The Thread where everyone talks

“So Anyway Im suposed to be writing a paper.... That will all come in good time Im sure. But for now Im prcrastinating by talking to all of you. Who knows maybe ill check in later after the paper is written and everyone will have posted amazing insightful stuff. Or maybe you could tell me what i learned in my counseling class so that I can write a paper on it. Or maybe you might want to give me info on fundraising and service projects so I can hand in my youth resource file, Or maybe you want to speak in swahilli so I can know my vocab for my final tomorow. what am I doing here? I have so much to do! Any way when im sick of everything, Ill check back and this thread will be really full. give me stories or whatever. Ok homework you must do hhomework.... When will it all be over?”

“Ooga mwa toonga dah sootoogoodoodah! OOL!”

“Você tem o sexo com desconhecido?”

“BTW -
Fund raising?
I gotta collect $1500.00 by MAY 10TH! to pay registration and hotel accomodations for myself and four VICA kids for this summer's Natl Conference in KC, MO. (We spent all our money attending the State Conference last weekend).

I'm here at school writing "begger letters" to my school's Partners In Education...
mebbe some of them will come off the hip...”

“Maybe you could auction that dog.”

“Ich gehe gern backpacking. Ich versuche, als viel als möglich zu werden. Der Wind, der durch das raschelt, verläßt. ..the Vögel chirping. Einen Lächeln auf mein Gesicht stellt nur an es denkend.”

“Quit hanging with Ice Tea!!!”

“O bacpac de senhor de LOL! Isso é bonito engraçado”

“Swahilli people! Does anyone speak swahilli or am i the only one? for some reason I think I may be alone on this one huh? Just remember when you all do an African safari to hire me as your interpeter! that is if i ever study...”

“What dog?”

“Eu estou contente você tenho um sentido de humor. Diga-me mais sobre yourself, switchback.”

“Gojo, I thought you were the dog sarabelle. Auction her to raise some cash.”

“why do tonight that which can be put off until tomorrow?”

“Gojo...better start washin' cars!
Another great fundraiser is a dog wash (no kiddin'!) and flea dip! People love to take their dogs with them...give 'em an event and they will come (with moolah!! cha-ching!)

We raised 500 dollars in a weekend one year warshin' dem dawgies...and X-mas time "Santa Paws" pictures rakes in at least a Grand).
moo-arf-arf-arf!

do:3”

“Hey, gojo, when are you gonna be in KC? I can tell you some sights to check out if you are in the mood for that.”

“gojo, you must have taken remedial swahili. It's not sootoogoodoodha. It's sootoogoodoodoo. It's all in how you conjugate, lol.”

“Isn't a kidney worth about $1500.00?”

“But......what about Woolworths?”

“?Donde esta Juan? Juan esta en la biblioteca con Jennifer Lopez.”

“paper is done... swahilli is still haunting me and you guys arent helping! does anybody really speak swahilli?
Jambo rafiki habari yako? njema kidogo? pole sana”

“Not sana, sauna, and it's not the Poles, it's the Finns! What are they teaching you kids these days!”

“alot of clicking(tongue off the roof of the mouth) and glottal stops, I believe. Study some back in the linguistics and cultural courses.”

“I've been not doing homework either. Come to think of it, I've been not doing homework all year long. Right now I'm not doing a researchpaper on educational practices/philosophies and their affects on minority children after the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling, compairing Dewey to Adler, to resegregation movements.”

“Oh barf Oldie. Who thinks up nasty stuff like that anyway???”

“Ohio gozaimasu! Zenbu de genki desu ka? Boku wa Nihongo de, joozu ja arimasen.”

“Ohio is Swahilli?”

“Yesterday Icouldn't spell teacher, to-day I are one. Actually, I think this is quantum communication and we are all the same people at different ages. Does that make sense?”

“Conjugate this ---> (_|_)”

“>:{}(_|_) chomp!

heheheh”

“The only languages I learned in college were FORTRAN and VISUAL BASIC, so much for an engineers well rounded education.”

“No, but I saw someone do it in my high school shop class.”

“Maryphil, actually it was a topic of my own choice. Educational philosophy is very interesting, and I would like to know more about theeffects of different teaching styles/methods on minority children so I can hopefully eventually implement the most effective method.”

“Oldie -
I do not think there is a "most effective method".

28 kids?
28 "most effective methods"!

Be prepared for mega frustration on a daily basis.
Do what you can, then go home.

Concentrate on disciplinary methods. Disclipline will require the lion's share of your time and energy. Start authoritatively, but be prepared to become authoritarian.

Be prepared for a collective luke-warm response from your students.

Hope for the best...
but expect the worst.
Teaching's a play,
and we're unrehearsed.

Most importantly - return for a second year...
it gets better.

BTW -
two weeks and two days!
WHOO-HOO!!”

“"Eusi Ha Habu"”

“Oldie, the best method is to treat them as human children, not as minorities.”

“I think you misunderstand me. I'm talking curriculum and general school environment rather than classroom management and individual relations. Group work/cooperative learning/progressive doctrine vs. Core curriculum vs. immersion schools. I'll be examining the academic success of minority children under these different schools of thought. I really like Adler's Core Curriculum ideas, but unfortuantely that method leaves out many opportunities to examine cultural differences and values and teachings.

I completly agree withyou Pekka, I'm not about to treat a child as a minority. I'll do the best I can with each of the children and try to provide for them the best I can as individuals. I hope that clears things up a little.

I just finished my last class as an undergrad this afternoon. Now I only have papers to write.”

“Are you folks talking CEU's? Man, I can't even remember what school was like. It was all one sleepless blur. You have something to look forward to adventuregirl, your education is just beginning and the breaks get shorter. Only thing is, they eventually pay YOU instead.

Then you can buy more GEAR!”

“I've seen Larry spit a bolus.
It looked like I assume Nafook looks like.”

“Caw - Caw!!”

“Ca ca?”

“If anyoone really cares, swahilli is actually a pretty easy language to learn. It is not a tonal language or a clicking language. See Swahilli is an African trade language that is known by most Africans especially in East Africa. So it is great language to learn if you plan to ever live in Africa. I have heard of the clicking languages, I believe that is south America though. Anyway Swahilli is not spoke much here in the states but It is good for if you ever travel to Africa, because it is spoken in most countries there. Anyway I thought you might all like a lesson on African linguistics. Hey and by the way I dont think I failed the test. And i handed in all my papers.”

“Ok, just to ensure that I have a presence on the thread where everyone is supposed to talk, here's a post to ponder. Those among us who have experienced those creaking joints and aching muscles will appreciate this little bit of Truth:

Inside of every old person is a young person, wondering what the hell happened.”

“Happened to what? I forgot what the hell I was supposed to be wondering about.”