interesting

i came across this from a friend's blog who teaches at a feeder school for Thurgood Marshall. I thought this video was informative and interesting.

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your name ms. work. i gonna call you ms. work from now on. --dear student

(i was quite pleased with this nickname at first. because i thought it was in reference to the fact that my students have to do actual work in my class. i later found out it has nothing to homework or classwork. im not entirely sure what this definition of "work" is, but i know that it makes teenage boys giggle in the most incriminating way. we all know that can't be good. the notion that my new nickname was referencing something else was cemented when they started snickering and i told him i was starting to think that meant something else, and that he should explain it to me. he completely avoided eye contact and he and the others fled the kitchen immediately.

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dear student:  sorry ms. booth, i had to go meet a raider. 

me:  i heard about that.  why is he here?

dear student:  i don't know. he's a backup.

me:  oh.

dear student:  he aint even that big.  he like this big.  (motioning with his hand at about head level)

me:  so i'm bigger than he is?

dear student:  no.  (with a puzzled look.)

stovalls

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dear student: ms. booth. you not gonna eat?
me: no, i'm just going to make sure everyone has everything they need.
dear student: well...do you want me to fix a plate for you?
me: no, I'll be ok.
dear student: so you can eat it later when you are at home?
me: no, thank you though.
(this student is so darling. he was one i was worried about on the first day of class. on parole & such. and aside from catching him carving a "XI" into a pie crust, he has been an absolute joy to have in class.) i'm not sure if he was going to follow with another "I" or a "V" and I'm not sure it matters.)

and

dear student: (quietly) um, ms. booth, do you think I could make up a plate to take home for my mom?
me: yes, that would be fine.
(i almost melted at this boy's tenderness for his mother.)

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we 'bout to pray up in here? i got a prayer for ya'll...--dear student before eating our thanksgiving feast

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(it was a q & a with new brishopric members)

primary 1st counselor:  does anyone have any other questions for him?

darling 4 year old girl: i just have 3 words for you:  mybirthdayisinfebruaryrightaftervalentimesday. 

 

(she was so cute, and this was so funny i almost died.) 

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he is a vagrant, dirty hippie, freeloader.

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i have a moothie smustache!!!!!  --dear student with berry goodness all over his upper lip

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dear student:  hey ms. booth.  wanna see an awesome picture?

me:  sure

dear student:  (holding his phone out with a picture of a dead raccoon.)

me:  ew.

dear student:  what?  what would you do if you saw a dead raccoon in the road?

other dear student:  uh...leave it there?

 

and

 

student #1:  look at my sister's halloween costume.  she was a witch.

student #2:  look at my brother's pet chinchilla.  his name is paul.  he is awesome. 

and

every place makes you have those value cards now. its like you gotta walk around with suitcase full of cards to get anything these days. --my dearest george

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me:  um, the one is backwards.  (on the bleacher decoration)

dear student:  no its not.

me: ...

dear student:  its supposed to be that way.  its...artistic. 

macaskill family

meg & i go back to BYU days. before moving back to CA. before reese & zoe. just a side note: every time i see her i wish my hair was red. =)

i rushed down to the south bay for photos after school one day last week, and on the way there i got SUPER nervous. i like i was unprepared. i hadn't "studied." i hadn't drawn out stick figure poses. i hadn't scoured other photographers sites like i often do. i was photographing a dear friend & the dearest people in her life, and the more i thought about it, the more unprepared i felt. ive photographed quite a few couples. they are easy. but little kids, while darling, are sometimes intimidating and not always easy, as i've learned firsthand in primary. so, here was equation: dear friend+talented photographer+kind, consenting husband+2 darling little girls under the age of 4+unfamiliar location and a somewhat persnickety camera=lots of butterflies.

meg picked the greatest location. here are a few of my favorites...












also, for some reason i can't get my blogger images to look the way they look on my smugmug. BOO. they are actually a lot more vibrant than they are here. click here for the rest of the images.