Snowmanpolooza

Look at all the great snow people! This is one flashy tie. That's about all I can say about the tie.

Here's one of those "It'll come back to haunt you" moments:

I taught 6th grade Social Studies for several years. It scared me at first, but I warmed up to as I found there really is some interesting stuff in ancient world history. At some point in the class we had to discuss South American geography. So, the highest lake in the world comes up as a topic. Lake Titicaca. Great name for a lake, but it is difficult for middle school students to handle. We discuss how it really doesn't mean anything and I give them permission to "giggle and get over it." We have even practiced saying it and not losing control. I had forgotten all about those moments, until tonight.

This evening Skyline High School hosted a Scholar's Bowl meet. I volunteered to be a moderator. I imagine you see where this is going. One of the questions started with, "Lake Titicaca is the largest..." (or something like that). It happened to be a match with Skyline students -kids that I taught when they were 6th grade Social Studies students. Needless to say their reaction was to laugh and giggle. One young lady was in tears. There was no way they could answer the question. As soon as the words Lake Titicaca came out of my mouth, they missed everything else. I about couldn't finish the question myself. I can only imagine what the other team was thinking. It's probably a good thing I don't have my own classroom anymore...