by SMThornton | May 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
The last two weeks of grading gave me a taste of what life might be like as an agent. I could never, ever be an agent. School got out on Thursday, but here’s what I graded in the two weeks before that:1. 66 Semester Finals2. 48 Projects3. 48 Speeches4. 114...
by SMThornton | May 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Right now I’m researching crime and punishment in ancient Egypt. Unfortunately, there’s not a ton of info from the time period I’m looking at and I really need some examples of more extreme punishments than the Egyptians typically doled out. After...
by SMThornton | May 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Writing is a lonely business. I commented to my husband the other day that I felt like Anne Boleyn, banished to the Tower of London. He reminded me that poor Anne’s story didn’t end so well (divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived and all...
by SMThornton | May 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Last week, I had the opportunity to listen to the mother of Greg Mortensen, author of Three Cups of Tea. Dr. Mortensen came to our high school to talk about her son’s work building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She had two main messages for the students....
by SMThornton | May 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve been tagged by Amalia for the latest round of blogosphere tag. Yay! Question 1 – Where were you five years ago? 1. Just married 2. Just bought our first house 3. Graduating with my Master’s 4. Going to Egypt for the first time 5. Working as a...
by SMThornton | May 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
In honor of this being the second to last week of school before summer break (and the fact that this week I will grade 50 projects, 75 final exams, and 100 essays), I am unplugging. Must. Stay. Sane. However, I wanted to leave you with an encore presentation of...
