by SMThornton | May 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve entered my students the last two years in the National History Day competition (it’s like a nationwide science fair, only for history- so cool!) and this year I had two projects selected to go to the National competition in Washington D.C. this...
by SMThornton | Feb 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
My school holds WACKO (Wild and Crazy Kid Olympics) every February. It’s a great time to make a fool of yourself in front of your students. There are relay races between the classes and faculty- some involving digging in pies with your face to find gummy worms,...
by SMThornton | Jan 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
To make your Monday happy, I bring you…Student Metaphors & Similies!Because they’re guaranteed to make you giggle, or maybe even blow your coffee all over your laptop screen. 1. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.2. He was deeply in love....
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 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...
