sick days

so i thought that a sick day could double as a "catch up on your work at home" day... yeah, no dice.

it's just such a waste when you're indoors on such a nice day, you feel the need to be productive. especially since monday and tuesday for me were spent indoors at the CEC. incidentally, i went to 4 breakout sessions at that conference. i learned this:

- that www.wordle.net is a cute idea.
- that daily physical activity for classrooms looks dorky but it's fun.
- that nowadays, children need to be taught how to involve their parents in their lives (by having dinner together and sparking conversation).
- that children from K-3 learn algebraic thinking easily with simple repetition (probably works with other concepts too).
- that closing keynote speaker sister claire from boston touched on some good points about catholicism and education, but she's gotta curb her rambling (30min overtime is TOO long).

good, but not the best things i could have pulled out of an annual 2 day conference.

today, in the comfort of my bed, i learned:

- that the Net Generation is not the dumbest, but the smartest generation so far.
- that all teachers are good teachers. it's just that there are so few who are open to change, adaptation, and innovation.
- that helping someone is different from enabling someone, be they adult or child.
- that love conquers all... but if you're doing something for someone you love and it sucks, love won't make it suck less.

just to clarify, that last one didn't happen in my bed. i wrote it in cuz i had to get out of my comfy bed.

enough blogging for now... back to "work".