Miss Indiana Jones

I have a brown leather messenger purse that I carry to school sometimes.

I happened to be carrying it yesterday as we were headed to car line for a blessed weekend break.

Ian looked at me and said, "Hey Miss Indiana Jones."
At first I didn't know what he was talking about but then it dawned on me.
I had a brown strap across my body from my purse and Indiana Jones was a teacher. I guess I reminded him of the movie character.

I wasn't sure how to react but once I thought about it, I decided to take it as a compliment. Here's why:

• Indiana Jones was loved by his students (remember the "eye" love you scene?).
• He was one of the "cool" teachers (anyone who uses a whip is definitely cool).
• He went on crazy adventures in caves and jungles (and ran from rocks and spears and crazy Indian people).
• Indiana Jones was very qualified for his job.
• He used his experiences to teach his classes.
• He was very witty and could solve problems well (he had to or he would be killed!).

I'm ok with being Miss Indiana Jones!

We're Back!

Wow! It's been FOREVER since I've written a blog.

What's happened since my last one?
We've had spring break, standardized testing, and begun the 4th QUARTER OF SCHOOL! WOO HOO!

Well, I could obviously write about several things but this blog is going to be about stardardized testing.
Testing may be a serious topic but my class can take anything and make it funny.

For 4 days we had at least an hour of testing during the morning. Some days we had up to two hours.
I had to monitor my students (walk around and make sure everyone was bubbling their answers correctly and keeping their eyes on their own paper) this whole time so I had lots of time to make observations.

Something I noticed was that every kid had their own testing face.

There was the focused, "I'm trying so hard it looks like smoke may come out of my ears." face.

This is the "Oh my gosh! Am I supposed to know the answer to that?" face.

There was the "UGGGHHHH! I can't do this anymore!" face.

Then there's the "What? I'm taking a test?" face.

And last, but certainly not least, there was the "Yes! I know the answer! Let me write it down before I forget it." face.