Lady Gaga- Fashole or Fashicon?

I admire Lady Gaga.  I think she is a genius.  She is constantly reinventing herself.  She has become the role model for a generation of young people that are "outcasts" and teaching them to love themselves.  I always loved Madonna in the 80's.  I think they are both very intelligent performers.  I watched the Fashion police this morning and there was a controversy whether to put her in the best or worst dressed of the week.  Katy Perry had a block of cheddar on her head- trying to compete with Lady Gaga the woman.  Lady Gaga outfoxed them all. I really enjoyed watching her HBO concert special this summer.  She is definitely for real and very talented. If you haven't watched it- check it out on HBO.  Go Lady Go!

I also just was reminded of her early performance on the view this summer.  They replayed it this morning. She wore her Chanel even on her piano!

The most entertaining answer of all time !

As a teacher, I have graded 1000's of essay answers. I got one today that beats every answer in the last 30 years. Enjoy!

The question:  Describe four evidences of evolution and give examples of each.  How did Darwin come up with the idea of natural selection and describe how we demonstrated that in our labs?

Answer:
One evidence of natural selection is birds.  If you look outside and see a pigeon you'd think that bird looks small.  But really its common ancestor is a terodactyl.  Which is a pretty big sized bird.  Another evolution thats really amazing are homosapiens.  Its amazing to see what humans have evolved from like walking while bent over and now we can walk standing up straight. not to mention the technology the way its advanced since they had to use fire to light there caves we now have light bulbs.  The third evolution change is lizards which evolved from T-rex's.  An animal that was 61 feet tall evolved to something that's now, not even a whole foot tall.  The last but most obvious change of evolution is earth.  The earth's climate has changed sooooooooo much since 4 billion years ago.  4 billion years ago all the continents were together as one(pangea) now theyve all broken apart into 2 huge pieces of land and it use to be wayyyyy hotter 4 billion years ago but since the climate changed we experience times or periods of different weather.  thats a huge change of evolution right there.  Darwin came up with this idea of evolution of natural selection because of the massive change in environment and we demonstrated it in our lab because Just like cavemen did we changed over time.

I sat down and read this and wondered- did this student actually sit in the same class I was teaching in the last four weeks?  That was hilarious and yet frightening all at the same time! Perhaps he will become our next senator.  The scary thing is- he probably left class and thought- I nailed it! Momma T

My lovely little Freshmen!

I have been teaching science since 1982.  Until recently, I have have always had mostly freshmen classes.  My school started an academy a few years ago and you couldn't teach freshmen unless you had them all day.  I still wanted to teach the upper level AP classes, so I had to give up the freshmen.  Now-like pretty much everything in education, the rules have changed and I have three freshmen classes.  They are small and cute.  A few of the girls have a tude.(attitude)  Most of the girls are really sweet. Most of the boys are in dire need of aderol.  They are cute-but hyper. It is a whole different world than teaching upperclassmen.

Two days a week we have a block schedule with 95 minute class periods.  That is lab day.  So last week I took them outside for a lab that lasted about 15 minutes outside.  They had stop watches(all a swinging), and they were throwing toothpicks on the ground and picking them up in 15 second increments.  One boy was all over the place.  I had to ask him to get to work three times.  He started on the 15 second pick up and then threw up in the grass.  I asked him if  he would like to sit down in the shade and rest. He was totally fine after he threw up ( and also before.) Back in the classroom- I saw a boy with tears in his eyes.  I questioned what was the matter.  The girl next to him said take him in the hall and asked what happened. He proceeded to tell me that another boy threw him into the back window and proceeded to choke him.  I asked if he was OK and he said his ear hurt from being jacked up into the window-but he was otherwise OK.  I proceeded to take the other boy to the assistant principal and then I had to go back and get the other one.  In the meantime my class of 34 little heathens decided to take the turtles food and throw it all over the room.

I blew my top on return and I think I may have uttered the shit word.  The next day they were really good.  I hope they haven't forgotten their remorse this week- I doubt it.  My friend said I should use the - I'm in menopause while yelling at them next time and they will be frightened.  I haven't tried that one yet- I have a feeling I may need it!

It is interesting the lab we did was on the topic of natural selection.  Survival of the fittest- will it be me or them?  Stay tuned.

The Tea Party's Last Stand

The Kingdom of Wasilla 2060

Hi- my name is Rogue Arnold.  My fathers family has lived in North America since before the revolutionary war.  ( That is the war where Paul Revere warned the British about our kick ass revolutionists and their tea party rebellion).  Yes, my great, great grandmother was the magnificent Sarah Palin. Fortunately she kept her compound here in Wasilla, because her home in Arizona is now long gone.  In fact there is no "lower 48" anymore. 

Great Grandma Bristol  used to say "when one door closes another one opens".  This is what happened to America.

The weather got very hot, all the crops were destroyed and then all the light skinned people developed skin cancer.  Fortunately, there was no more worry about the illegals crossing the border.

Life became very difficult and the remaining refugees tried to migrate to what used to called Canada.

There are no more countries anymore.  All towns are ruled by monarchs.  The kingdom of Wasilla is ruled by papa Trip. We have the last remaining fresh water supply due to the melting of the glaciers. Our weather is a dependable 75 degrees each day. 

Well- I have to run.  If I stay outside for more than five minutes the skin cancer will get me!