It has been very mild, although still very windy most days. That simply means that the surfaces all freeze into sheets of ice. I have finally found my ice trackers, but not before having fallen at least six times. I have a very sore right knee now, but I am persevering. Heat and ice and some Advil are working well.
We had a lot of fun yesterday with my grade 11 Math class. The students have had to learn about income, time cards, budgets and expenses, and they have earned a "salary" as information processing technicians since the start of school. Yesterday we wrapped it all up, and held a huge auction to allow them to spend their "savings". I made brownies, all sorts of cookies, banana bread and cake. I had iPod Friday coupons, 15-minute free time coupons, Steve Spangler science goodies, and one each of a full day free time (including exclusion from homework that day) and one iPod Friday until the end of term. The scene was set...
Upon arrival, which had been VERY eagerly awaited, the students received a bidding paddle and a sheet to track their "withdrawals" as they won items. A fun demo of the science goodies, and we were underway. What a riot! The bidding was fast and furious, students laughing hysterically, and the oddest thing going for huge bids...the first brownie went for not too high a price until Timothy bit into it and made a mock swoon of ecstacy. The next ones went for many times the first bid, LOL! When the free time all day coupon came up, Daisy jumped up and yelled, "500 DOLLARS!" for the opening bid. Everyone laughed so hard no one else could bid and she got it. Some of the science goodies went for many "hundreds" of dollars. Tim popped in to see what all the laughter was and said later that he had never seen them have so much fun.
The grade 7's have been off lately. One of them wrote a rather miserable thing on the wall about another student, and everyone proclaimed their innocence. So today I had them copy a sentence out 5 times that had each of the words in a different sentence. Then I told them I was like CSI and was going to do a handwriting analysis to match it to the culprit's handwriting. Suddenly three kids felt an urgent need to go out and scrub the wall...Bwa ha ha, Stealth Mom strikes again! Don't mess with a mom, kids! Hee hee! There are days I tell them that I have eyes in the back of my head, and put my glasses on the back of my head , which gives them no end of giggles.
For Dad...
Yep, damned dark when I go to school and when I go home...
Anyhow, 16 days and with good luck Kivalliq Air will fly, safely, and I will land in Winnipeg before heading to Regina for Christmas with my family. Ho, ho, ho-ping for good weather, LOL! TTFN!
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