I had a LEGO drive for my classroom, since we're doing a Maker Space overhaul. Gave kiddos in the school a week to bring me any amount of old or new LEGOs for a chance at a 10$ Walmart gift card.
The sheer generosity of some of these students completely blows my mind. All in all, I easily made out with 1000$ worth of LEGOs. A little bit of background: Our school has about 230 kiddos, 3yo - 5th grade. Our school receives free lunch credits for every student due to our socio-economic numbers and such. It was an absolutely amazing week.
One kiddo, in particular, brought me (and a couple other teachers) to tears. This kiddo has a rough life. Super impoverished, they struggle to put food on the table. He won a gift card during our christmas shenanigans, and his family used it to buy food for the table.
He brought me three new in the box LEGO sets (two mini sets and a standard classic box - probably about a 40-50$ total). When I asked if they had went out and bought new stuff, he said, "Nah. I got these for Christmas, but I don't play with LEGOs a lot, and I know you do. So I wanted you to have them."
I. Lost. It.
You had better be damn sure I'm rigging this contest so he gets a prize. (I'm adding two more giftcards due to the amount of participants.)
Spent the whole evening watching these calming cooking lessons. The softer, nature-y side to Chinese culture that was mostly destroyed by communism/industrialisation
Knocked my RA interview out of the park. If I don't move forward, just means others knocked it out a bit farther. Still, my improvement in interviews is noticeable!!!
The Divine voice of Twilight echoes in your head, "See that it is. I espy a tithe of potential in your mortal soul, Astarod Blackstone. Let us hope that it flourishes and does not falter as so many do."
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
Yesterday I got the approval on a one bedroom apartment and I pick up the keys on Friday.
Those that know me (or remember my years of ranting) will understand how much of a big deal this is.
.....and it has air conditioning.
(D.M.A.): Cooper says, "Kyrra is either the most innocent person in the world, or the girl who uses the most innuendo seemingly unintentionally but really on purpose."
Totally on cloud nine right now. I was nominated for teacher of the year in our district! There are others, and I probably won't get it. Pretty sure we're all voting for the physics teacher at the highschool; he was recently diagnosed with pretty aggressive cancer, and he's one of the best teachers ever. He definitely deserves it!
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The sheer generosity of some of these students completely blows my mind. All in all, I easily made out with 1000$ worth of LEGOs. A little bit of background: Our school has about 230 kiddos, 3yo - 5th grade. Our school receives free lunch credits for every student due to our socio-economic numbers and such. It was an absolutely amazing week.
One kiddo, in particular, brought me (and a couple other teachers) to tears. This kiddo has a rough life. Super impoverished, they struggle to put food on the table. He won a gift card during our christmas shenanigans, and his family used it to buy food for the table.
He brought me three new in the box LEGO sets (two mini sets and a standard classic box - probably about a 40-50$ total). When I asked if they had went out and bought new stuff, he said, "Nah. I got these for Christmas, but I don't play with LEGOs a lot, and I know you do. So I wanted you to have them."
I. Lost. It.
You had better be damn sure I'm rigging this contest so he gets a prize. (I'm adding two more giftcards due to the amount of participants.)
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Tecton-Today at 6:17 PM
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
Those that know me (or remember my years of ranting) will understand how much of a big deal this is.
.....and it has air conditioning.
Totally on cloud nine right now. I was nominated for teacher of the year in our district! There are others, and I probably won't get it. Pretty sure we're all voting for the physics teacher at the highschool; he was recently diagnosed with pretty aggressive cancer, and he's one of the best teachers ever. He definitely deserves it!
OUR TSS FINALLY INSTALLED MINECRAFT EDUCATION EDITION ON MY COMPUTERS!
dude my kids don't even know what's about to happen to them
That or socks in sandals with a monitor clasped around the ankle