March Already

I won the speech contest. My competition--the other two speechs were so depressing and I did send around a box of Thin Mints, so that might have bribed the judges a little. My class is down to a manageable size, but be careful what you wish for: I have three or four very gung ho students--definitely pre-law, who challenge every single thing I do or say. Talk about keeping on your toes. I already miss my do nothing students (almost). I had to take an "inservice" training about teaching career essentials yesterday. The speaker actually taught one of the lessons that we are to teach to the students. The subject was Harrassment and it seems like important, interesting material, but I was seriously afraid I'd start snoring. I was so sleepy and bored and unable to keep my eyes open. I played sudoko the whole time even and still my eyes were closing. Imagine what the kids will be going through. I think I'll make it a research project to actually look up the underlying laws against harrassment to see just how complex and scary the whole subject really is. I'm reading their essays about their interests and quite a few are interested in criminal law. I wish I had a mock trial for a criminal case--that's what I need to find (because I really have too much time on my hands).

TTFN