Read More Books: The Statistical Probability of Falling in Love

I'm not a fan of romantic comedies. I can't buy into the whole idea of happenstance and falling in love and girls being beautifully clumsy and men who always change for the better and everything working out just right in the end. I'm a total cynic. But, for some reason, I can excuse all this ridiculousness in YA books. I believe the ridiculous love stories and feel so happy at the end of these silly books (for example, anything by Stephanie Perkins (omfg I love her books!). After reading Jennifer E. Smith's The Statistical Probability of Falling in Love, I demanded my old friend Gina over at Fantasy Casting read it immediately. She did and we spent several Facebook threads discussing who we would cast in the main roles. Go over and see what she has to say about it!

http://www.fantasycasting.blogspot.com/2012/02/review-statistical-probability-of-love.html

Letters of Blah

Last Friday B and I were in the English office on prep and he was attempting to write a letter of recommendation for a student in our extra-curricular. He couldn't decide what to write and claimed that writing a letter of rec was just sooooooo hard. He quickly changed his mind and told me how a letter of recommendation should read:

"Blah blah rigor, blah blah buzzwords, blah blah blah."

Truest statement ever.

I made him repeat it so I could write it down here. Have I written enough about how much I adore my co-workers?

Truism: Mark Harmon is hot

A friend posted this on Facebook last week and it totally made my day. She teaches seniors and has decided we're all old.

Me: Take off those sunglasses
Student: Why?
Me: Because I said so, and this isn't the movie Summer School, Mark Harmon.
Student: What does that even mean?

Expectations

A friend posted this on her personal blog today and it explains a lot about who I am. Some might say my expectations of people are too high sometimes, but that's not true. I just want people to care as much as I do. Unfortunately, that's not the case most of the time. This goes for people in my life, and equally for my students. Reason #4506 why I'm in therapy.

How Do I Make This Happen?

OMG YES.

Source

Back From a Quick Trip

I've returned from Boston only a little worse for wear. I'm super tired and probably getting a sinus infection. I went to work today, but I'm taking tomorrow off. I need sleep, orange juice, and to lay in bed with my Kindle because I really want to finish Red Hook Road.

The trip was pretty OK. The kids performed well in their activities and I had a killer lobster roll and chili. I like out of town trips for the sheer enjoyment of getting to know the kids on the team. I spent a lot of time with a particular group of sophomores, who turned out to be pretty awesome, despite the fact that I generally hate sophomores. There was a minimum of drama, but some kids made some bad decisions, which isn't going to fare well for them in the long run.

I returned home to the news that my 19 year old cousin has knocked up a third girl in four years. Classy, right?

Let's say it together...teenagers are ridiculous!

A Quick Trip

OK folks, I'm out for a bit. I'm taking a group of kids to Boston for a competition for our extra-curricular. I'm mostly excited because I get to wear, for the first time, this fab coat I got on extra clearance super sale at Old Navy for $16. Score! In not so scorey news, I have to be at the airport at 4:30 tomorrow morning. Hellooooooo Starbucks.

Posts will resume next Wednesday.

xoxo

Same Difference

My seniors were doing a timed writing in class and one was a bit confused. I like when kids correct each other.

Kid #1: Titles are italicized, right? So I don't need to use...what are they called...exclamation marks?
Kid #2: Quotation marks?
Kid #2: Oh, yeah, those.

More Reasons To Love My Family

My brother in law sent me this email last week and it completely made my day. I'm very lucky indeed that my sister chose to marry a super smart, funny, and awesome dude. He's a very specifically fancy kind of doctor who does specifically fancy doctor things. He also gave me a silly nickname, which is the only way he addresses me.

* * * * *
[Nickname],

I just quoted Shakespeare in a conversation about cancer with my colleagues/boss and one of the most famous [specifically fancy kind of doctor] in the world: "What's in a name? that which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet". In context I meant that a tumor can metastasize independent of what name you give it (benign or malignant). Proof that English Lit has no boundaries.

[Bro-in-law].

Happy Tuesday, or Some Other Heavily Commericialized Holiday

If I celebrated Valentine's Day, which I don't, I'd be wishing you all a Happy Valentine's Day with these ridiculously cute Harry Potter Valentines. It's a good thing I don't celebrate this over-rated and commercialized holiday.

OK, but for reals, I can't help sharing this.


Source: Yenniper