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22787. jexster - 11/1/2007 2:12:39 AM She could go as Cecilia Sarkozy!! 22788. arkymalarky - 11/1/2007 3:52:49 AM No one this evening. Bob's students were going to trick-or-treat here, but he told them he wasn't going to be home, which I hate (except my house is a mess). It surprised me when I started teaching how many teens do the old-fashioned trick-or-treating, but the stretch limo is something else. I'll have to tell my kids about that tomorrow. 22789. judithathome - 11/1/2007 7:44:44 PM We had a total of 4...the little kid next door told us he'd gone "Trunk or Treating" at church...congregation handed out treats from the parking lot...everyone had their trunks open with baskets of candy inside. 22790. prolph - 11/2/2007 7:14:10 AM magoseph, yes i am at home making lists that should have been done long ago, fortunately or not so i have a large art collection coud'nt be put in less than a truck. cats and i are glad to be home.
patsy 22791. Magoseph - 11/2/2007 2:27:07 PM Well, Patsy, now maybe you should store your art collection somewhere else. I'm glad that you're safe, sound, and happy to be back home. 22792. Magoseph - 11/2/2007 2:51:44 PM Thanks, Prof, for the link! 22793. psychprof - 11/2/2007 7:47:12 PM You are quite welcome Mags. 22794. prolph - 11/2/2007 9:57:19 PM magoseph can't see pictures if they are stored. i have too many
collections of various things,i prefer not to be called a pack rat
my sister worse than i--slster has an enormous collection of all
things conected to baseball, her house is a museum.
patsy 22795. Ms. No - 11/2/2007 10:58:46 PM We did the Orson Welles War of the Worlds readers theater again this year and had twice the number of viewers as last year. It's fun, but I miss getting dressed up and reveling in Halloween. I haven't had any trick or treaters at any of the places I've lived since I left West LA and we used to get lots of them there.
Today I am running errands and brushing up on comma rules and British literary movements in preparation for taking the CSET tomorrow. I just found out today that if I pass the CBEST Writing Skills (which I did) then I don't have to take the CSET Writing Skills. I'm signed up for it though, so I don't know what's doing with that. It'd be nice not to have to write the essays since the questions are always such a bore. 22796. arkymalarky - 11/2/2007 11:17:21 PM I had to write something like 12 of them on the Praxis along with answering multiple choice in about two hours. Of course I didn't get all twelve written and I had about ten sharp pencils that were worn to nubs by the end. The test wasn't bad and the prompts weren't too boring, but I hate the feeling of not finishing something, even when I know they don't expect it. 22797. arkymalarky - 11/2/2007 11:18:12 PM You and Mose need to compare notes on your certification processes. 22798. Ms. No - 11/3/2007 5:47:30 AM I don't know if I'd be more freaked out or less freaked out having a test that I'm not expected to finish. 22799. arkymalarky - 11/3/2007 6:05:36 AM I didn't know that until I was in the test and then talked on break to others who'd taken it before or had friends who had, which was good. I don't think I could have judged how to pace myself and prioritize if I'd known in advance we wouldn't have time to finish, and as it was I just wrote until they called time. But until I got my results I kept wondering about leaving the last essay completely blank and getting about two sentences on the next to last one--and I read and write fast. I don't know if they pick your best 5 out of 12 or something. I never looked into the details before the test, just practiced the multiple choice. 22800. judithathome - 11/3/2007 3:43:47 PM and I read and write fast.
That's an example of "understatement" if I ever saw one! We were reading on the Mote once while visiting and Arky was looking over my shoulder...she had time to get a cup of coffee and do a load of wash while I finished the page!
(And THAT's an example of overstatement...ha! But just barely.) 22801. arkymalarky - 11/3/2007 5:13:12 PM Haha! It's a skill honed by teaching English and history and grading essays for 26 years. It's the only way I've managed to have a life outside my job. 22802. Ms. No - 11/3/2007 7:23:37 PM I've got a 7-Day Speed Reading course that I keep meaning to read and learn. It would've been helpful earlier in the semester since I've got so much reading for my history classes, but better late than never.
That's something that I think about often ---- how many of the classics I haven't read....and that I'll eventually have to teach. 22803. arkymalarky - 11/3/2007 10:11:23 PM You can't possibly teach everything, so it's very easy to teach what you're familiar with. My weak area is modern lit, and AP is leaning more toward that, but the students' skills are what matters. The test will use obscure poems and passages anyway, even if the authors are well known. Spook can really give good teaching tips in that regard. 22804. arkymalarky - 11/3/2007 10:13:20 PM In fact, he has great tips in general and has helped Mose a lot. I thought she was going to go over the edge a few weeks ago, but she's doing better. My friend whose job she took doesn't miss it a bit. They will have to adjust that position next year or they're not going to be able to get anyone to fill it. 22805. arkymalarky - 11/3/2007 10:28:32 PM What do people here think should be absolutely required reading in high school? 22806. jexster - 11/4/2007 3:17:50 AM Catcher in the Rye
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