English Language Development

Teacher, why do you smell like the wind?

Hmmm.....perhaps all my communing with nature has paid off and we have now become one!  Or maybe not... ;-)

Analogy

YOU ARE is to WHAT YOU EAT as 

YOU ARE is to WHO YOU WORK WITH???

If the above is even remotely true, I'm turning into a 6 year old.

Fact 1:  I'm no longer able to pay attention to any one thing for longer than 10 minutes.

Fact 2:  I am unable to sit still AT ALL.

Fact 3:  I am increasingly impulsive.

Fact 4:  I like art projects a lot.

The above character developments came together recently as I attended a professional development session.  I spent the day being trained on a method of teaching English Learners, and Fact 1 made itself apparent 10 minutes into the 6 hour day.  Usually, I just draw (and color) pictures and/or write silly letters to Robb.  This time, as the urge to use the scissors in the materials box overcame me (see Fact 3), my coworker asked me if I knew how to cut out paper doll strings.  I quickly demonstrated the art of doll cutting, and we were off.

How was I supposed to know she would get so excited?  Seriously - she was bouncing in her seat with joy!  Her enthusiasm spread, and throughout the day we cut out enough shapes to create some "art" (see Fact 4). 

So yes, it was a great training meeting.  And yes, I kept myself occupied (clearly).  And this is what we ended up with:

Hey - even the presenter congratulated us on our creativity!  (After commenting that we MUST be lower grade teachers.....) ;-)