Friday, May 29, 2009

Only 4 more days of school.

Big project for the summer: making sure all my sub plans are ready for maternity leave. I'm going to try to have the AP stuff finished by the end of next week, then take care of CP over the summer.

Funny (or sad) story from school from a couple weeks ago:

In 1st bell today we were reviewing the binomial naming system. The following discussion occurred...
Student (freshman): Was Linnaeus Latin?
Me: Um...no, I think he was French (I now remember that he was actually Swedish...my bad). Latin is a language, not a place.
S: Who speaks Latin?
M: The Romans did.
S: What about Latin America?
M: What about it?
S: Don't they speak Latin?
M: No...aren't you in Spanish class?
S: Latinos seriously don't speak Latin?
M: No one speaks Latin as their primary form of communication any more.
Other Student: That's why they call it a "dead language."
S: But then why do they call it Latin America?
M: I don't know...probably because Spanish and Portuguese are derived from Latin, but it it's not because they speak it.

I don't just teach Biology...I give out random history, geography, and language info as well.