Social Studies @ MindSay

• I subbed for the third graders again.  Their teacher told me that they were excited because they liked when I am their sub.  :)  The teacher had me go over supply and demand with them and they ate the lesson up!  After explaining why the price of things go up because of scarcity, one of the children remarked, "Ugh! We did this yesterday! Why do we have to learn this again?"  I looked at him pointedly and said, "Because now when your parents complain about the price of gas and how it took $60 to fill up their tanks you'll know why."  "It took MILLIONS of years for dinosaur carcases to decay and form what we now call oil.  Once it's gone, it's gone.  We don't have another million years to wait until more oil is made."  He had the look of stark terror on his face and replied. "I don't feel safe anymore." LOL!  I told him, "That's why it's up to you and your generation to study your social studies and science classes so one day you'll come up with a viable, alternative fuel source. The previous generation and mine are too busy enjoying the profits they make to care." 

 Geez! It seems like I scare a couple kids everytime I have to teach social studies.  This just cracks Environgirl  up.  Before the bell rang, one of the kids left me this note:

 

 

Isn't that just precious? :D

 

• Yesterday I visited my dad at his new house.  He was happy to see the kiddo and me. It's a nice house and so far very well decorated. I expected nothing less from him.  He's always been good at decorating and matching curtains and furniture.  Taurean males tend to have a bit of a girly side and a lot of them tend to use too much cologne...but, I digress.  Anyway, I didn't see the Ghetto Assed Trick and thank God for that.  I was not in the mood to go to jail!  I also didn't see much evidence of her living there other than a couple of outfits in the closet. Dad's been in his new house for a week.  I saw no dual sets of toothbrushes or hair brushes, etc.  Hmmmm....

We watched Casino Royale together and then the kiddo and I went home. The visit was nice, but surreal, if that makes any sense. That numbness thing came in handy.

 

• I've been listening to a lot of South African music lately.  For some reason I find the call and response and the drum rhythms soothing, even when I listen to Zulu War Dance music.  When I'm angry it really calms me down (yes, even the war chants!) LOL!

African Women - Call and Response.

Once when I was in my 9th grade Social Studies class, this boy Nick Harris interrupted the class to say, "Everyone turn to page 12! It's a picture of Emily!".  So we all flip to page 12, because hey, I really REALLY wanted to see myself in a giant textbook.  Do you know what page 12 was?  A picture of mosaic lion.

I've told that story to a few select people.  I wouldn't say I'm embarrassed by it, but it's not my favorite story of high school.

Tonight, I was IMing my friend Evan for the first time in ages (mainly, because I never go online anymore), and we were just talking about random things, and we were talking about how everytime I see an Ann Taylor store, I think of him and the day we hung out with my friend Lisa and she screamed it out.  So that somehow led  him to say, "I watched the movie I Am Legend and there was a scene at the South Street Seaport (where I used to live, while the movie was filming) and I thought I saw you, but it turns out it was just a lion".

How friggin' random is that!??!

Ms. Marcello: what's another institution of our country that doesn't fall under government, economy, family, or school?

Danielle: BUGS!

Ms. Marcello: no, what do we usually fight over?

Jennifer: BOYS!

Hannah: HAIR!

Riley: RELIGION!

Ms. Marcello: religion, yes.

I am all powerful MUHAHAHAHAHA......but seriously if you're reading this you have just been hypnotised into thinking your loved one is a killer potato.

                                           Thank you.

English - Didn't do much...like i don't even remember what i did.

Social Studies - took notes on renewable && non renewable resources.

Music - read about Betoven << or how ever you spel it hah. Brent flitred with me the whole time..Like we had to share books, and he keept poking me in the side with his pen! lmfao Tj was too...so then i grabbed his side and he screamed OWW! it was funny as hell

Science - took a test...:-\

Lunch - Talked with some of my peeps <3 luv you guys

Reading - read hah. Um..did a vocab thing in the packet so yeah.

Health - took notes talked with like 45754 people...I don't have anywhere near that many people in my class just so you know! ha

***StudyHall* - Passed notes to Nick..*aka* the guy I've liked since 4th grade && i found outt that he likes me too <3, but we're not going outt ahah

 Math - boring as hell so I talked to Tj the whole time...

      well that was my big day like nothing happened..Oh well better luck tomorow...

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