Comments for PAISIE'S PERUSALS

Comment on Welcome to the Cheetahs! by paisie

paisie — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:11:48 +0000

Justin – I’ll be in touch with Mrs. Armstrong. I think you’ll have to postpone your session with her, because the school system is requiring teachers to do a short Blackboard class about on-line security. I’ll send her the information I’m presenting to our teachers this coming Wednesday (you may get out early but we don’t!)
I am really happy you like Canage. Algebra II is a tough class, so I can imagine your brain is getting a good workout. Eighth grade, even at DDMS, is a lot of work. Keep in touch when you can. I may have to change this website address (due to that security issuse) but I’ll definitely keep in touch and let you know. I want to hear how your year goes!

Comment on Welcome to the Cheetahs! by theavidreader

theavidreader — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:12:47 +0000

Hello! Carnage is going WONDERFULLY for me. School starts at 7:30 and ends at 2:25, and on Wednesdays we are always let out an hour early. My classes are Spanish I, Social Studies, Geography, Geometry, Language Arts, Eighth Grade Science, and Algebra II. There are so many tests, quizzes, and projects, as well as loads of homework (and a year ago I was complaining about the amount of homework at 7th grade!). Ms. Armstrong is VERY nice.

The best part is, Ms. Armstrong is going to do blogs with us! On Tuesday I will stay after class to help Ms. Armstrong set up her blog. I’m not sure how to manage a teacher blog, so could you please tell Ms. Armstrong how to set up a teacher blog? Thanks!

Comment on Eating Out by theavidreader

theavidreader — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:37:39 +0000

I mean, once school started.

I hope you can have an easy time with your students! (not really like…last…year…)

Comment on Eating Out by theavidreader

theavidreader — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:36:48 +0000

Yeah. I realize that both my appetite and the typical American’s waste size is growing steadily.

Well, how is Davis Drive working out? Carnage is GREAT. I get to take Algebra II, which isn’t offered at Davis Drive (and so is Roy). Then there are tons of electives to choose from–I chose Spanish, Geography, and Biotechnology. I’m already making a few friends and getting to know the school floor plan a little! The bad part is that I have to wake up at 6:00 (bus comes to pick me up at 6:30). I can’t do it without my mom’s presence! My new LA teacher is Ms. Linda Armstrong (do you know her?)

Sorry for not blogging. Once school starts my schedule is unbelievably tight!!!

Comment on Playing Time by paisie

paisie — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:32:39 +0000

Hello Avid Reader – I sure will miss you next year in person, but we *can* still blog together, for sure. I’ll be keeping the posts as is, because I’d like to show my new classes all the neat stuff we can talk about, the kinds of topics that are good for blogging, and so on. Rest assured that if I change anything I will be sure to let you know. And I’m keeping the link to your blog, too. Who knows, maybe some of my new students will like to chat with a former student.

Comment on Playing Time by theavidreader

theavidreader — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:13:59 +0000

One question: When you’re going to be teaching at DDMS again, are you going to delete all the posts in this blog, delete this blog altogether, or create a new one? If you choose the third option, please give me the new address!

Comment on Playing Time by theavidreader

theavidreader — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:53:10 +0000

Oh wow, how coincidential. I was planning to post about how opposed I am to change. I realize that up to now, after almost two whole weeks, I still get up at 6:00, earlier than I normally do. I love classical music and classical styles, not the contemporary drums or stuff that Roy and Samuel like. And of course, my preferences haven’t changed (I have to admit I still indulge in childish stuff).

Comment on For our visitors from around the world: by paisie

paisie — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:35:31 +0000

(even though the picture shows Mrs. Paisie ‘wrote’ this, I cut and pasted this from my friend.:
Hi, I am Ms. Paisie’s friend, Rachel. I live in Oklahoma, but I am currently half way through a trip to Norway. We are on a ship called the Regent Seven Seas Voyager. We started in Copenhagen Denmark and have sailed all the way above the Arctic circle to a place called Nordcapp, which is supposed to be the northernmost spot of land in Europe. But the guys who said that calculated a little wrong, so it is almost but not quite the northernmost spot. It is only a few feet off, and the real spot is a few miles away. It was very cold and windy in Nordcapp, even in July. The highest temperature ever in history there was something like 60. We wore lots of clothing.

Yesterday we went to Tromso, the northernmost city in Norway. We went to a museum about the Norwegian polar explorers. They were very tough guys.

Today we are headed south. We will be in Norway 5 more days then we will arrive back in Copenhagen and come home.

Did you know the reason so many houses are painted red in Norway? In the olden days, red paint was cheap because it was made locally, whereas white paint had to be imported from Germany. So if you wanted everyone to think you were rich, but you really weren’t, you would paint the front of the house white and the sides red.

Comment on A Sweet Piece of History by theavidreader

theavidreader — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:19:52 +0000

Cool, if I was a cook I would try making them.
Yeah, Dianne Reem does. Which is why I like listening to her show

After the fifth straight country came on my blog (Serbia, after South Korea, China, Mexico, and France), I decided to expand my languages. So on my “Input & Visitors” page, I put four foreign languages

Comment on A Sweet Piece of History by paisie

paisie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:09:04 +0000

they are basically sugar and water with something to make them hard, plus a little flavoring. They come in a roll like a roll of quarters. In fact they’re about that size, too. NOT worth seeking out, by the way . Dianne Reem has a unique tone and enunciation, doesn’t she?