Thoughts on the day

[ringsandcoffee]

Dear Starbucks pastry bakers: When I decide to be really bad and go twice in one day, I'd appreciate the possibility of getting a quality toffee almond bar. The last 4 times I've gotten one, it seems to be lacking in the most important/my favorite part, THE TOFFEE! Today, I knew I should have pointed out one I wanted, but I didn't so I got the corner piece. It was moist, but lacking in chunks of chocolate and toffee.

My mocha tasted like it had an extra shot in it, so bonus there.

Dear 7th grade students: When not only do you choose to not listen, but also talk over me and give me attitude, you're going to do the assignment wrong, and I'm more than delighted to give you the grade you deserve.

Dear 8th grade: Thank you to the 3 talkers who were absent today. Thank you to the others who actually listened to me and GOT what they were supposed to do! Thank you for ending my Friday on a good note.

Dear School District: Next year, can you just schedule all 4 days of the AIMS tests in one week? A return to normalcy would be great. A week of test prep plus 2 weeks ruined by tests leaves not much time to get actual work done.


Dear Hamburget Helper I had for dinner: You were kinda gross. Get ready to meet Mr. Garbage Disposal.

Comments

[orogenesis11.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm. Now I *really* want to go to Starbucks for a toffee almond bar.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

ha ha ha I almost prefaced that post with "Susanne will appreciate this..."

I suddenly can't remember if your name is s or z....

[orogenesis11.livejournal.com]

:D You got it right. YAY!

Yeah, and unfortunately, Starbucks is right around the corner from here.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Well, if you want the *really good* TABs, you have to come to AZ.

[orogenesis11.livejournal.com]

*grumbles* I am now seriously thinking about heading for a snack...

:)

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

lol.

[a58hobbit.livejournal.com]

Now I want to head off to starbucks... too bad it's midnight and all of them are closed.

I was always the kid in the class who had so much potential (so I was told) but I never did my homework, so my grades didn't show my actual intelligence. *shrug* I did always pay attention in class, though. I thought it was disrespectful to do otherwise. Still do, in college.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

See, you knew what was disrespectful. My students either don't know or don't care. I was almost completely bored in school from about 8th grade on, and remember staring at the clock a lot, but I was never disruptive, and I did my work because I knew I had to. My kids think that considering something boring is enough excuse to not do it.

[a58hobbit.livejournal.com]

Ooo... almost immediate response.

Yeah, I am bored in a few of my classes, but I am never disruptive. It's sad, I'm in college, and yet the teacher today for chemistry called out some guy who was talking about how drunk he got last night. She lectured him about disrespect and all that. It's funny how some people think that once a back is turned, they can't hear you anymore. *rolls eyes*

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

heheh talk about immediate response...i saw this comment before I even got the email notification!

I had this one professor 2 quarters in a row. Both were in large lecture halls with 200+ people. The second class, about half the students showed up any given day, and half of those present just talked the entire time, and not in a whisper. The prof. would just go on talking for 2 straight hours, and I wondered what he thought. One day I had to ask a question, so I went to the front after class. Looking from his perspective, I realized he can see everything that's going on and probably just ignored all the rude people. I kinda felt bad for him then, but he was such a boring teacher that it didn't last long.

[a58hobbit.livejournal.com]

Wow. That professor must've been boring. I don't know, my chemistry teacher makes chemistry fairly easy, and it's also easy to call someone out in class as the max amount of people for that section is 35. That makes the largest class I have, which I like. That does make it hard to skip class unnoticed, though.