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Wednesday, November 2, 2005

Once we lose the love for life and humanity, we are pretty much toast......

I thought it would be cute to look up etymologies of people, places and events in Harry Potter Land. Today, at school, we will follow up on yesterday's book talk where we established good and evil as a major theme in HP. Everyone could see easily that there was good magic and dark magic. We... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 1, 2005

My Surreptitious Date with Ariala -- The Dirt and the Splendor!............

Well, I had the best day today! With the second half of "Azkaban", the entirety of "Secret Chamber" and the first 175 pp. of "Half-blood Prince" tape recorded, my students kept themselves busy reading all day. It was all they could do to get their grammar lessons done. I feel sorry for the real... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 30, 2005

JK Rowling fantasizes in literature, creating a world where sex is OK .....

Tonight I finished recording the last few chapters of Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets. My students will be able to read the entire book. That may wind up being my best contribution to them for the year. My friend at school gave me HP #6 entitled HalfBlood Prince. I have begun recording it on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Early British groups seem to have made their music slightly more evolved

Tonight the girls had to be taken to the movies, of course, so my friend and I stopped in at the new 50's diner I wrote about last week. I had stated that since there were two of the three waitresses that spoke Spanish, I felt as though I were in 1958 Albequerque rather than in 2005 Des Moines.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 29, 2005

Over half of my class has attempted to read a Harry Potter book...........

Tonight I am enlisted to drive as the teenagers want to go to the movies and blow off some steam. My goal is to slip away to Barnes and Noble to see if I can stump the CD gal. B & N has the best record department in town. They do not advertise, but I can tell you that in the past year, whether it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 28, 2005

Always on Fridays. Gosh!

What a hoot. Remember me telling you that everything happens on Fridays? Well, just to bring you up to date, my partner has been given a room of her own and she is happy down there. She is a good lady, a good teacher and her students like her. But her teaching style and mine do not mix. Oil and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 27, 2005

You find in the end that the war was not necessary...OK....................

The next time I read an article entitled "Vietnam, Never Again" or "It's 1972, People!" I am going to lay down my arms. At twenty-six I'm a coward. I am asked to go to the movies -- "The Deer Hunter". I say no. I am afraid. I am queazy about war and do not understand what is happening. I will stay... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Today was one of the great days. We are making breakthroughs with everyone!

I had no idea how long it would take for even the most avid Harry Potter ESL children to read the first hundred pages HP #2! I told Joseph today that if he was not finished with the third tape, that I didn't have homework. He said he has just started it. So that gives me a twenty-four hour reprieve.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Nothing, vis-a-vis Walter Mitty's global warming/Kevin Kosner comment......

After four hours and forty-five minutes in game three, I fell assleep and have no idea, as of this writing, who won! But I enjoyed the game. I kept saying over and over, if this Astros team cannot step to the plate and get hits consistently, then they do not deserve to win. I kept reminding myself... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Well, Walter Mitty signing off! I will run upstairs, pull on my pants (not forget the belt again!), and run out to the hovercraft. Just a few more weeks of this kind of season and Kevin Kosner's "Waterworld" will come true. Could they be right? Is the world going to be covered by the oceans again... Sign in to see full entry.

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