Next week, for all of the elementary school, is exam week. Just like in college, only it's the end of the first bimester ( and why it's called a bimester when there are actually five of them is beyond me). So, I have to have ready, not only an exam (one that needs to be created, cuz we are in the middle of the unit in English and Math), but I also have to have a review ready so the little kiddos know what to study. I have software to generate tests for both of these subject, which is AMAZING.
However, the computer in my classroom does not have a cd-rom drive, nor do the computers in the teachers' work area. That's ok. I have a laptop.
However, on my laptop I have Vista. Vista is compatible with next to nothing. That's ok. I talked to the Tech guy Ruben yesterday. He said he'd come this morning and intall it on my classroom computer.
However, he got busy and called to a meeting and forgot to tell the other Tech guy Mo to go to my classroom to install the progams.
Meanwhile, I have to keep teaching, and come up with something to tell my kids to study, even though, I know genereally what we will test over, but not enough details. And it could have waited one more day to get the study guides to them.....
However, I had a student tell me this morning at the beginning of the day she wasn't going to be there for the rest of the week and could she please have the work and the study guides.
It all ended ok. I finally got the programs to work on my classroom computer, and made the tests....even though it required me staying an hour and half after the time I should have been able to leave.
Exam weeks should be out-lawed.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Wii 4 Wiiiiiiiiirelessssss
I finally have my own home number and internet!! WOOO!!! It's only taken five weeks to get them to come and install it!! jajaja
I guess I have no excuse now for not keeping up with this here blog!
Let's see what's new? What's old?
Life is crazy busy, but good. My weeks are filled with teaching stuff, and extra meetings at school, and keeping up with grading and everything that goes with having 40 students. My weekends are usually filled with chill-axing with my friends from church. Life is good. I don't have much to complain about.
Random Tid-bits:
This past weekend, I decided to give my flea bag of a dog a bath, but since it's been rather cool and chilly here, I decided to let her dry in the guest bathroom. Poor Lola, she is such a fraidy-cat. Any loud noise, back fire, explosion she is immediately terrified, shaking and trying find the smallest crevece to crawl into. Well apparently something scared her while she was in the bathroom because some how she broke the hose that puts water into the toilet. I did not realize this until I was getting out of the shower and saw water in my room, the room next to mine a lake, and the hallway a river! When I opened the bathroom door there was Lola hiding in the shower soaking wet! Water was spraying everywhere. When I went to shut off the water, to my surprise, there was no handle and no way to shut the water off!!! So there I was, holding the end of the hose so more water would not continue to flood my upstairs, trying to figure out what I was going to do. I couldn't re-attach the hose. I was stuck. Finally I decided to make a dash for help, and luckily my neighbor, Bryan, was home! When he got to the door I was like: HELPP!! I HAVE WATER EVERYWHERE!! COME QUICK!! and then I dashed back upstairs. He followed and started to tell me just to turn the water off, when he noticed there was no handle....he quickly ran for some plires. There was soooo much water I called for friend, and co-worker, Jeannine to come help me mop it up (THANKFULLY I have all tile floors, and nothing was damaged or ruiend). It was quite an experience.
Today when I was walking Lola, we stopped in one of the little tienditas (store) to get some dog food and cat food. That's the nice thing about living here, I can walk just up the street and get some food for my animals, by the kilo or half kilo, and walk back home. I went 4 weeks on one tank of gas. :)
Anyway, when I was in the store, these two guys walked in, and they were speaking in ENGLISH! It was soo random. Apparently this guy Enrique is visiting family, and his spanish isn't too good, and he's looking for a job here in Durango. But more than anything it was WEIRD to hear them come in speaking English.
I guess I have no excuse now for not keeping up with this here blog!
Let's see what's new? What's old?
Life is crazy busy, but good. My weeks are filled with teaching stuff, and extra meetings at school, and keeping up with grading and everything that goes with having 40 students. My weekends are usually filled with chill-axing with my friends from church. Life is good. I don't have much to complain about.
Random Tid-bits:
This past weekend, I decided to give my flea bag of a dog a bath, but since it's been rather cool and chilly here, I decided to let her dry in the guest bathroom. Poor Lola, she is such a fraidy-cat. Any loud noise, back fire, explosion she is immediately terrified, shaking and trying find the smallest crevece to crawl into. Well apparently something scared her while she was in the bathroom because some how she broke the hose that puts water into the toilet. I did not realize this until I was getting out of the shower and saw water in my room, the room next to mine a lake, and the hallway a river! When I opened the bathroom door there was Lola hiding in the shower soaking wet! Water was spraying everywhere. When I went to shut off the water, to my surprise, there was no handle and no way to shut the water off!!! So there I was, holding the end of the hose so more water would not continue to flood my upstairs, trying to figure out what I was going to do. I couldn't re-attach the hose. I was stuck. Finally I decided to make a dash for help, and luckily my neighbor, Bryan, was home! When he got to the door I was like: HELPP!! I HAVE WATER EVERYWHERE!! COME QUICK!! and then I dashed back upstairs. He followed and started to tell me just to turn the water off, when he noticed there was no handle....he quickly ran for some plires. There was soooo much water I called for friend, and co-worker, Jeannine to come help me mop it up (THANKFULLY I have all tile floors, and nothing was damaged or ruiend). It was quite an experience.
Today when I was walking Lola, we stopped in one of the little tienditas (store) to get some dog food and cat food. That's the nice thing about living here, I can walk just up the street and get some food for my animals, by the kilo or half kilo, and walk back home. I went 4 weeks on one tank of gas. :)
Anyway, when I was in the store, these two guys walked in, and they were speaking in ENGLISH! It was soo random. Apparently this guy Enrique is visiting family, and his spanish isn't too good, and he's looking for a job here in Durango. But more than anything it was WEIRD to hear them come in speaking English.
You should be jealous. I have a lady that comes to clean my house every Wednesday. She cleans MY WHOLE HOUSE. She sweeps and mops every room, dusts, cleans the bathrooms, empties my trash, does the dishes, AND DOES MY LAUNDRY for just $20 ($200pesos). Yes, life is definately good. :p
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