I have eaten one meal. My head may fall off. Ouch. Body hurts. Stomach freaking out. 7pm and still at school creating charts and making copies of stuff. SIGH. Want to move to Israel and pray and study all day. Refuse to teach children. Cannot make complete sentences. Hold me.
Last week was a wreck. I wanted the students to figure out how to write a paragraph by using math: Title+Author+Controlling Idea+Literary Device=Sentence 1. That didn’t really work out so this time I gave them a sample paragraph with the code underneath: In passage I, To My Dear and Loving Husband, a poem by Anne… Continue reading My students cannot write a paragraph
—To love myself more—To fall out of love—To have more faith in G-d and G-d’s plan for my future—To learn to read Hebrew (and understand it)—To go kashrut (kosher)—To visit Israel—To become the best Jew I can be (which has to start by actually becoming a Jew!)—To help my students pass the Regents—To make more… Continue reading New Year’s Resolutions
There is too much paperwork. I think I am drowning. I have so much stuff to grade. There is so much to enter into my little database. I think I lost one of my grading sheets which is why we are entering them into database instead. Must go to bed to wake up at 7am… Continue reading Grading…
Okay, I am not well-versed (heehee) in the art of poetry. My education in the realm of this genre is elementary but not elementary enough to wonder whether or not knowing what a couple really is will be useful on the Regents or the rest of my student’s lives. So today, I got whiplash by… Continue reading The Couplet Commitment
So it’s not secret that my first name means “GIVES LAUGHTER” in Espanol but my Hebrew name will most definitely be Aliza. It makes sense because Judaism gives me such joy and studying it gives me such happiness. Plus, I am starting to think I am world-renowned for my humor and ahem, modesty. ALIZA WINS… Continue reading Happiness! Happiness! Happiness!
Rav Elie says that if I burn out, I burn out and just to do what is comfortable. Wearing the Star of David to work really confused my lovely students so I told most of them I’d explain it all after work if they were REALLY interested in knowing TMI about me. Meanwhile, I can’t… Continue reading Jew Burn-out?
So, this year I am not only teaching the eleventh graders who have to take the English Regents in January, I am also CO-TEACHING aka TEAM TEACHING. You know what they say about there being no “I” in team…well, essentially, there’s no ME in TEAM either, unless you scramble and get rid of some letters… Continue reading Teaching is fundamental….
Igor drama–Sniffle, Igor is leaving on Monday. Ig, if you’re reading this, I apologize for your business being all over the blog but I am kind of sad, very sad. Sob. Sob. Ig watched my first class today. It is very weird having a friend watch you teach, it’s like you’re letting them see a… Continue reading Israel or Bust!
Managed to mention “sex” in the classroom when I tried to make the children understand why “lusty” can be defined as “strong” because of male virility. Ahem. Tons of grading to do, major carpal tunnel pains from the lovely rain. Best time to hand in papers due at 12am? 11:38pm. Umbrella parts are lethal—my pinky… Continue reading Another Day of Sex
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