Random Facts

I have seen something similar on a couple of the blogs I enjoy reading and have now received this in an email, so I just decided to put this here.

Please feel free to comment and share your list with me.

Six Random Things About Me

1. The most used ring tones on my phone right now are: Teacher, Teacher (.38 Special) is for all incoming calls (unless the individual is special enough to have his/her own), Broken (LifeHouse) is for text messages, and Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond) is my morning alarm.

2. Although I am a certified secondary English teacher, my undergraduate degree is in Behavioral Sciences.

3. I grew up in a town of 283 people and graduated from a class of 46 students.

4. When my mother went into labor with my brother, my grandmother asked me what I wanted her to have, a little brother or sister. My response was that I wanted a little black sister. Needless to say, I was disappointed...but, my little (big) brother hasn't turned out too shabby.

5. Australia is the most amazing place I have traveled to thus far, and I plan to live there for an extended amount of time, someday.

6. I have had the same best friends for 30 plus years. They (twins) are about two weeks older than me and we were next door neighbors growing up.

A Reunion...Really??!!

It is being reported that NKOTB will be getting back together and touring again. When I heard the news this evening, I didn't know whether to laugh or to call the girls that I attended their concert with so many years ago.

My other thought/question: Will they still call themselves 'New Kids' now they are all in their 30's?

Yet Another Snow Day

While most are generally happy to receive the call that they do not have to get up early and go to school in the morning, I'm just the opposite. I would much rather be at school on days when the weather is like this than when it is 70 degrees and sunny. Thanks to Mother Nature and her cruel sense of humor, I will be teaching into June...note to self, check to see how many sick days I have stockpiled...I might catch a really bad cold in the Spring. :)

A Novel Idea...pun intended

My American Literature classes have recently begun reading The Great Gatsby; as expected, there are students who are resistant to read and complain about it being boring or too hard to understand.

Upon seeing their failing grades in my class, two students (in two different classes) have commented: "Hmmph...I guess I really do have to read that book."

The only appropriate comment (in my head, of course): "Well, duh!"


Just an extra tidbit:
The third quarter comes to a close next Friday, so students are NOW (not the seven weeks prior, but now) very interested in their grades and all the work they are missing.

If Reincarnation exists...

(Daly...where she shouldn't be...but oh, so cute...damnit!)

This I know. If reincarnation exists, I want to come back as a house cat! What a life: eat, sleep, eat, sleep, be pet, adored, and loved unconditionally because I am so damn cute...eat, sleep.

Valentine's Day Humor

I received a Valentine's Day wish from one of my college friends via myspace. Although the sentiment is heartfelt, I still laughed out loud at the message.

"Hey Jodi,hope your VD is better than mine!"

Does anyone else find this as funny as I do?!

Who says sarcasm has no place in the classroom?

A conversation that took place in class while students should have been finishing an assignment:

Student A: So, let's say that you have been dancing at the club with this girl all night and at the end of the night she turns around and her eyes are crossed. What do you do?

Student B: (Quizzically looks at A)

Me: (from across the room) A...I don't think that is relevant to the assignment you are supposed to be finishing.

Student A: Come on Miss D...what are you supposed to say when you've danced with a girl all night and then she turns around and she's ugly?

Me: (Astonished...I'll just leave it at that) A...I don't know what you say, but this conversation sure says a lot about you.

Student A: (speechless...)

Rest of class: (smiling and nodding in appreciation before resuming their work)

A Stressful Day at School

After a morning of helping break up fights, rumors of weapons being brought to the school in the afternoon, and the fire alarm sounding as the final bell rang, I decided to stop at the nearby grocery to purchase a few stress relievers.

Note: The M&M's were opened before being purchased...and a small bag just wasn't enough.