Free to good home

I wanted to try this technique, called cathedral windows, so I made this pillow.

It turned out slightly poopy, and doesn't match anything in my house. I covered the most poopy parts with buttons.

Anybody want it? You can have it for free! (Without the pillow form)

We went

to New York City. A long time ago. I put the rest of the pictures on my facebook because I'm too lazy to blog them.
It's the end of the school year, I'm tired.

Special Request

I've had a call for more stories. Nothing exciting has happened the last couple of weeks--the kids and I are tolerating each other until TAKS review is over. So this is from last year.

A, a male student, asks to go to bathroom.

Me: Ok

A: Can G (another male) come with me?

Me: No

A: Why not?

Me: Because you're a big boy

A: MRS. JENSEN!! IT'S NOT GONNA SHAKE ITSELF!!

Torpedoes

Last week, I had the pleasure of giving the TAKS test. During a break from my 6 HOURS of staring at children (that your tax dollars pay for, by the way. Thanks.) I went to Chipotle for some lunch. I saw a former student, who is currently taking calculus at the high school, at Chipotle with his mother.

Me: Hey, P.

P: Hey, Mrs. J. This is my mom.

Me: Nice to meet you. So, P, how is calculus going?

P: Mr J. has torpedoes for nipples!! And he says a lot of things that can be taken sexually. Like one time, he told us we had to really straddle the problem and tweak it a little bit.

Me: silence

P's mom: Well, it was certainly nice to meet you. P really enjoyed PreCal last year.

Perceptions

I have an ESL Algebra I class, which means I teach math and try to improve English skills at the same time. Every day they get a warm-up to start with. Here's an example of one I gave:

Remember, these kids don't know English. Don't judge.

Well, a student in PreCalculus came in and saw the warm up on the board, so he thought he would participate:

Ah, the calculator watch makes another appearance...

Sunday Sewing

One of my finer teaching moments

immortalized forever.