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Here's a video of me and my students learning about...culture??

Tonight was Homecoming, and being the hip, cool teacher that I am, I chaperoned the dance. I do believe the parents and I had more fun than the students did. We danced like it was 1999. ( Ok , I'm becoming one of those lame teachers now aren't I?) I danced with several of the students and shook my tail feathers! I just couldn't help but think how much fun high school was and how much I missed out on when I was younger because I had the typical teenage attitude. At the moment, you think you are too cool for that stuff, and sometimes you miss out on great memories. Six years later, you think, "Man, I wish I was back in high school..." So I guess tonight I relived a bit of my old high school days. Being a teacher gives me the opportunity to do that every once in a while. The only thing was that I kept thinking how I wished I had a real dance partner to share those fun moments with. I guess I'll just keep saving that last dance for someone special...

Finally the Italy Article is up! Ninetyandnine has been having some technical difficulties, so you have to visit the old site in order to view the article. Do that here ! Last week was a blur for me! Not only was I preparing for Easter, I was also preparing for Prom. Because of Easter holidays, we had Prom on Thursday night instead of Friday. That meant we had to one less day to decorate the gym, but it came out just perfect. I had a blast watching the kids dance and enjoy themselves. I even got in a couple of dances too, some with the students, one with a coach (which I can say was actually kinda nice :-) ) Friday I took the girls from my Sunday school class to Jackson for some shopping. Our pastor's wife felt a burden to take the girls shopping and buy them a complete Easter outfit. Many of them have low self esteems, and we wanted them to feel extra pretty this year. So we went last weekend to Little Rock and did most of the shopping. I finished it up with them on Friday. We had...