Thursday, November 20, 2008

All in a Day's Work


As a reward for selling lots of magazines, we had a special performance at a school wide assembly. The Acrodunkers came all the way to Smithton to show off their impressive dunking skills as well as some hilarious dance moves. With the help of a small trampoline under the basket these three guys did some awesome stunts while dunking the ball. It was one of those moments where I wished someone could see how funny this job can be. The gym was steamy from all the bodies and there was music blaring and these players were dancing around the gym giving the kids intense looks.

The hilarious part was they forced several teachers to come out and compete in a dance off. In an effort to be overlooked, I pretended to be in conversation with another teacher, avoiding eye contact with the acrodunkers, hoping to fly under the radar. Sure enough though, my students were loud and persistent, "Mrs. Jaeger, put her in!" So I was one of four other teachers who were forced to humiliate ourselves for the sake of QSP orders. I will say that I won the dance off. My only regret: I did not bust out "hips on a string."

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Check out my school website!

I am participating in EnTICE, this technology professional development program within my district. I've got a website that I've been working on.

Check out my class website with student work included:
service.columbia.k12.mo.us/sjaeger

On another note, November must be a hard month for educators. The tensions are high at school and people, myself included, seem stressed. The kids are ready for a break, I'm ready for a break. There are days were I dream about what it would be like to show up for work and just roll with the punches, deal with whatever comes across my desk as opposed to my role now as the director of my classroom. I prescribe almost every minute of my day. I never get to come to school and say, "you know, I've got nothing planned, lets just take it easy today."

I guess jobs like that might lack the creativity and mental engagement that my job demands. I would miss that, and I'd also miss the moments in your day where you just laugh because you're doing something absurd, or a kid is saying something ridiculous. Those moments are pretty priceless.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Birthoween













Chris and I celebrated my friend, Sarah's, birthday last night with a Birthoween party. Combining two great concepts, we had a blast and really loved some of the costumes our friends came up with!


From the Top:
Glenn- Oak Park is too irresistible, who wouldn't want to be an Oakie for Halloween?
Noelle as Juno, everyone's favorite pregnant teen.
Chris and I went as salt and pepper shakers.
Quinn, Katherine, Me, Amy, and Sarah
Katherine and Patrick- Another well done Juno reference.
Branden and Sarah- Christmas spirit

Homecoming... Belated
















Chris and I scored some fantastic tickets to the Mizzou homecoming game last weekend. I had intentions of posting these several days ago but time has not been on my side lately!