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food borne outbreak is when food borne illness spreads quickly in nearby individuals.  exsample:  in a diner, an old man is eating scrambled eggs unaware they contain salminela.  he accidentaly coughs in a truck driver's sandwitch.  the truck driver takes a hazardous bite of his sandwitch.  --dear student's test answer

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lets get her...--dear seminary student after i had them look for the book of zenock

cass + shawnie = sophia so soon....

love them and can't wait to meet her...

meg

my dear, lovely friend meg.

quotes of the day

id bet my salvation on it --william chiu

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me: where did you get all of this? (referring to the bags of zippers, elastic, fabric, trim and lace
parent: a sweat shop we shut down in daly city... (by this he means dumpster diving)

gentleman everywhere...

while waiting for my hair to dry before snuggling up for the night, i came across this little gem. i kind of just ignored the kennedy hairdo segment (as i dont really have an opinion on it) but i loved the list. loved loved loved it. and im not even from the south. i'd guess there are many ladies that would agree with me. so, gentleman everywhere, please take note.

how cute...

is this daddy daughter moment?

he didn't even get mad. he just hugged her and laughed and said "thats ok."

it reminds me of when my dad painstakingly got 3 mini fishing poles ready to cast...and when he finally did, and handed each of us back our pole, he then instructed, "ok...throw 'em in!" and we did. all three of those poles. instead of overhead casting, we just "threw 'em in." just like dad instructed. only, right. into. lake elizabeth. sorry dad. =)

quotes of the day

he had nothing...and was like, hecka homeless. --dear student referring to chris gardner

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for example, if one day i am mad and somebody tries to talk to me i would sound like a b*tch or push them away ot not talk a lot. --dear student in his explanation of what the "cloud" represents on his self concept collage

my mother...

rocks.

here is a text from her today...

"Woot woot (That is the highest expression of excitement i know)"

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nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. --plautus

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its the asian version of macaroni & cheese-- my dear roommate said of her rice & egg w/ soy sauce

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i hope you choke on her muffin top--dear female student to dear male student

backrow basics

today we heard from one of my quiet, backrow gamers. in his collage presentation, he'd just finished telling the class how spiderman revolutionized the comic book world because of greater character depth of the antagonists than ever before when he started describing his favorite movie as being "overly cheesy but still WAY epic." this dear student is normally quite the observer, but he absolutely came alive as he told his classmates of all the exciting parts of his self-concept collage, and how they referred back to his love of comic books and video games, as well as yoda and darth vader, "because it might be lovely and crazy and romantic, but i really believe that good should overpower all." everyone was so attentive, and quiet and kind. i was so proud. of both my presenter and his audience.

addendum: after reflecting on this experience over the last little bit, i remembered that this is not entirely accurate. i did catch two of my senior boys giving each other the mocking, smiling "really?" looks. i gave them a look as well. they quieted their expressions and got through the presentation attentively and respectfully. in the end, everything was fine. but i was nervous for a minute.

happy weekend

i just slept in until 8:02 AM. it was glorious. sleeping in makes my heart happy. so does this youtube video.



happy weekend. (thanks joshy for sharing it with me.)

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me: remember how i'm a snitch?
dear student: dont worry, don't worry...i keep it clean with ms. booth on the scene.

dad + music = awesome.

driving to school today i heard higher love by steve winwood (who, btw i pronounced "stevie" winwood until being corrected this summer. how embarassing.) some music just reminds me of my dad. usually it was popular anywhere between 20 and 30 years ago...and i can either recall him singing along with the radio or doing some funky (albeit totally reserved) white boy dance moves. this song is no exception. he does this thing where he kind of punctuates the rythym of whatever song we're listening to with deliberate head bobs and non-fluid movements his hands...and for some reason it reminds me of sebastian from little mermaid. which, i think is pretty awesome.

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how bout them cougs??? those mormon boys beat the s*** out of OK on saturday. did you watch the game? im supporting them because of you. --tom

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i'd be a 13.--dear seminary student when talking about his place on the obedience continuum. (and 13 was at the GOOD end.)

high school happenings

i was walking to the front of the room right after the bell rang and i noticed that someone kindly placed a condom on my tardy log. i did a double take and then casually turned to see if any of my kids were watching. and, of course they were. so i ignored it and proceeded with the lesson. i got them started on their activity and then went back and quietly threw it in the trash, without any comment. some things deserve to be talked about. and then, there are other things, that i think kids set in motion for shock value or to be funny or create a stir. i felt this was one of those things. so, to their quiet dismay, we didnt even talk about it.

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I have done so much, with so little, for so long, that I feel I can always do anything with nothing. --Mr. Luis's email signature

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speedy is that you? --my tennyson security

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Sorry Jackie, I can't talk right now, my eggplants are ready to harvest. --dave, on the business of the FB farmville app

quotes of the day

can i get started on my work? i couldn't find out about my kit because i couldn't show my mom the list. her and MY DAD went out to dinner. --dec arts student

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can we draw it? --dear 14-year old seminary student, upon asking the class to list parts of the plan of salvation. this made my little heart sing. i wanted to say, "yes, my dear! i'd love for you to draw it! that is what i wanted to ask all along!" but instead i just smiled and said, "uh huh. that would be great."

Read up.

This is a fabulous article that I read about a month ago. I've been looking for it online ever since and just came across it. I couldn't post it fast enough.
Is There Hope for the American Marriage? I plan to use it in my Independent Living Class. Any thoughts on discussion topics? Did I mention I think this article rocks?