Roque-n-Role

Just some smidgens this evening.

Laughing:  At Alexandre, a 6th-grader I called up to the board.  He actually sniffed the whiteboard marker I gave him, as if to test to see if it had a buzz-giving odor. 

Wondering:   If English textbooks will ever stop using the word "pussycat."  Do English people really say that?  This morning I almost said "J'ai une chatte" with my 8th graders.  Chatte is a slang term for -- yep -- p/ussy.   They snickered.  It was kind of hard not to laugh.  But then if you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?  Aside from marker-sniffing 11-year olds, of course.

Thinking:  Teaching six hours in one day is tiring. 

Proud:  Of my own children.  My daughter is in the middle of evaluations, and she got some grades today.  The French grade out of 20, and in math she has 20, 19, and 15.  (Average is 10, of course).  In history she got 20/20. 

I just had to save the best for last. 

Comments

[Allan]

Awesome on the grades. Good for her.

It's a testament to your great parenting.

[Seuss]

That's AWESOME on your daughter's grades! Way to go daughter, and way to go you!

[FATGUY]

SCIENCE PRO OR POLYTECHNIQUE WHEN IN SHE GETS TO HS..
YOU'LL HAVE TO MOVE TO ILE DE FRANCE 75,78,91

[Alison]

It's Sciences Po... for Politiques. But I bet you knew that.

Oh, and I really don't want to live in the 75, 91, 92. Or 93 or 94 for that matter, thanks. ;-)

[madame l.]

FiL has a dirty old plastic soap dispenser next to the sink. seriously 70s. guess what the name of this soap is? chatte. i chatte you not. i will take a picture and post it. so disgusting. grimy once white plastic. ugghhhh *shudder*

[Geoffrey]

Very well done to your daughter - excellent work!!
Of course - the same to her parents for facilitating this achievement through a difficult time.

And a small salute of recognition to the solvent sniffer - myself at that age!!

[Denise]

Good to see that your superior intellect has been passed along to your offspring!