how crazy

Today's lab chemistry students were supposed to determine the amount of vitamin C in fruit juices. Students all day saw the bottles of fruit juice on the counter.

"Can I have some?"

I know this question is coming. It comes every year. What? The walmart is around the corner, do you not eat enough?

"no, you do not want to anyway"

"why not?"

Real reason, it violates safety, there are things in the lab, pipets are being put into the bottles, and its not my job to cater to you.

What I tell them. "I spit in them so you would not want to."

Glance from student. She just might be crazy enough to do it.

not supposed to be here

The other night, because of my exercise program, primarily walking and my low potassium count; I woke up in the middle of the night with leg cramps. I got up and walked around at 3 in the morning to work out the things. I went back to bed and slept hard. Only to dream about being in a lecture with several students in attendance, including two vocal favorites. Who Would Not Shut up! When I finally gained control of my dream (can do that) and went to a pleasant fantasy world of knights, dragons and heroes, the alarm clock went off.

They worry my days enough, they are not supposed to invade my dreams.

explains why they don't understand

I took by biology tutoring class to the library this week. All our students are required to read AR books. My attitude is you should have that book with you all the time (or something to read). One problem student looked at my recommendation of _Flowers_for_Algernon_ as "that's too much to read".

By tenth grade I read all of Shakespeare's plays on my own and _The_Lord_of_the_Rings_ several times.

(reminds me I need to read LotR again)

video

Trying to explain fifty years of developing music taste to my students, or how I get there.

I found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlmxFtm5L0w

Because it was the ending music of a RPG fan film. I originally thought it was Blackmore's Night. No, I do not understand German. I can follow along what happens, I think.

videos for my students

In an attempt to get my students to think, listen and write. I started playing music. Then after they write some I show a video. As I tell them there is no right or wrong, if you write honestly.

cirque de solei

pay?

One of my students, well lets say that Malcolm has a weight issue, and a work issue. I'm hounding him back to his seat. ADD he can't sit down for long and I hear the student he was talking to say "you ask her then."

"Okay," I say "ask me what?"

Malcom starts, "mrs W if your husband was dead and you had no family and was broke, would you hook?"

Glance down at middle age, overweight body dramatically, "Malcolm, who'd pay?"

Yea...

One of my juniors from last year had some hard luck. Not only did she get pregant her sophmore year, the baby had many neurological problems. Like many girls in this situation, though not all; she grew up some. Yesterday she was bopping down the halls telling all and sundry that her ACT score was 19. Yea, not that much, but for her it was good. This means she will not have to take remedial classes in college. Hope she can get the financial aid.