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planetjan

http://planetjan.wordpress.com

Observational humor from my experiences as a third grade teacher with a mortician's sense of humor. Muddling through mid-life, while still footing the bills for both my sons' stints in rehab.

• Added on: Jul 21st, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: alwayjan
• Listed in: Observational Humor Primary
• Tags: travel humor teaching quotes narcissistic personality disorder third grade

Recent Posts

• Turkeys in Disguise

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 19:48 in art, humor, first grade, second grade, third grade, disguising a turkey, thanksgiving art for first grade

  Did someone say “Insufferably Cute?”  After my last conference (yes, I went to school in my zombified state), I was on my way out the door and saw these.  Those First Grade teachers are ruthlessly cutesie.  Students had to “disg...

• Last Zombie Standing

  Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 13:54 in education, life, health, humor, teaching, flu, zombies, shaun of the dead, school nurse, swine flu, h1n1, zombie walks

  I’m pumping that hand sanitizer like a lab rat desperate for a reward.  So far, so good.  I feel like I’m the only person who hasn’t come down with IT. Whatever IT might be.  So far I don’t think anyone’s been diagno...

• How Did You Get Your Name?

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 12:05 in humor, parenting, baby names, teaching, surnames, unusual names, third grade, first names, family names, angel child dragon child, art lessons about lines

  I could have been named Susan or Barbara, but the relatives in California nabbed those first.  So, I was named Janet.   When I got married my husband started calling me Jan.  I was fine with that.  Because I was such a happy child, my nickname w...

• Five Ways Facebook Can Get You Fired

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 20:04 in education, technology, humor, teaching, social networking, ethics, my space, facebook, worth knowing, privacy settings on facebook, teachers and facebook, ethics violations by teachers

      I spent most of the weekend writing a paper for my masters program about an ethics violation related to education. I took a break to sit on the front porch to hand out candy to 300+ trick-or-treaters.  I only observed a few ethics vio...

• Celebrating the Devil’s Birthday

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 00:44 in education, humor, holidays, teaching, halloween, third grade, halloween celebrations at school, halloween in france, halloween is the devil's birthday, the devil's birthday

  It was just a matter of time.  Sure enough, last week one of my students said, “My mom told me Halloween is the Devil’s birthday.” “Well, that can’t be,” I replied. “Cause my birthday is in April.”  ...

• The Village People Save Halloween

  Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 16:57 in parenting, holidays, halloween, Halloween Costumes, halloween parties, trick-or-treating, halloween at the hotel chelsea, halloween in new york city, halloween nostalgia

  Halloween in New York City in the 1980s was a tough call.  The big draw was the Village Halloween Parade. But how many gay guys can you watch prancing around dressed as poodles in costumes made from pink plastic bags? (The answer is quite a few!) T...

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