Napleon Humor Never Gets Old!

Saturday was "Napoleon Dynamite" night at the minor league Rampage Hockey game here in San Antonio! It was awesome! Even Stacey got into it all...she doesn't even know what Napoleon Dynamite is!

My favorite moment was when I got to get a kiss from Tina the llama! "Tina, come get some ham!"

I got to get an autograph from "Pedro!" When he walked into the room, he started spouting off lines from the movie! What a great night! Pedro Rocks!

Advocate for Praying Teachers

A fellow teacher of mine sent this to me and I thought it was pretty good. This is so true of teachers!

After being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said:
"Let me see if I've got this right . . .You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning, and I'm supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits. You want me to wage a war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their backpacks for weapons of mass destruction, and raise their self esteem. You want me to teach them patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship, fair play, how to register to vote, how to balance a checkbook, and how to apply for a job. I am to check their heads for lice, maintain a safe environment, recognize signs of anti-social behavior, make sure all students pass the state exams, even those who don't come to school regularly or complete any of their assignments. Plus, I am to make sure that all of the students with handicaps get an equal education regardless of the extent of their mental or physical handicap. I am to communicate regularly with the parents by letter, telephone, newsletter and report card. All of this I am to do with just a piece of chalk, a computer, a few books, a bulletin board, a big smile AND on a starting salary that qualifies my family for food stamps! You want me to do all of this and yet you expect me NOT TO PRAY ????"

It Ain't Over Til...

So my third graders are learning about all different genres of music. I have this great music styles bingo game we are getting ready to play and it has everything from opera to broadway, heavy metal to dixieland. Well we are going through and listening to each style, guessing which style it was and then talking about its characteristics. As we are leaving class, one of my boys says, "Miss Stephens, I know what the very last one that we listen to will be." And I say, "oh yeah? Which one?" and he says, "opera, because it ain't over til the fat lady sings!" HA HA! I laughed out loud at the cleverness of this little kid...kudos to him for making me laugh because it was a rotten day!! God Bless kids and their wittiness!