Weblog » Tags » jerbs (all)

  • the stages of teaching

    I am somewhere between stages 4 and 5. This is why I haven't been returning calls/emails/etc. Phase 1 You are listening to jazz -- Your first day at work is great. Your fellow teachers are wonderful, your classroom …

  • my reality check bounced.

    So I'm not always entirely sure why I'm doing what I'm doing. I probably should have chosen a profession that doesn't involve people. Following a particularly dreadful failure of a lesson the other day, I sent my littl…

  • So I got a job. A 'real' job - viz., one I was trained to do in many years of university. I've had some interesting responses to this news, so I thought I'd share some of them. My sister, feeling jilted in Iowa: "*sobs*…

  • So it's been a little while since I've posted. And now I can't remember the brilliant posts that were a-brewing in my head. So I have to start from scratch. Here's some insightful quotes. A quiz by Felix: Q. why do bad…

  • Dear single men, I have the opportunity of a lifetime for you. See, I just found my dream job. In a nutshell, the church in the Democratic Republic of Congo needs a music ministry specialist to develop/teach/coach churc…

  • Kismet

    - I realize I've been leaving my devoted readership hanging in suspense over my riveting new autobiography (Schubert's Sonata & etc) and the impending plot twists bound to materialize in Chapter Five. Not to mention …

  • So it has come to my attention that I haven't blogged in awhile. A thousand pardons, faithful readership. To rectify this grave error, I've decided to do a series of blogs about my jobs. That will keep me busy for awhile…

  • You know you go to a Christian university... when marriage preparation and counseling seminars are routinely offered to all students. One of the more peculiar by-products of being homeschooled is the complete inability …

  • Just another normal weekend.

    Friday: Mike: Boy, it hot outside. Me: Hrm. Maybe Il take a book and do some work out there. Mike: You know what I think? I think youe dumb. Me: <bewildered> Mike: You have all this sunshine and PEI waiting f…

  • My life these past few weeks has been a constant series of extreme, mountainous highs followed by cavernous, plummeting lows. I have never seen spring heave in the roads like this before. It's gonna ruin my suspension! …