Another Funny Conversation

This is the conversation I had with a third grader on Friday.

Student: Do you have a daughter?
Me: No.
Student: Do you have a son?
Me: No.
Student: Are you husband?
Me: No.
Student: You should really get married. Aren't you lonely?

Back to the Funny Kiddos

Last week I was teaching a science lesson. We were comparing the ability of solids to freeze. I showed the kids all the liquids we were using (corn syrup, vegetable oil, water, salt water, and rubbing alcohol) When we got to the rubbing alcohol, hands flew into the air. I knew some kid was going to ask a stupid question but I called on them anyway. The boy asked, "Is that what you used to make beer?"

No, you are in third grade. You shouldn't care how to make beer!!!

What?

This is a grade I received in my CORE 300 class...
Academic Manners 250/400

Do you think that is because I read a really good book during his lectures every Wednesday night?

How do I get to Paris from New York?

Notice line 24!
1.
Head southeast on Chambers St toward Broadway
0.2 mi
1 min
2.
Turn right at Centre St
0.1 mi
3.
Slight left at Park Row
210 ft
4.
Sharp left at Frankfort St
0.3 mi
1 min
5.
Turn left at Pearl St
56 ft
6.
Turn right onto the F.D.R. Dr N ramp
0.4 mi
1 min
7.
Merge onto FDR Dr N
7.7 mi
12 mins
8.
Take exit 17 on the left for Triboro Bridge/Grand Central Pkwy toward I-278/Bruckner Expy
0.4 mi
2 mins
9.
Merge onto Triborough Bridge
Partial toll road
0.4 mi
1 min
10.
Merge onto I-278 E via the ramp to I-87 N/Bronx/Upstate N Y/New England
0.6 mi
1 min
11.
Take exit 47 to merge onto Bruckner Expy/I-278 E toward New Haven
1.9 mi
2 mins
12.
Take the I-278 E exit toward New Haven
0.3 mi
13.
Merge onto Bruckner Expy
5.0 mi
6 mins
14.
Continue on I-95 N
Partial toll road
Entering Connecticut
62.1 mi
1 hour 12 mins
15.
Take exit 48 on the left to merge onto I-91 N toward Hartford
36.8 mi
37 mins
16.
Take exit 29 for US-5 N/CT-15 toward I-84/E Hartford/Boston
0.4 mi
17.
Merge onto CT-15 N
1.7 mi
2 mins
18.
Merge onto I-84 E
Partial toll road
Entering Massachusetts
40.7 mi
38 mins
19.
Take the exit onto I-90 E/Mass Pike/Massachusetts Turnpike toward N.H.-Maine/Boston
Partial toll road
56.0 mi
56 mins
20.
Take exit 24 A-B-C on the left toward I-93 N/Concord NH/S Station/I-93 S/Quincy
0.4 mi
1 min
21.
Merge onto Atlantic Ave
0.8 mi
3 mins
22.
Turn right at Central St
0.1 mi
23.
Turn right at Long Wharf
0.1 mi
24.
Swim across the Atlantic Ocean
3,462 mi
29 days 0 hours
25.
Slight right at E05
0.5 mi
2 mins
26.
At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto E05/Pont Vauban
0.1 mi
27.
Turn right at E05
Partial toll road
17.3 mi
22 mins
28.
At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto A131/E05 heading to A131/Rouen/Paris/Evreux
Partial toll road
9.1 mi
8 mins
29.
Take the exit onto A13/E05/L'Autoroute de Normandie
Partial toll road
20.3 mi
17 mins
30.
Take the exit onto A13/E05/L'Autoroute de Normandie
Partial toll road
56.5 mi
47 mins
31.
Take the exit on the left onto A14 toward Nanterre/La Défense
Partial toll road
12.5 mi
16 mins
32.
Slight right at N13
1.4 mi
3 mins
33.
Turn right at Avenue de Neuilly/N13
269 ft
34.
At the traffic circle, take the 4th exit onto Avenue de la Grande Armée
0.7 mi
3 mins
35.
At Place Charles de Gaulle, take the 5th exit onto Avenue des Champs-Elysées
1.3 mi
3 mins
36.
Slight right at Voie Georges Pompidou
1.4 mi
3 mins
37.
Slight left to stay on Voie Georges Pompidou
440 ft
38.
Slight right at Quai de la Mégisserie
377 ft
39.
Continue on Quai de Gesvres
0.2 mi
1 min
40.
Turn left at Place de l'Hôtel de Ville

Finals!!!

I do not have any finals during finals week...the joy of being an upperclass-men.
Here is an education digital portfolio I have been working on. It is in the process, however it has been my life the past few weeks.
http://myweb.arbor.edu/ac229426/portfolio/

What I Learned Tonight

Don't mess with old people's way of playing dominoes.

1. Don't switch the direction of the playing order. If you do, a certain lady will yell at you everytime it is her time. "Don't you know you are going the wrong way?" (Ima)
"Ima, it doesn't matter, we are going this way now." (Dorothy)

2. Don't help teammates if they can't reach the place to put the dominoe. Because, Ima will say, "What are you doing Mega, playing for everyone else?" After that we decided to only play the ones we could reach.

3. Whoever starts the game, wins the game. Ima kept winning and the other ladies could not figure out why she always won. Well, she was always the first to play. I caught on, so I tried to play first so I could win. They still didn't let me win. One of them cheated!

For a class assignment we are spending time at one of the many nursing homes in Spring Arbor. They are funny to watch and even funnier to play dominoes with!

Me & Abbs

Happy Easter

Puerto Rico

Here are some belated pictures from my spring break missions trip to Puerto Rico.







The group drove to Ohio to catch a Jet Blue flight. Once we got there, we realized the flight was canceled due to maintenance issues. Instead, they chartered two smaller jets to fly us to JFK. Those planes ended up being two hours late.

Then from JFK to Puerto Rico I was watching the in flight map. I could see we were headed the wrong direction in PR. When we finally landed the pilot said, "Unfortunately we are in San Juan instead of Juana Diaz. There is a volcanic ash cloud over Juana Diaz. We cannot fly over that area." It took two hours for a bus to come get us and then two hours to drive to where we needed to go. It was a long day of traveling.

Again, the camp is right on the Caribbean. It was a beautiful week. (What week isn't beautiful when you are in Puerto Rico?)



















Lydia and I had some fun while we were painting. We got the job of painting all the rocks around the parking lot and the palm trees.

The camp director said we were painting the trees because Americans come to Puerto Rico looking for white palm trees, so he doesn' t want to disappoint them. The real reason we painted the trees was so the ants don't ruin the trees.



Some of the girls looked beautiful after a 12 hour day of work. We painted in the morning then poured a cement wall in the afternoon. We did 80 bags of cement in 6 hours.









We went to Gilligan's Island for the free day. It was a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico. We went snorkeling and swimming in the pretty blue water.

Lady Vols...Number 7

Do bad days always get worse?

YES!

Grey's Anatomy has got to be the best show EVER!!!

Guatemala