Hello from Middle School

What is there to say? Twelve year olds crack me up! I am sorry that I have been away for so long...It has been a crazy year. Two weeks before school started I transferred to teach 7th grade math. It has been awesome, I love the kids, David has been awesome in support, but I am working like crazy. I am also teaching an afterschool program twice a week....

Adam left in August to attend Souther Oregon University. He is loving it and it is going well. The classes he took in high school have bumped him to sophomore status winter term. He is excited about that! He has decided to major in computers, an awesome choice...

Stesha is finishing her associates this year at PCC. School is going really well for her. She was accepted into a program called the Illumination Project which writes and performs plays dealing with oppression, racism, etc. She is very excited about this...She is looking into majoring in psychology and becoming an art therapist. She is looking at four year colleges to transfer to next year.

Simon has started his freshman year at Clackamas. He ran cross country in the fall, plays in the band, and is generally having a great time!

Javad started kindergarten at Cascade Heights Public Charter School this fall. It has been really great, they are working with us to make it successful and HE LOVES SCHOOL!!!

I promise to keep blogging. I had gotten caught astray..

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving...

Shannon

My triumphant retrun

Well, It has been almost a month since my return home. Let's see...what has happened?

1. I survived math camp (and the dreaded LF)!
2. Loved my math classes, didn't so much love leadership (shocking!)
3. Transferred jobs (from high school to middle school!)
4. We bought an RV
5. Have spent a heinous amount of time moving crap from one school to another!

Life just rolls on!

Math Camp

Okay, so maybe I haven't really been updating regularly. It could be a combination of homeowrk, Big Brother and Harry Potter. Yes I am indeed reading while I can. I try to get my homework done, which I should be doing now, and then do some reading. I am on page 477 (as of now!) and can't wait to read more! The book is awesome. A definite reread! Well, I am sorry that I am making it short...I will update in a day or so, but discrete math and data/ statisitcs await me! Oh...let's not forget leadership (ugh!).

Back to school again...so soon!

Well, the time is here again...time to pack my car (and my fan, clothing, refrigerator, and school supplies) and head down to Corvallis, Oregon (home of Oregon State Unviersity...national baseball champions...The Beavers) for what has "lovingly" come to be called Math Camp.

This is indeed the final year of the three week school experience. This summer I will be taking Discrete Math and Statistics (oh, let's not forget the pretty much useless...Leadership). I do get 9 graduate credits for free as well as a stipend. Sometimes I am not sure that outweighs 7 hours of class and a bunch of homework.

I do get to hang out with my friends and in a weird, warped way it is a fun experience. At least in a school, brain cramping, shed a few tears way...

I will update regularly! Off to mathing!

Cathlin and I are going on a road trip tomorrow to Seattle. We have the opportunity to attend a free workshop at Microsoft for two days. It will be interesting. Again, not tons of stuff that applies to high school, but it should be okay. We'll try it out this year and decide if we want to invest any extra energy in it next year!

Life as a roller coaster

Sometimes I feel like I am at the top of the coaster with my eyes covered waiting for the car to go over the edge. When it does, I am hurtling downward, not knowing when, and if, I am going to go back up again. I hear the screams around me, people anticipating the movement and I tense up, waiting for the next move. Before I know it, the car comes to a sudden stop, giving me whiplash. I take the covering off my eyes and there is a nice man holding his hand out saying, "Have a nice day."

"Have a nice day?" That is not what I am feeling...the adrenaline is rushing through my blood...I am crossing between angry and terrified. Do I know what I am feeling? No! I am rushing our of control, trying to keep my head on straight and my emotions under control.

Tomorrow's ride? To be continued!

Not quite back in the swing...

So we returned home last sunday and have I unpacked yet? Nope...luggage still on the bedroom floor, laundry still in hampers around my house! At least they are still clean and folded.
This day has been crazy...I took Javad to the Casey Eye Clinic for his first eye exam...His vision is horrible...the prescription for his visin is -6.50. WOW! I don't know what that converts to...(20/???), but I suspect it is pretty bad!
Tomorrow I drive Stesha to the coast to counsel Girls Camp...eight 4 - 6th grade girls...I don't think for me, but for Stesh..great! The next week she is counseling at MDA camp. She should have a blast on both counts!
Well, off to bed!