Carnival of Georgia Bloggers

The 19th carnival of Georgia Bloggers is up at Georgia on My Mind. Read and enjoy.


I've been on a school retreat this week. I had a cabin full of freshmen. I caught them drinking energy drinks at midnight. It was a long night, but overall the retreat was a fun experience. The facility is a gorgeous camp nestled in a cove near Jaspar, GA.
Peace
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12th Anniversary Trip

Today is our 12th Anniversary. If someone had told me on that rainy September evening twelve years ago what our lives would be like now, I am sure I wouldn't have believed it. To be more accurate, I am sure I couldn't have conceived it. I used to be limited to thinking only about a month ahead. Now I alternate between thinking a meal ahead and twenty years in the future while trying to concentrate on enjoying every moment that I can. We have been immensely blessed, and I am sure that I still cannot conceive of what the next years may hold or what life will look like in twelve years, but I am certain that my wife shall still be by my side, and I shall be by hers.



We celebrated our anniversary with an exciting trip to the park. It was a lovely early fall day: windy, humid, and alternately too warm and too cool. We had a splendid time.

Photo Caption: Someday this will all be mine

Peace

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Things They Don't Teach You in Teacher School: #4-6

4. Someone will always ask for the answer of a question that you just answered. At any given time you will be lucky if one-third of the students are actually listening.
Example:
Teacher: Chapter one will be on the test. Any questions?
Student: Will chapter one be on the test?

5. Many students can send a text-message without ever taking their phone out of their pocket.

6. There are 180 days on the calendar. You might get to actually use about 160 of them. You will lose days for: the day before a major holiday (just forget about it), altered schedules, half-days, field days, field trips, early dismissals for sports, special "assemblies", testing, festivals, retreats, and many other creative ways that schools have of counting something as a school day without any actual instruction going on.

Peace
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Things They Don't Teach You In Teacher School: #1-3

In no particular order:

#1 On many days, you are the only one in your class that wants to be there. For all of the rest of the days, even you don't want to be there.

#2 Some students have an endless supply of grandparents; they tend to die or get rushed to the hospital around major tests and projects.

#3 Biology 101: Students trying to put on muscle consume a lot of protein. Over-consumption of protein can create digestive distress. There will be parts of your classroom that you will learn to avoid. Many students are not nearly as embarrassed by their exhaust fumes as they should be; to some it is an immense source of pride.

Peace
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I went out to my garden to check on these... And almost stumbled right into this...
It is good that I didn't stumble into it, I thought, as I saw what she did to things that wandered into her net...
No, I haven't killed her...
But I am not sure how I am going to pick my tomatoes.


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