Wednesday, September 23, 2009

You Are So Soft.

One day after school a student lingered in the classroom. This student is from India and has a certain proper mannerism about him that is pretty fun to experience. On this day, he walked up to me and said, "Miss Cook. I would like to ask you a question." I replied, "Okay." He said, "It is a personal question." I replied, "Okay. What is the question?" He said, "Why have you never married?"

Um...

Flash forward to today.

After school, this same student stayed after. He said, "You are so soft."

Wha?!

"You are so soft. I would write a poem on you."

He means ABOUT me, in case you are unsure of that statement. I asked him to explain soft because soft is a word I have never heard used in this way. He said, "You are true of heart and good."

Nice.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

I've Lost It...

So, last week I had a dream that can only be called a nightmare. I have published previously about dreams of mine, and I am definitely one who believes that dreams are significant and meaningful and yada yada, but this one was downright ridiculous.
Homecoming week was last week at JHS. We lost the game, but had a great showing of school spirit in the meantime. I love it as a teacher, but the nighttime activities mean that I fall a bit behind in other ways. I started laundry on Monday night but did not get much done. On Tuesday I started another load but was stressed out because I had not folded the previous load.

SO...

on Wednesday night, I dreamed that I brought my laundry basket to school. In my mind I could fold laundry during the down times. Instead, I left my classroom for a moment, only to return to see my panties (yep, underwear, people) flying across the room. Some sophomore boy thought it would be funny. So clothes were flying and I was angry but somehow could not get my classroom under control. Now, these clothes, in dream form, were clean, but it does mean that this situation improved in any way. It was AWKWARD.
After school the next day I finished my laundry just so I could get it off my mind.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Just in Case You Were Wondering . . .

I love being a teacher. I find so much joy in waking up every morning and going to school. My classroom is lovely. My coworkers are fun. My students are just geeky enough that I am glad to know them.

And, in spite of my sadness and loneliness (two things that run so deep that I am periodically crippled), I am glad to be a teacher. My job sustains me. For now.

What Do I Want Out of Life?

While cleaning out my desk I came across a piece of my writing from 2009. I thought I would share it here. :) What Do I Want Out of Life? In...