Spring Fever

Today I really felt like myself, and I'm not sure why, or if that even makes sense since technically I am myself every day, but I liked it!! I got a little sassy with my students, and by that I mean that I am getting more assertive as the days go on and it's a good thing. Part of my wonderful day had to be the weather, while the other part of it was that I got to chill in my favs outfit. I wore chacos, carhartts, and a light thermal shirt, set off by my default earrings, a headband, and a low bun. If that's not a typical spring Emma outfit, then I don't know what is. I also did laundry at the laundromat while jamming out to some new songs, squeezing in some grading during the wait times. So productive and college of me! By the time I got to community group, I was so hopped up on caffeine and spring that I couldn't contain myself! I can't get over this weather. I just wish every day could be like today. I'm drinking it in and it's only February. I surely hope I won't retreat back into my winter hole once it gets cold again, because I simply cannot deal with that!

Because I have spring fever and I love my outfit so much, I will leave you with a picture of daffodils and some poetry from e.e. cummings. Nothing says spring like poems and DAFFODILS!!!

in Just-

spring      when the world is mud-

luscious the little

lame balloonman

whistles       far       and wee

and eddieandbill come

running from marbles and

piracies and it's

spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer

old balloonman whistles

far          and         wee

and bettyandisbel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's

spring

and

       the

             goat-footed

balloonMan         whistles

far

and

wee 

LOL Points: N-Cycle Edition

 In APES (AP Environmental Science), you have to learn about the nitrogen cycle. Really, you just have to learn that nitrogen cycles through the ecosystem. It is vaguely important to know how nitrogen switches forms so that we humans can get it into our lovely tissues to make DNA and survive and all that, but the test writers really really want you to know how to identify all the steps.

Last semester, I did a particularly horrible job of imparting this knowledge to my students. This semester, with the help of some good ol' fashioned arts and crafts, topped off with the ever-present motivation of earning lol points for making me chuckle, those kids learned them some N-cycle. These two particularly exemplary students went above and beyond to impress me, and now hopefully you as well, with their wit. Maybe you will learn something about how nitrogen gets from being an inert gas in the air to making up the base of your genetic code!

artist one: will h.

artist 2: josh a.

I had a blog in high school...

 And now I teach high school. It's only fair.

I am trying this out again, for reals this time. I promise it won't be too mushy. That's about all I can promise.

And now, to add some bittersweet to your Monday, some Neutral Milk Hotel.

"And one day we will die

And our ashes will fly 

from the aeroplane over the sea

But for now we are young

Let us lay in the sun

And count every beautiful thing we can see

Love to be

In the arms of all I'm keeping here with me, me"