The only thing better than passing notes…

…Is blogging while you are supposed to be teaching. That’s right – I am teaching a study skills class at Nathan’s school at the moment with the husband. Students are working on a group project right now, so blogging and looking at icanhascheezeburger.com seemed like the best option for me. Nathan is reviewing his Greek flash cards. Later on today we’re taking our research writing class to the UD library, which I’m super excited about. I love thinking about how smart and ahead-of-the-curve these kids are going to be when they get to college, unlike my UD freshmen who refuse to even set foot in the library no matter how hard I try to make them go.

Our kittens have an internal alarm clock that tells them to wake us up at 6:15 a.m. by climbing all over us, rubbing against our faces and purring loudly. I do wish they could adapt to our sleep schedule, but honestly, what could be better than being woken up by a tiny fluffy creature who is dying to play with you?Man, I love these kitties so much.

I’m also loving teaching again. I was pretty burnt out by my E110 experience, but these kids are giving me confidence that I do have meaningful things to impart and that I can teach a reasonably awesome lesson. These guys are much younger, but they are much more interested in talking with me and sharing their lives and experiences with me, which makes me much more comfortable and helps me know how to reach them. I not-so-secretly hope that I can come back here after my graduation and teach high school literature. This is a special place – not only are the kids smart, but the administrators and parents are pleasant and reasonable, and have an excellent sense of humor (which many educational institutions in our pasts have NOT possessed. Ahem.).

Well, it’s time to actually go teach again. We’re teaching them about planning and organization today. My mom would be so proud!

Love,

Sarah