Yesterday was the anniversary of Dr. Seuss' birthday. One of the things I love about my schools is that they have fun. The staff has fun, and the students have fun. I've worked in some schools where they didn't believe kids could learn by having fun. It was all business.
Yesterday, the students were encouraged to dress up as their favorite character from a Dr. Seuss book. There were a lot of Cindy Lou Whos and a lot of Things roaming the halls. I really wanted to take pictures of the kids, because some of them did a really good job with their costumes, but I had to resist the temptation and not take any. Of the kids, anyway.
Here's the special ed teacher who had the "run in" with Kenny Chesney a couple of weeks ago:
Even the volunteers got into the action:
He was nice enough to let me take his picture, knowing it was going on my blog! In his words: "I've been blogged!"
I had to take a picture of the special ed teacher's bulletin board:
They've done an excellent job with their board this year!
Do you remember doing anything special on March 2nd to commemorate Dr. Seuss' birthday? If not, what about your kids?
Yes, I stole the title from Joyce...again. It's much easier than trying to rack my brain to think of one. This week's questions:
1. March 2nd is Dr. Seuss's birthday so I'm wondering...do you like green eggs and ham? Okay-how about this instead...how do you like your eggs? Or don't you?
I don't think I've ever had green eggs, but I've had ham. And I love country ham on biscuits in the morning, but the only time I get it is when I'm at CH's Aunt Jane's house. Give me scrambled eggs, please, unless I'm getting an omelet
2. Is March coming in like a lion or something less ferocious where you live?
March is coming in like a lamb, but Monday was CRAZY. Tornado watches and warnings (not where I was, though), and floods. There was film of a man kayaking down a major street in the big city Monday evening. That's not something you see every day!
3. Do you work better or worse under pressure?
Worse. I need time to think.
4. March Madness-are you a fan? It's college basketball in case you're wondering. And if you're outside the USA tell us-is there any sort of 'madness' taking place during March in your part of the world?
The only time I'm a fan is if UT or the Lady Vols are involved. Once they're out, I could care less. However, if an underdog does well, I will watch until they're out. One year, my alma mater made it to the Sweet 16...that was a HUGE accomplishment because it's a small school.
5. Under what circumstances do you do your best thinking?
I've already established that I need time to think. (See #3) I do a lot of thinking while I'm driving to school or back home. I also do quite a bit of thinking in the shower.
6. What item of clothing from your wardrobe do you wear most often?
Ummmmm....underwear. (hee, hee!)
7. Do you use sarcasm?
No, never. (See #6...is that sarcasm?)
8. Insert your own random thought here.
We've CH has gotten started on the hall bathroom (Where's that 'inconvenience' question when y ou need it?). He went yesterday and got the tile. Here's what it looks like now:
Hopefully it will all be done within the week...having 1 bathroom isn't a whole lot of fun. At least when we had our shower tiled, we still had use of the toilet and sink! Only in E. Tn.:
It seems like the tornado event in CH's hometown was an eternity ago. The severe weather we had yesterday was a brutal reminder of what a witch Mother Nature can be.
It's hard to believe that just 4 years ago, a tornado took the lives of 8 people, with 6 of those people being young men and women who had just begun to live. A school is suppose to be a safe place; the 6 who died were seeking refuge in the "third hall". There were reports of angry parents wanting to know why school wasn't let out early because of the warning of bad weather. Honestly, if the kids had been sent home, I think there would have been many more lives lost that day. We all know how kids are: they would have gone to a friend's house (that may not have been standing after the tornado) and played video games, or have been at the local hangout.
Life has gotten back to normal in that town, a "new normal", if you will. Life has gone on...different from before, but it has continued. And the town has thrived. And they have not forgotten. If you've never been to the town, upon first glance you wouldn't notice anything. My MIL has a "new and improved" biergarten, a new house next door and across the street, and my MIL's plants are growing. But if you really look, the evidence is still there. Little reminders of what happened 4 years ago.
Below is a video from the first day of school in August. That was the first day that any of the students had a school to call their own: they had been going to school at the jr. college in town. Take special notice of the Wildcat on the floor in the foyer; it's the same one that was in the old school. Just in case you can't make out what the retired teacher is saying, she says that "no one walks on the wildcat". When President Bush visited the school after the tornado, the president of the SGA grabbed his elbow as he was about to walk on it, and told him, "nobody walks on the wildcat."
My heart goes out to those families who lost loved ones. Please remember them today as you go through your daily routine.
