Happy Saturday

Happy snowy Saturday y'all...I am so excited about next week. Not only is it Turkey-day next Thursday, but I also get to meet your parents on Tuesday. I can't wait!! As a mom of two sometimes darling daughters...I assure you there is nothing better than to be validated as a parent by the people who actually spend as much time or more than I do with my most precious responsibility.

I am a true believer in the adage "It takes a village to raise a child"... and in that same vein I feel that simply knowing you guys gives me the responsibility of being part of your personal village.

I hope to only encourage you all to strive for excellence...to help you see how smart you really are....and most of all show you that learning something foreign is within your grasp...no matter who you are....you can only if you want to....wanting to also includes admitting that you don't understand something.

I am so proud of each and every one of you for the huge improvements you have made, it makes being your teacher just that much more worth the trip!!


Have a great weekend :))

ready for the weekend???

I know I am ready for the weekend...so SMILE!!

makes me wonder...or should it frighten me???

walking and really being among you ...the more I am privi to your just being...I wonder why you guys do what you do....I am so glad that you all feel at ease when you run into me around school. So much so that there is no personality shift into the person you would be if it was just any teacher or administrator walking the halls, but with me you guys feel free to, well for lack of better terms...just to be yourselves. Thank you for this!!

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate it....but it also makes me think!! (Oh no...my age is showing again!! LOL) I hear you guys joke about what it is that you guys do for fun, or what it is that happened to you when your parent walked in to your private hooky party...or even knowing what the whole battle of the bang thing between the grupo de cinco and Mrs. Bays French class next door was before the start of the next days classes...lol....but the thing that puzzles me is this....In my day, back in the 80's we also spoke out in our own way. We had our own personal revolutions, our rebellions, our outcries to be heard...we showed it through how we dressed (remember big hair and the early Madonna look??)...through the music we listened to....and the civic engagement we took part in......Hands Across America anybody?? and what about Band-Aid!!

But to me it seems that you guys are going to an extreme that my generation would never have dreamed of reaching for...none the less even going there. Those who did go there in my day were doomed to certain failure in life!! We all were into the "rebel yell" and stuff but it WAS all talk....we saved the action the older moments in our lives....like our college years....that is a blog topic for another day...rofl....but ultimately...I think we did have that invisible line that we never crossed....at least not in 9th grade...my gosh!! But let me say one thing guys...your frontal lobe where judgement lies...is still growing....so you aren't as big "know it all's" literally that you think you are...BIOLOGICALLY!!

...so just think about slowing down....just a bit....slow is good...but then again...my middle age is showing again...*smiles*

¡Feliz Lunes mi gente!

Well a Happy Monday to you all!!

I must say that as usual it was a pleasure to be among you all again today...it is also nice to see that there are those among you that have realized that attendance is mandatory and I truly hope that at least during the time we share together you guys really enjoy learning!! LOL!!

Honestly...I think that you guys have no idea how much you actually do know...those of you who have been fortunate enough to have absorbed all that information on foreign language taught to you over the years in Middle School...KUDOS...and those select few who are new to the whole idea of foreign language acquisition....WOW....I hope you all realize just how smart you really are. Then there are those of you who just need that slight nudge to see how brilliant you are...I will keep poking you with more challenging aspects of the language!!

If there is just one thing you walk away with from having known me...let it be confidence!!

Confidence in what you know and the desire to only strengthen that knowledge, build on it, and of course have it all help you develop into the wonderful insightful future leaders I know you will be!!

Peace out Sailor Scout!!....**rofl...that is for someone who knows who they are....smiles**