A New Year’s Resolution for Our Country?

I tried to upload this Teacher Tube video, but, was unsuccessful.  So, please use this to get to it.  A message so powerful it touched me very deeply. 

This is what I did today…

…I made a raisin buttermilk pound cake for my family.  It’s a very tasty pound cake.  Mom wanted something with raisins, and wasn’t convinced that rolling raisins in flour before adding them to the batter would work. Mom’s experience with raisins and cake is that the raisins sank to the bottom. But, the flour trick did [...]

Miss Profe’s Film Faves: Good Guys, Bad Guys, Chills and Thrills

1. Taxi Driver. Robert DeNiro at his best. Some of the best lines spoken that have made their way into the lexicon. My fave: “You talkin’ to me?”
2. The Birds. Ok. Not only am I a girl-geek, but I am also a Hitchcock fan. Tippi Hedren is fantastic in this film. And the [...]

Seven Things Meme

I was tagged by several of my partners in crime blogfriends.  And, since some time has passed, I figured that I had better get on with it.
1. I moved into my first apartment at age 31.  The apartments in which I resided during my two year stint at a boarding school don’t count.  And, they were rather [...]

¡Feliz Cumpleaños a Mi Blog!

Today is my blog’s birthday!!!
A year ago today, I wasn’t sure where this blog thing would lead.  A year later, I look back reflectively, and I look ahead with new goals and directions in mind.
Thank you to everyone - loyal readers and drop-ins - who have supported me throughout the year. Without you, there would [...]

Thursday Thirteen #10: Resolutions for 2008!

1. Limit my visits to the Teacher’s Lounge.  I noticed after doing some blog housecleaning recently that it’s my biggest tag cloud.  
 2. Work out at least 3x per week.  I fell off the workout wagon when I had my GI problems last winter. 
3. Blog more regularly re: teaching and learning - Spanish in particular and language in general. 
4. [...]

What Constitutes Work?

Learning a language is a most demanding enterprise. It requires skills that many of our students have not developed well from an early age: critical thinking, collaborating, self-learning and self-teaching, among others. I have discovered that students who have not learned and developed these skills from an early age tend to function the least [...]

Merry Christmas! ¡Feliz Navidad!

Wishing everyone a safe and joyous holiday.

The Wrap

No, this isn’t a post about wrapping gifts, although I do have a bookoo of gifts stacked almost to the ceiling that I need to wrap.  I’ll do it when I get to my Dear Parents’ house.
 I’m referring to the week that just ended.  The students were remarkably controlled and cooperative, despite the fact that [...]

Getting Into the Christmas Spirit

Well, actually, I’ve been in the spirit.  All of my Christmas gifts have been purchased.  A confirmed Internet shopper, 2007 marks the 11th consecutive year that I have purchased my Christmas gifts online.   And, although thoroughly exhausted, I managed to get out my Christmas cards this afternoon.  In fact, I just popped them into the [...]