kylie'steachingblog

Starting Work

2007-07-28T20:45:00.000+10:00

I am looking forward to starting work again on monday. I am sure that I will have the energy to last the day. I will start with 3 days and go from there. It will be good to get back to some kind of normailty I am not good at being the centre of attention all those doctors and nurses asking me questions about everything that happens was not good. Have too many doctors appointment over the next few months to remember. At least there is nobody sticking needles in me every day like they were in the hospital I had had enough of that by the time I left.

The bruises that these daily blood tests left took about a week to a week and a half to fade. I still have a mark from the canular that they used during the operation. A canular is like a drip, a big needle that attaches to a bag of medicine that they use to keep you asleep or give you fluid to keep you healthy.

Might use my last day before work to see a movie with my housemate, she wants to see the SImpsons and I think I agree.
see you later.

Back in Brisbane

2007-07-24T14:09:00.000+10:00

Ok I am back in Brisbane. Looking to see if I will be able to handle life in the fast lane. I will not add a again here as it isn't like I ever actually lived in the fast lane. Maybe the far left lane occasionally going into the right lane to overtake those who were to slow even for me!

Am busy testing out my pathetic energy level. Tripping here and these to see where I end up. Usually this is in bed taking a wonderfully relaxing nap somewhere around 3:30. A sure fire sign that Ishouldn't fall in a heap when I go back to work.

2007-07-22T12:50:00.000+10:00

Isn't it strange how somethings switch on memories. While somethings are best forgotten, I still do not remember much about my time in hospital, nothing about most of the Tuesday that I wound up in hospital and very little of the day that I had the brain surgery and the day after. For me music is one of the things that triggers memories so sitting here watching TV I often find myself remembering my year of travels especially Canada as it wass January and February ( extremely cold) and I would often spend time warming up in the department stores warming up this was the cheap way to warm up pand kept me away from the delicious hot chocolate that could be brought in most of the coffee shops.

It is a good though unexpected way to remember.

I am feeling a little better more so becaue I had a visit from Jennie today. It was good to see somebody from the place that I usually spend so much of my time. Nice to know that most of you miss me. I am looking forward to coming back and seeing you all again. I just hope that you won't be too bored by me as I might be a little bit slower than usual, there won't be many fast paced lessons as I have to take thing slowly otherwise I get tired. I will do my best to keep up with you all.

Too much Simpsons

2007-07-18T11:00:00.000+10:00

I think I am overdoing the Simpson. Everyday I watch the school holiday special Simpsons everyday I watch 4 or 5 episodes, right now I am watching the one where Maggie saves Homer. I can't wait to watch the movie I think it will be really funny.

My stitches

2007-07-17T17:08:00.000+10:00

Ok these are the spots on my head the first one is my bald spot from the MRI map they made of my brain and the second is the stitches from the two holes in my head. Sorry they are not very good quality but I just used my parents webcam.

Don't think any haircut is going to fix them. Hey I should not get too excited about hair if this does not work I might have to have another operation and then I might lose all my hair.

still feeling tired

2007-07-17T16:52:00.000+10:00

Well things are slowly getting better but I feel like a little child or a Nanna needing a nap round 2pm in the afternoon. I can't even stay awake when all I am doing is walking around my parents house or going up the street in the thrilling town that is Kilcoy and trying on some clothes.

Apparently the positive thing is everyone tells me I have lost weight but that won't last long with a shop full of yummy chocolates and chips at my finger tips besides I think I have lost muscle not fat. I am not sure about my head ( no sarcastic comments here about how none of you have ever been sure about my head) as I was doing some laundry and I hit my head on the dryer door and boy did it hurt my head is still a little tender where I barely whacked it ( but it really did hurt). With great skill I did manage to hit it right on the stitches of the big crack in my skull. How exactly they got inside my head I am both curious and don't want to know if those two opposing notions are possible. In my head they are so I don't care what you all think ( don't care much anyway)

Have still avoided the hairdresser but think soon it is going to be necessary as I am a bit like a sheep dog I can hardly see or at least everyone is probably wondering how I see with the hair that covers my eyes. Have no idea but then indecisiveness is just in my nature usually it takes me 6 weeks to decide to have a hair cut and then it turns into a last minute decision that I end up making when I walk past a random hairdressers while in a shopping centre somewhere. In Kilcoy however this is not really possible as there are only two hair dressers one who likes to cut all hair extra short who I have not been to for ages or the other place that everybody thinks charges Brisbane prices but where you can still get cut colour foils and blow dry for about 100 buck no where near Brisbane prices. Anyway what a horrid decision awaits me to haircut or not to haircut that is the question.

a busy end to June

2007-07-13T17:55:00.000+10:00

Well I do not really remember the end of June. I spent it in hospital after a car accident. The accident wasn't the problem. The problem ended up being waht the doctors found in my head. Apparently I had too much fluid on my brain and there were things growing in there that should not have been there.

I am fine and I had none of the symptoms of what was happening but I spent last week in hospital recovering from brain surgery. One bad point is I do not remember much of Tuesday and Wednesday. I had the surgery on Tuesday and then my sodium levels dropped and I am lucky to be alive, I don't remember much of this only that Tue til Thu was torture because I wasn't allowed to drink much 1 Litre a day which is not much for those of you who know how much I like my water.

I am hoping with the decrese of pressure in my head might mean an increase in my ability to handle stress or at leaset tolerate noise which freaks me out most times.

So I currently have a very strange hair style with a little bald patch on the top of my head and in several spot where they put the dots that allowed them to MRI map my brain so they knew where to cut my head open. Then there are the bald spots where they cut into my skull. Needles to say those spots are just a little bit sensitive and I can not even brush my hair easily so I will continue with the weirly hair cut until I feel confident I can handle people going near my head with sharp instruments like scissors.

