Lost

Not the show. The bus. And the other bus. “We’re on the road to nowhere…”
Half the freshmen drove the ducks. “We’re on the road to nowhere…”
And then there was the Russian braid puppet show, featuring teachers wandering about, looking for teapots. “We’re on the road to nowhere…”

Can you read this without a dictionary?

Zenone si rivolta nella tomba
“Allora, ragazzi, avete risolto il paradosso di Achille e la tartaruga? E quello della freccia in movimento?”
“Sì, prof. La freccia colpisce Achille nel tallone, Achille muore e la tartaruga vince”.

Feel free to translate, if you can…

Birthday notes

My old algebra class didn’t meet today. Shame.
My idiot friend with the same birthday as me called during logic. I thought, it’s probably my idiot friend with the same birthday as me, wishing us a happy birthday. And it was.
The people in the office knew, and they said happy birthday.
In geometry “someone” asked me to [...]

Why this Friday was good

Fridays are always good
During lunch some sophomores were reading Brave New World aloud to each other on the couch by my office (Charisse. Who else?) And I rested (napped??) on the floor for a few minutes while they read. Quite pleasant.
Geometry projects showed loads of effort. And algebra projects were amazing. I like it [...]

Edit warring and anti-paradox vandalism

The door to my office has a new, as of this week, sign that says
“___ days since someone reset this sign.” And I cut out the number “2″ and pasted it in:

_2_ days since someone reset this sign

It’s actually a rip-off of xkcd, one of the funniest comics on the internet:

Seniors: this is [...]

Spoiler, no warning. Revenge, but no weirguild. Stripes.

I walked into Cochin’s freshman class 5th period. She was talking about Beowulf, telling the story of him killing the dragon, asking a few questions, jumping around, all startling and dramatic.
And she discussed the ending of Harry Potter. Boom, just like that. I haven’t read the book, and in an instant I knew the ending. [...]