Inauguration

Jan 20

Well...I just finished watching Obama's inauguration with my fourth graders at school and I am somewhat shocked and a little appalled. Now may I remind you that I work in the city and the majority of my students are African American. With that being so, you would think that they would care about Obama and want to watch this historic moment in history........nope. Not my students. A couple made snoring noises, the girls were playing around with each other, my autistic student was jumping up and down giving the thumbs down, and a couple did actually fall asleep. I thought showing them would be an enjoyable, memorable experience. I was wrong. It seemed as if I was torturing them. 


I was going to have them do a writing task explaining how this (January 20th, 2009) is an important day in American history. I am not sure I will get much out of them...we shall see. 

An update on my life.....Joey and I have really taken an initiative to become healthier and to live a healthier lifestyle. We have a weight challenge we recently started and we are looking in to taking yoga together. Any unprocessed foods were thrown out of our cupboards and fridge/freezer.  Fresh is the best!!! I will let everyone know how we are doing and if we are keeping up with our motivation. :-)

I will try to write more on here...I know it has been a while. Happy New Year and I hope everyone is doing well.

1 comments:

Kristin said...

That is crazy! You'd think some of thier parents would have at least prepped them for this moment in History, but I guess they are still young?! They will still remember one day that they we're in Mrs.D's class when Obama was put in office. Yay for a new blog!