. In middle school I played the French Horn, and when I was in 8th grade I took tap dance lessons.
3. I did a study abroad program in Nauvoo studying 19th century American lit. We drove from Utah and then toured the east coast starting at Williamsburg and ending in Kirtland, OH.
4. I have had 15 roommates at BYU.
5. I make my bed almost every day. Even if I don't make it in the morning, I make it when I get home from work... sometimes I even make it at night. It's just so much better to get into bed at night when it has been made.
6. I have been an ordinance worker at the Provo Temple every Saturday morning for the past year.
7. In the last couple years I took up oil painting as a hobby.
8. Even though (and perhaps because) I am an English major, I hardly ever read in my free time...unless you count other peoples' blogs or Church magazines.
9. My Grandma Sheranian taught me to knit, but the only project I ever completed was a 1 foot square doll blanket.
10. During the Salt Lake Olympics in 2002, I went to Washington D.C. I went with my mom and my cousin Becca and her mom. Every day we went to museums and memorials, every evening we went to a different mall in the VA suburb we were staying in, and every night we watched the olympics.
11. I haven't lived with TV (meaning standard channels or cable) in the past 3.75 years... and even before that it was on and off.
12. I am closer in age to my mom's youngest brother than she is to him. He's 8 years older than me, and she is 14 years older than he. So I'm good friends with my aunts.
13. I only read the first Twilight book and feel just fine about that.
14. I have to get enough sleep. Or I get mean.
15. I have two quilts on my bed. I pieced one for my laurel project and my mom pieced the other as a post-mission gift.
16. I have been in 5 countries besides the U.S.: Canada (Niagra Falls), England (London airport), Senegal (Dakar airport), South Africa, Swaziland. I know England and Senegal don't really count.... to bad, because I wish I could have seen both those countries. Even my claim to seeing Canada is sketchy....
17. That's right, I've never been to Mexico, even though I grew up a 2 hour drive from the border.
18. I resisted joining facebook for 6 months after my mission, but finally gave in.
19. On my dresser I have a cute picture of my dad kissing my mom on the cheek. I really like it.
20. The other day I bought 5 pairs of shoes at Payless (for $100) but later returned two pairs.
21. I wrote a course on personal finance, but have never balanced my checkbook. Ha ha!
22. Just so you don't get the wrong idea, I have good money sense and have always been a natural saver. I even put birthday money, when I was a kid, into my bank account instead of buying toys.
23. I hate the taste of papaya. It takes like my vomit.
24. Fourteen is my lucky number. I decided it would be when, as a 5th grader, I won a cake walk by standing on the number 14.... but later found out that it's a lucky number according to J.R.R. Tolkein as well.
25. I love animals. If an animal gets hurt, I cry. And puppies, kittens, and bunnies make me more excited than anything.
26. I owe my mother a lot. While pregnant with me, she was put on bed rest for a long time. Then, after I was born, I had really, really bad colic for 3 months and didn't stop crying except to eat or sleep. I hope karma doesn't work in this case.
27. Even though I have lived in my apartment for 9 months, I still can't help but take pictures of Mount Timpanogous. I have taken picture off my balcony probably over 15 different times. The view always changes.
28. I love, love, love dark, dark chocolate. 80% coacoa content Lindt bars are what I'm talking about. It's the real deal.
29. My mind usually works in efficiency mode. I alwasy think about how I can streamline, save time, save resources, save energy, save trouble, make things easier.
30. When I was born, my parents lived on 50 South and 700ish East in Provo... less than a mile from where I live now.
31. I may have been named Rebecca except for the fact that my cousin who was born 2 months before me got that name. :-)
32. Since I began student teaching, I get to practice my Spanish every day with a woman name Alceira who vacuums my room. She barely speaks any English at all. It's funny because I will forget and ask her to leave the door open, or something. Then I realize she didn't understand me at all, and we laugh. She teaches me Spanish, and I teach her English
33. I couldn't enjoy a roller coaster (meaning I refused to ride them) until I was about 16. Even now, I have my limits.
34. I have never gotten a ticket for a moving traffic violation.
35. I did get a $50 parking ticket when I was in L.A. over winter break.
36. I have never fallen asleep in class, watching a movie, or reading a book. Literally. If I'm that tired, I either don't go, or stop reading or watching, and go to bed.
37. I usually drink warm or hot water instead of cold.
38. The only time I was ever hospitalized was when I had my tonsils taken out when I was 7 years old.
39. One of my favorite genres of literature is Latino American lit, especially YA Latino American Lit.
40. My favorite food combination is bananas, chocolate, and peanut butter. Try melting a few chocolate chips, stirring in some peanut butter, and dipping a banana in it. I tell you, it's heaven!
Exahustion
Teaching is so physically exhausting! I told my roommate the other day it's the only profession for which you need a degree to perform manual labor. I was so wiped out during prep, it was only the thought of dirty shoes that kept me from lying down on the floor. Luckly, there was a faculty party after school today. So after some chicken, potato salad, and homemade ice cream, I sprung back to life so I could write two lesson plans and prep my classroom for tomorrow.
But the day brought success. I love the sound of 27 pencils moving on paper. I love it when students show me their work to get approval. I love it when I realize that every single person in the room actually listening to what I say. (It doesn't happen very often and is scary when it does.)
Some of my challenges:
--Teaching enthusiastically after lunch, when I feel more like a nap.
--Knowing how to respond to student behavior.
--Using time effectively if there is an extra 10 minutes at the end of class.
--Giving enough time for the slow students while keeping the fast ones busy! (If you have an answer, please let me know... reading and homework don't seem to work, at least not yet.)
--Feeling confident in front of the class I feel least connected to and most threatened by.
Some things I've learned:
--You can't take your goat to school or all the kids will ride it around. (If you leave it at home, they can' t get your goat.) That one Jenny told me.
--Spelling on a white board is not the same as on a piece of paper.
But the day brought success. I love the sound of 27 pencils moving on paper. I love it when students show me their work to get approval. I love it when I realize that every single person in the room actually listening to what I say. (It doesn't happen very often and is scary when it does.)
Some of my challenges:
--Teaching enthusiastically after lunch, when I feel more like a nap.
--Knowing how to respond to student behavior.
--Using time effectively if there is an extra 10 minutes at the end of class.
--Giving enough time for the slow students while keeping the fast ones busy! (If you have an answer, please let me know... reading and homework don't seem to work, at least not yet.)
--Feeling confident in front of the class I feel least connected to and most threatened by.
Some things I've learned:
--You can't take your goat to school or all the kids will ride it around. (If you leave it at home, they can' t get your goat.) That one Jenny told me.
--Spelling on a white board is not the same as on a piece of paper.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Now and Then
Now that I have started student teaching, I'm back in middle school/ jr. high every day. It has been quite interesting. It's fun to see what's different... and what is exactly the same.
Different....
Same....
Different....
- iPods (we thought walk-mans were cool)
- cell phones (my friends had pagers)
- boys in tight jeans (they were baggy in my day)
Same....
- they still play hacky sack!!
- passing notes
- drama-- oh so much drama!
- people still like Korn
- the boys are still smaller than the girls
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