Tuesday, August 19, 2008

An Old Story To Hold You Over

One of the challenges of my former job was overcoming cultural differences.  One of the biggest hurdles came with the issue of hair.  Yes. That's right. Hair.  I was always in awe of how a student could look so different, just by visiting the hair dresser.

One day was kind of rough in Room 5 (most days were rough-haha), and my little Diva got angry. When she gets angry, she pulls her own hair, even if she's mad at someone else.  Well, this day, she pulls her hair so hard  that her hair piece fell out.  Barely able to fix my own hair, I had no idea what to do with the ponytail that was now on the floor.  I looked at my sub, who was a 60 year old man, and he said, "I think you should go get (insert staff's name who wears similar hair pieces).

After wandering the halls and getting some odd looks, I found the lady I was looking for.  She looked at me and my bewildered face and knew I needed help, just in a different way than I intended.  She looked at me, looked at the ponytail, and then said, "I wanna help, but honey, I don't think that's the right color for your hair."

(This may be one of those "you had to be there" stories, but it was so funny at the time)

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Well, friends I have good news and bad news.  

Bad news first:   I will no longer have new Talker stories for you (although I'm sure I can dig into my mind and find some that haven't been used before).

Good news:  I have a new job!  I will be teaching 50-60 kids Homeliving Skills at a school for students with communication disorders.  It's really bittersweet beginning this new position, but I am looking forward to the learning opportunities and experiences it will bring. Although I will no longer have the joys/challenges of teaching in an urban school, I have a feeling that my new suburban school will still provide me with plenty of blog material (I realized this while listening to a student sing Michael Jackson's  "Smooth Criminal" while drawing pictures of Mr. T last week).

Stay tuned....


Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Laura posted this on her page last week, and I have become obsessed. It takes the top used words from you blog and makes this collage.  So fun!
(click to enlarge mine)




Check out Wordle to make your own.