Thursday, December 8, 2011

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Comparing Auschwitz to New Jersey

Although I was immediately engaged by the luster of the glittery gel pen , I quickly remembered that this letter my student was writing was about the book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. In case you haven't read it, it's about a boy who moved from Berlin, Germany to Auschwitz, Poland. For some reason, this little darling confused Auschwitz with New Jersey. I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried!

Monday, December 5, 2011

Officially Blogging

I know what you are thinking. Another whining, complaining blog coming from an over sharer. Although all those things are true about me. This will be a place for me to share some of the hilarious and heartwarming anecdotes and one liners, I have been privy to as a middle school teacher.

On Friday, In a paper entitled- "What does it mean to be American?"
       "If you don't believe in Santa, then you are not American."