Anyway leave any comments and I will get back to you.

2007-06-22T11:19:00.000+10:00

Well I am slowly gaining the blog addresses of all students but now as classes have changed I have to update and start again. It is a never ending cycle as those who leave finally send me the address leave and then I start again. My new students are finding the class difficult so I will have to go slower than I am used to.

I think that thay will find the challenge of a report on the subject of their choice in English a little difficult.

2007-06-07T11:34:00.000+10:00

I am having a little trouble rounding up all of the blog URL's for my students so I am still solidering on. It is kind of difficult to comment when you can not actually access them.

New postings

2007-05-17T09:32:00.000+10:00

Ok I have just introduced a new generation of UIL students hopefully they will learn tonnes of english through the magic of blogging, at least while they are in my class. I think that they enjoy it but who really knows.

2007-02-28T14:58:00.001+10:00

I do not know why I can not have comments on my blog. It is very annoying. How can anybody write a comment if that silly little comment link does not come up on the bottom of a post.

2007-02-26T14:19:00.000+10:00

Most of my links work just three don't hopefully can figure out these soon.

Student's new blogs!

2007-02-26T11:21:00.001+10:00

This year I decided to do something different and instead of one blog I got my students to each create their own Blog in English. It will be more difficult to control but they also get more freedom. The blogs are all linked on the front of my blog.

Haruka

2007-01-25T11:38:00.001+10:00

I like WOMBATS! They are so cute.

-About WOMBAT-
The Wombats are dark brown in color and look like baby bear.
They have a large head with a thick snout, thick whiskeys, short stumpy legs with sharp claws and soft fur. Their strong legs and claws are good for digging burrows to live in. They like to live alone. But other wombats may be in a tunnel close by, or sometimes burrows can interconnect. They are very shy. They can swim. They are about 70-120cm and weigh up to 27kg.

-What do they doing?-
They sleep in burrows most of the day. We can not see them when we go zoo in the morning and afternoon. In the evening or at night they go looking for food.

-What do they eat?-
They eat roots of herbs and grasses. Their favorite food is native grasses such as the tussocky ‘snow grass’, wallaby grass and kangaroo grass.

I didn’t know they can swim. I didn’t see them when I went to the zoo. Because, they get up night. I want to see them when I’ll go to the zoo next time.

Kensuke Okamura

2007-01-25T11:36:00.001+10:00

25/Jan/07
I’d like to write about Marcus.
He was one of the main characters in this movie ‘ABOUT A BOY’. He was 12 years old. He had blue eyes and brown hair. He and his mom named Fiona lived in England. His haircut was a bit strange and he wore strange clothes, and they were also vegetarians. He didn’t want to be these things, but his mom wanted them to be.
He had a terrible time at school. He was teased by other kids because he was different form them. He had a terrible time at home too. His mom cried from the morning to the night. It was a very bad sign.
One day, he went to the picnic with his mom’s friend and Will. After he killed the duck, he saw a vision of his mom over the lake. But there was no one there when he turned around again. They got home before it was dark. His mom had tried to kill herself. They soon called an ambulance and then they hurried to the hospital. She didn’t die but Marcus thought two people were not enough to look after each other.
He stalked Will, and he noticed that Will did not have a kid. Will didn’t like Marcus at first but he made friends with Marcus. Marcus often went to his place after school. He wanted Will to help his mom. One day, his mom cried all day again. He decided to sing a song at his school’s concert for his mom. When Marcus stood on the stage and began to sing, everybody booed him. But Will appeared on the stage playing the guitar, and Will and Marcus sang a song together. When they finished singing, everybody clapped their hands.
After the concert, Fiona told Marcus that he could go to McDonald’s. She had changed her mind. I think Marcus is a very tender boy.

Eriko

2007-01-25T11:35:00.001+10:00

'About a boy'
I'd like to write about my favorite character in the movie 'About a boy'. My favorite character is the little boy, Marcus because I think he is a very pure and funny boy. His parents separated, so he lives with his mother. One day, Marcus went to the park with the woman and the man, Will. Then he threw big bread to the duck, and killed the duck. That was very funny. Marcus was attaching Will. Marcus was bullied by other students at his school. He likes to sing songs. So he sometimes sang songs at school by himself. The bullies make a fool of it, but he was a positive boy so he could bear it. Anyway, he lived happily ever after.

Shimamoto Taiki

2007-01-25T11:33:00.000+10:00

Will
I think will is sometime clever but sometime very foolish.
He’s kind of cool but he’s very suck at lie
It depends on stuetion. Anyway I don’t want to live like him I don’t know
Why does he like single woman but I think he had gentle soul
He’s friendly with kids. Most funny seance in this movie is when Macus killed ducks. I could laugh.
Suzie
I thought she’s beautiful, cute and normal. I think in this movie everyone is acting crazy. At end of the movie she was dancing with will. I hope they will be together someday. They both have same age kids. I’m doubt these kids going to be friend each other.

Ok I'm back in business

2007-01-11T08:29:00.000+10:00

here we go I am in business. I have been able to remember my password for two of my accounts. I just have to hope that these things stick in my memory.

The year is nearly over!

2006-11-23T08:20:00.000+10:00

Wow this year has gone quickly and slowly at the same time. I guess when you teach for 50 weeks of the year things move slowly. All of the students are winding down despite the fact there is still about 3 weeks to go.

This really makes it difficult but hopefully they will see the use in focusing for a little longer as fun thing move faster. I think we might work on authentic listening today.

This is my teaching blog

2006-10-15T16:18:00.000+10:00

From here I hope that I can write comments on the blog that I created for my class. I gave the log in details of the blog to all of the teachers in the school in the hopes that they might use it or realize how easy they are to use. Anyway I have student work to comment on!
Kylie over and out!