Student Teaching

Oh my goodness there are only 3 weeks left of my student teaching experience!!  Weird!  It is fun yes.  My favorite part is being around junior high students all day long.  Oddly enough that is also my least favorite part.  Some of them are just so easy to love, and some of them are so easy to not love!

As my mentor teacher said: "Some of them are really obnoxious kids who will grow out of it and become normal adults...but some of them are really obnoxious kids who will grow up to be really obnoxious adults."


I love that guy.

Some things I've learned:

1) Never spill water on yourself...they will all laugh and ask if you've peed your pants lately.

2) Always give correct instructions.  Then repeat the instructions.  Then repeat the instructions again.  Then write the instructions on the board.  Then don't get annoyed when 2 more people ask you what they are supposed to be doing.

3) Always collect supplies once students don't need them anymore.  ANYTHING can become a very annoying  musical instrument e.g. rulers, cups, compasses, protractors, etc.

4) Always make more copies than you will need.  10% of the students will lose the first one.

5) Never take yourself too seriously.  They don't care 1/2 the time.

6) Don't even try to hold a grudge.  They love arguing and they LOVE thinking you hate them.  Just pretend like every student is your favorite.  Trust me, it works and you even start to believe it yourself.

7) Give each student a fresh chance to be great each day.

8) Always sleep enough the night before.  Energy cannot be created from nothing.  That is a law of the universe.

9) Have plenty of snacks ready for eating upon walking in the door at the end of the day.  Also find someone to tell all your funny stories to.

10) After a completely bombed lesson.....move on.  Let it go.  Look ahead.  Don't cry...too much ;)

I really do love this stuff, I def made a good carrier choice :)

Haley J

HairSpray

John Travolta singing and dancing in a dress is funny but also kind of disturbing.



I just have to keep saying ok that's a man.


HaleyJ

Why Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Beats Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

I was just surfing the tube yesterday and naturally, one of my commercial pitstops is ABC family.  Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory was playing.  Let me update everyone who doesn't already know taht I LOVE the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the old Willy Wonka movie is old and creeps me out.  I allowed myself to become extremely critical and I came up with these reasons why the new movie whomps the old movie.

1) Old Charlie = really really not cute and really really bad actor.

    New Charlie = really really cute and really really good actor.

2) 1st movie = waaaay too much boring singing

(this is the mom about to sing cheer up charlie...gag me.)

3) New movie...MAGICAL...and appropriately creepy

Old factory = looks like a nasty old water park with rusty water

3) I like the new oompa loompas much better :)..I don't dream about them murdering me in the night.

VERSUS

4) The new cast had so much more character.

Versus

5) The background stories were priceless

(I couldn't Find a picture of willy wonka with headgear...forgive me.)

"This is the puppet hospital and burn center. It's relatively new." 

6) Johnny Depp's entrance beats Gene Wilder's

7) Creeper Gene Wilder...he ate the flower by choice...that was not in the script.

8) Slugworth was basically cut in the new movie...loved that.




9) It was just a better movie.  People who say the new movie is too scary and creepy should go learn how to not be such babies.  I distinctly remember going to that movie with the Weenigs and laughing from the beginning to the end.  I remember finishing the old movie for the first time and feeling really uncomfortable.

That's that.

HaleyJ

For the LAST time!!

Yes, I did just step out of my last class at BYU.  And I didn't even let the door hit me on the way out.  I am DONE with classes!!  All that's left is student teaching and I think this deserves a very special song-dance routine, and since we all know I'm too white to do this on my own...enjoy

here's to the good times!

HaleYJ

just sitting around...

First off, for those who do not know, ABC family is doing a Harry Potter marathon.  So I'm watching that and flipping channels during the commercials.  What's on now?  Goblet of Fire

During one of those channel changes I happened to stumble upon a history channel clip of Balto, and yes, I did burst into tears during it.  That dog was amazing and totally deserves a show on the history channel and a statue in New York.

For those who do not know, when ABC family plays Harry Potter they include lots of deleted scenes.  Here is one of those gems that I laughed pretty hard at.  It's right after the durmstrang and beauxbatons students showed up.  Hogwarts welcomes them by singing the school song.  What to look for:
1) Malfoy's face
2) Either Crabbe or Goyle's excitement...(i can't tell them apart)
3) The hand motions

Love it!!
Haley Johnson

too funny for the Talmage

I am new to Pinterest, but I had to leave it early today because I burst out laughing at these two photos.  It was a little embarassing, but totally worth it.  I will share:

caption: "Oh, I see you're home early."

Wow that made me laugh way too hard.

Haley Johnson

Halloween at the Johnson home...too fun.

After a spooky day Me and Mike spent the day doing what we do best.  We went and got Chinese food, did the crossword, ate sugar cookies shaped like candycorn (complements of Katie and Joel), and then flipped between Pawn Stars, Cake Boss, and the Chargers/Chiefs game.

(Yes, that is my pumpkin from last year, but I like it better than our 2-face jack-o-lantern this year.)

Best part of all was the political conversation sparked from my book on educational reform in the US.

Mike: "I mean it's pretty impressive, two people from the movie predator became governors.  Who knows, maybe the predator himself will become a governor."  (proceeds to make predator noises and shake his hands)

Yep, married life is pretty glamorous.  Just for fun I'll flash back to one of my favorite Mike quotes:

Preface...Just saw a preview to the Twilight movie that featured Dakota Fanning.
Brittany: "That would be so awkward to be in a movie with Kristen Stewart after making out with her in your last movie".
Mike: "That would be so awkward being in a movie with Kristen Stewart."

Happy Halloween Everyone!
--Haley Johnson