handwritten on February 24, 2019
How many movies have you watched with the message "Don't Quit!" "Don't Give Up!" "Don't Give In" "Keep Going." So I was at Smallman Galley getting coffee, and I had this major issue getting my credit card out of my wallet. This was not a huge deal because I knew I had back up cash. It's one of those wallets that just traps everything instead of securing it. I literally put a quarter in that wallet once, and I still cannot find it.
Isn't that funny though that sometimes we tuck things in a pocket and they just disappear. We have feelings or things to say and those tend to disappear as well. Anyways. I shifted one card to retrieve another card, and it got severely stuck. As in, I put my...
handwritten on February 22, 2019
My students always make fun of me because every activity we do in the classroom I always begin by saying, "This is my absolute favorite activity." "I just cannot wait to begin this." I said this again today and one of my students smiled and said, "Mrs. Amoscato you ALWAYS say this exact same phrase." "How can everything be your favorite?" I smiled because my husband does the exact same thing with food (perhaps this is where I have taken the phrase from.) And you know, I think as a teacher, everything has to be your favorite even if it isn't. Students can easily pick up energy or a lack thereof.
I remember some of my favorite teachers in elementary and middle school. Though my brain is the...
handwritten on February 21, 2019
As an adult, we always talk about how we lose our flexibility-like someone has just taken it from us. We claim that kids are more flexible, they are better with change and they are more malleable. And while I do believe this is the case, I also feel like it is human nature (in adults and children alike) to prefer things to remain the same. Especially when things are good, we enjoy the comfort, the similarity in that individual or that person because we learn their nuances, their humor, their behavior and so forth.
Thursday was flute teaching day. I have to laugh because I have three students who have been with me from the beginning and two students who are rather new (as of this year and...
handwritten on February 20, 2019
For many of us, this has been quite a winter. In fact, It would be safe to say it has been the most difficult winter we have had in quite some time. I woke up at 5:00 AM on Wednesday, and I was pleasently surprised. I had anticipated having to go out a full twenty minutes early to my car, rake off the snow, make sure my mirrors were not fogged up, turn on the car, warm it up, load it up with my five thousand teacher bags and then be on my way. Due to my dislike (strong dislike) of driving in inclimate weather I was feeling pretty good. No snow. Clear Roads. Middle of the Week. Life is good.
Just for fun, I thought to myself, I am going to check the radar. Well sure enough, I do not know...
handwritten on February 19, 2019
For whatever reason, I have this mindset that I can never fully finish anything. It drives those who know me absolutely insane. For example, if there are two marshmallows left in the bag, I may eat one and perhaps a fraction of the second, but I can never bring myself to be the very last one to eat the last morsel. This is very clearly why my fridge and my pantry right now are collections of small little morsels just waiting for the right moment to be "saved and eaten." I'm like a little mouse. Just a warning though, it does not create a very organized pantry. Even worse, the "small moment to be saved for later" is generally forgotten and left behind. Then, no new small little memories are...
