Finally an Update

OK they much awaited for and much needed update. Sorry for the big gap. This first part will be the August update and then just a little of September.

One Sunday in the beginning of August, we took a work trip to escape as a group to a river up the ways. With lots of food to barbeque and enough beer we were set. I was totally stoked that Kevin, one of the guys that I work with, brought his two daughters, one of which is a student of mine, because it really turned it into a family function. It reminded me a lot of the family reunion in Gulfport and any big weekend in Nac, the perfect blend of fun, beer, water, and children's laughter. We had a blast and made sure to top it off with pizza when we got home.

Everyone on the bus.

Base camp.

Mr. Bae, Me and Walter with our beers and our feet in the water.

Burger time.

Grilling time.

Kevin tossing the girls around.

Amy, Kate and Sara.

Amy and Rachel with Jonathan in the background.

Sara and me.

Me and the two ladies that kept yelling at us for diving.  It didn't stop us, we just waited until they took bathroom breaks.

Me and Walter.

Who has two thumbs and had fun today?  This guy!!!

I talked the parking guy into letting me play with his directing stick.  He let me take a picture, but he  insisted that I wasn't allowed to park a car.

At the end of the term we had to say goodbye to Law, who was filling in for some gaps on our staff for the end of the summer term. I made a nice batch of chili for his goodbye party at work, then we topped it off with bowling. We had a blast at the alley and decided that we didn't want the night to end and so we went for a 1am soup run.

Rachel's having fun and give's the big thumbs up next to Law.

Me and Kevin.

The gang.

Mmmm mushrooms, kimchi and soup.  

Post soup restaurant wrestling.

Yes 3 people can spoon together.

The new term has started. I have a nice blend of classes and I've been trying some new methods with these students for motivation and classroom management. I've seen some progress. I used to right all my grades down last term before I put them into the computer, but I used scratch paper. So if it didn't get put in within a week then there was usually a problem. This term I bought these basic spirals for each class and I've been tracking the progress of each student and with how the classes are going in each one. It takes a little extra work, but I saw the benefit last week when a parent visited and I opened the book and could point to quiz grades, homework completion and how exactly the student was doing. The other plus side was the parent brought me this awesome cheese bread doughnut thing. It was DELICIOUS!!!

Mmmm so delicious.  Cheddar cheese on the outside and there was a little mozzarella on the inside.