Higher Learning

So a funny thing happened to me on the way home from...

I did my cousin a "solid" and gave him a lift to York. As I'm leaving I hear this weird rattling noise from the rear of my car - I pull over by Calumet College (for those of you who know the campus) and proceed to check for anything suspect.

As I'm hopelessly looking at the underbelly of the car, in the rain no less, some random "dude" comes up to me and with this helpless look on his face says to me "dude, do you smoke weed??"

Now, my personal opinions on illegal substances asides, that had to be the most random, surreal thing I've heard uttered at York in a while.

I answered back "nah dude sorry, I don't...." he gave this little whimper-like stare and then looked at me as if I just told him that Santa Claus wasn't real...then he twisted on his heels a la Charlie Chaplin, and just picked up his pace and left. Then as he walked away in the rain, and I was back in the car, I instinctively looked down to his hand - and there was one of the fattest "cigarettes" I've ever seen!!


Weird.

Only in America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGU-imc6pyA&NR

Just watch. Trust me.

Done.

EM

Oh My Goodness, Such a Thriller...

Please click on the link. Watch the clip. Proceed to piss yourself silly...

Bollywood's going too far....

Done.

EM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xk9YtgyMz4

Optical Confusion!

I know I've been AWOL lately - teacher's college is a truly busy place, so it's not easy to just up n' blog when I want...plus, its been a turbulent month so forgive me for not writing, its been 2 weeks and a day since my last blog...errr, skip that last part.

Anyhow, a true miracle of miracles happened tod..yesterday. Anyone who knows me well knows I'm a glasses-wearer, in fact I have been since age 8 or 9 - started young!

Anyhow, I swore I would never, ever wear contact lenses, as I have a severe phobia/paranoia about the touching of eyes - especially my own. In any event, I went shopping for a new pair of prescription sunglasses - as mine have broken - and lo and behold, the optometrist suggests going for contacts - and lemme just say this guy's a smooth talker - either that or the fact that I hadn't eaten all day was a huge contributer - 'cause the next thing I know I'm in his office chair, head tilted back and he's inserting "tester" contacts.

So there I am - less blind than normal - and I feel these annoying lil' water-based-gel-infused lenses rubbing the shite outta my nerve endings - something I'll told will last for 4 hours and then never happen again, not because they get used to it - but b/c it "dulls" the nerve endings! Oh joy!

Then, as I'm checkin' myself out sans glasses, I realize and think to myself "Shit!! How am I gonna get these out??"

So I guess I psyched myself out, b/c it took no word of a lie - 30 mins for him to remove them - b/c I kept shutting my eyes out of that very fear/discomfort aforementioned.

And to think, I'm debating the plusses of laser-eye surgery - to rid myself of the damned glasses issue once and for all - but the procedure itself involves consicousness, machines which hold open your eyelids oh and that pesky laser-beam cutting your retinas down to microscopic success?!

Oh, and on the bright side - I won Leaf tix!! woohoo!

More bloggin' as I get to it...patience is a virtue or something like that...

Done.

Peace.

Back.

EM

Another day at the office...

I've just recently had a confrontation with one of them and I'm kicking myself.Student X is extremely apathetic and has zero desire to be in the class. His attendance is no better than the Maple Leafs power play these days - erratic at best.X missed an assigned project I gave to the rest of the class. When he did show up, I adapted the assignment to meet his needs (he's LD or identified - he's getting 6% overall in the course - and no, that's not a typo).We went over the newly adapted assignment together, I made my expectations clear and concise. The due date came and went (like our practicum huh?), and lo and behold no assignment.X arrived in class yesterday - I asked him if he had the assignment to which he replied he did not. I told him I would like to speak to him after class. Begrudgingly he complied. When the final bell rung, he attempted to leave the room without staying, I told him to take a seat, that we needed to talk but he refused, so I blocked the door and told him to sit down - so he sat on one of the desks, staring at the floor.I began to ask why he failed to do the assignment - to which he replied - "I dunno, I don't care what the @#$%@#$%@#$% do you care?" - the conversation went on like that for a minute. I allowed him to speak his mind, then I began to remind him that his language is inappropriate when addressing me. I asked him a few times to look me in the eye (which he refused). Then he began yelling at me. I told him "look, I like you, you can stay in the class, but your attitude is not welcome in the classroom). When it comes to 5th period, check your attitude at the door..."He yelled some more - and then...out of nowhere, in attempting to rush past me out the door (and my AT was watching all this for the most part) - I snapped and yelled at him to sit down and not to move until I tell him to.I felt like utter crap. He pushed my buttons and I reacted. Granted we're all new at this, but I'm so disappointed that I yelled in the end. I feel like anything I may have said up until that point is now useless and hopelessly ignored.