Friday, June 27, 2008

JabbaWockeeZ Dance Compilation (Part 2)

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And if you want to see a bit more...part 2 (the ending of the second segment, where they have the reddish masks, is amazing when he does the headspin) Needless to say, they won the competition!

I'll post shortly on the cleaning chaos...

JabbaWockeeZ Dance Compilation (Part 1)

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SECOND ATTEMPT! Sorry it didn't work last time, it did on mine (weird)... if it's a snafu, let me know-

An amazing dance group. If you watch closely, in addition to the amazing choreography, on all their dances (except one) they begin the routine in the same formation where they end the previous routine.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

state of education

I was poking around on the internet searching for a phone number or two for a fellow coworker for a reference and found a website rating teachers Well, I had to see what they said about me! So I searched my name and found the following:

She's an English teacher who loves role playing and teaching. She listens to heavy mettle and will even show her favorite students videos of her screaming at concerts over MSN. But yet, is respectable

On the scale the website asked, I also received a 3 on easiness, a 5 on helpfulness and a 5 on clarity. (it's a 1 to 5 scale, 5 being the highest, same scores as Kevin Greene, honors teacher)

First of all, I must focus on spelling heavy "metal" correct in the classroom and second, well...I know I teach many things in my classroom: Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, The Crucible, Macbeth, etc....now my question. What does "but yet, is respectable" actually mean...Did they learn? Did I make it interesting so it was fun to learn? What does this mean!? And why don't survey websites ask names or email addresses? (I would love to know who penned this comment!) Now I curious....