ILoveDisney06

Several rambly thoughts of the day:

1.       I am just not in a phase of my life where I desire children.  It isn’t just that I don’t desire them…I am repulsed by the idea of having little babies running around my house.  I met a woman in the store the other day who described children as “pets that live longer than you!”  Which brings me to the unfortunate fact that educated Americans are choosing more and more often to not have children, while the uneducated Americans continue to pop them out every time they turn around. 

Now I can’t decide whether this information should make me want children MORE or less.  Should I attempt to counteract the growing stupidity in North America by producing my own offspring (who will undoubtedly be brilliant as well as good looking)?  Or should I avoid procreating in an effort to fight global overpopulation?  Who would my child play with?  Who would they marry?  If the statistics are right then the pool of intelligent mates will be even SMALLER than the one I am currently fishing in! (Which brings me to another good point – I may never find a male who appeals to me as a baby daddy).

2.       I have spent the morning marking the unit tests I gave the last week of school before Spring Break and the laughter has not stopped.  Can you tell the difference between a grade 12 answer and a grade 9 answer?

Here are some of my favorite answers (complete with spelling and grammatical structure – and yes, these are all native English speakers):

“People now have a perception on a certical race of people believe that since thens a lot more Indo-Canadias there is going to be a lot more gangs that equel death.”

“Crime has gone upe”

“They weren’t fair Because they didn’t like the FARMERS!”

“Yes, it’s a idea to smart up.”

“Lord Durham was important because he started a rebellion.  He tried to wange the people but failed when the rebellion moved to London he didn’t know what to do which made the Queen angry and embarassed.”

"But when the film was getting to the end there relationship changed jurastically." (And no we were not watching Jurassic Park)

3.       Today one of my students from last semester came in and just sat in my classroom for lunch.  Her best friend’s dad died suddenly last week and so she’s been left alone at school each day with no real companions and I told her she was welcome in here with me.  Today she gave me a cookie.  We talked about cancer.  I shared a bit with her about my mom in hopes that it would help her to find some common ground.  I don’t know if that can possibly be comforting to her but I’m glad she stopped by. 

4.       And finally – I have been attempting to track down my AP scores because I need them to send in to finalize my teaching certification since some of them transferred in as university credits.  Unfortunately I made my collegeboard account AGES ago and no longer have access to the email address that I used so I had no way of figuring out my username or password.  Long story short I called them to track down this information and to get a temporary password.  When I asked them if they could give me my username I experienced this horrific early high school flashback.  What was the username I chose to register myself by in order to sign up for my AP tests and SATs?  ILoveDisney06.

Kill me now.  Just shoot me.