MDCV!

So today started with the loud french teacher yelling in the hallway, "MDCV, MDCV!" No idea what that meant, but I eventually figured out that it was the french equivalent to TGIF. Funny, sorta.

Today's changing of classes music theme (remember last week was disney) was "Guilt Pleasures", some of the songs were:

Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus

I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith

Wannabe - Spice Girls

Toxic - Britney Spears

Dancing Queen - Abba

I'd Walk 1,000 Miles - Vanessa Carlton

Who Let the Dogs Out - Baha Men

Can't Escape My Love - Enrique Igelsias

Girl on TV - LFO

and one more I didn't know.

I taught two more lessons today about the gold rush and frontier life, they both went really well. I didn't talk fast, I used the blackboard and maps, I called on students a lot (all critiques I had before). I ended the lesson by having the students write a fake journal entry or letter home talking about what it was like living on the frontier. I told them to be creative and use their imagination. Some kids were farmers, others hunted buffalo and deer, others fished, many struck it rich with gold, a lot hated the frontier, and a few were attacked by native americans (one fought back).

They all got into the activity and enjoyed it which made me feel really good about my ideas. We ended the day with a pep rally for winter sports with a lot of fun. Apparently the high school is at a point right now where every one of their winter sports teams is ranked within the top 5 teams in the states, and each team has a real shot at winning the state championship. So that's indoor track (girls and guys) hockey (girls and guys) skiing (girls and guys) basketball (girls and guy) swimming (girls and guys), cheerleading (girls, and they did a performance at the pep rally, they were amazing) and wrestling (guys). So that's pretty impressive for a high school athletics program.