Woo-hoo!

• First of all, the storms are gone! And, it didn't get as bad as they originally thought. Last week was MUCH worse. Let's just say today, we are in the middle of a lesson stressing the differences in reference materials (they ALWAYS miss those questions on the benchmark!), and a student yells, "THAT'S THE TORNADO SIREN!" I calmly say, "Don't worry. If there was anything to worry about, we would head into the hallway." (We had already gotten our emergency weather email from the principal about what to do and to stay calm no matter what!) So, no sooner are these words out of my mouth than the classroom across the hallway is filing out into the hall in tornado position. Well, great! hee-hee! I shouldn't of said only worry THEN! Really, they did great - only one cried! But, I would have hated to be a kindergarten or 1st grade teacher today. We were in the hall for 30 minutes, and they were scared and crying! Gotta love the babies...by the way, I could never teach kindergarten and think they deserve higher pay or yearly bonuses! ha!
• In other news today, I got my grade back for my research paper......96% A!!!!!! Did you hear me scream? I am so happy! I have one small assignment and a final left - only two weeks left!!! Thank you so much for encouraging me to stick with it! I am almost finished, and I have learned more from this class than any other Master's class I have taken!