Month: January 2011

Sarcasm

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i’m so thrilled to know
that the class i dread the most
has the neediest, rudest students.

i’m so thrilled to see
that every imaginable computer problem
will happen seventh period.

i’m so thrilled to hear
how well my not-quite-eight-year-old
understands sarcasm.

i’m so thrilled to know
that you think i need to read a book about defiance
so i can begin to put her in line.

i’m so thrilled to remember
why it is that she and i were not defiant.
fear is a great facilitator of submission.

i’m so thrilled to hear
the temper tantrums and talking back
that follow me everywhere i go.

i’m so thrilled to be
in this place i cannot escape from,
in this hollow where i don’t know who i am.

let me be thrilled
about something for real:
that you will never read this
(not knowing who I really am).

Carry

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as much as i hear what you say
i will never understand why.
how in any right mind
could five rooms full of
talking-back teenagers
ever compare
to the jubilant joy
of young children
dashing through the snow?

their voices carry
like songbirds emerged in winter,
shutting out all the
whipping wind’s hollowness.
yet,
you would rather be here,
trapped in our windowless dungeon,
feeding them the lines
you’ve spouted so many times?

i’ll take my two weeks
and carry them in my mind
on my forever vacation.
for now,
i will draw a zipper across my lips
and, for once, be polite.
after all,
this year cannot carry on,
and summer’s sun,
giggling girls,
and road trips
beckon my dreams
from your harsh reality.

2010 in review

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The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

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The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

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A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats.

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,500 times in 2010. That’s about 8 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 357 new posts, not bad for the first year!

The busiest day of the year was February 24th with 41 views. The most popular post that day was Runaway .

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, en.wordpress.com, jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com, alphainventions.com, and vittetoetimes.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for write up on nature, step write up, gorham pageant of bands, christmas write ups, and how to live on one salary.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Runaway February 2010
4 comments

2

My Grandmother’s (Ever)last(ing) Gift February 2010
1 comment

3

Top Ten Reasons Why Co-Teaching is Best for ELLs February 2010

4

How to Live on ONE Salary in Today’s World, Day One January 2010
1 comment

5

Co-Teaching: Here’s What I REALLY Think January 2010