Developments

I'm pretty sure I'm ahead of the game for about 1 more hour when I drop my paper off at grad school (33 pages with Works Cited). Of course my usual blog with a list of things to do is starting; but I finished a couple hours early on my paper and could be revising it, instead I'm taking a little nap before class.

I am excited for the fellowship. yes teaching summer school would be the best thing to do but it will be boring and annoying. That is why it will be so much more money. The money thing does matter so much, but I have a room mate now and have never worked in the summer before so some money is better than no money.

But I will be on the beach, in the sun, on a boat, collecting bugs and chemicals and setting up fish tanks etc.. As Econtrario puts it; growing brine shrimp. It is sort of all coming full circle. Here I am with no life plans bumming around with my new room mate, first in years, and receive word that I'm going to Cambridge for 7 weeks. Sound familiar 1993? But it should be worth it for another opportunity to live in a dorm, do science, and plan lessons... right up my alley. Hopefully other things from the Cambridge, England trip, do not occur on the Cambridge, Maryland journey like... getting a D in romantic poetry, roommate moves in with sister and husband 1 (weird), MSG ridden Chinese Food at a B&B in scotland, watching Chariots of Fire, reading William Blake, or discussing Empericist Philosophy over a cup of coffee with some stranger in a restaurant. I would keep from England: country gardens, dining halls, and riding bikes.

Been reading and researching a lot about science as inquiry in the classroom and methods of learning and teaching. Sometimes it just makes so much sense and then in practice seems so impossible. I'm considering getting a SuperNanny Naughty Rug for my classroom. They are literally regressing to 2nd grade hitting and throwing paper.