Harry Potter Movie!

I saw the new Harry Potter movie and it was brilliant. So I saw it again. Still brilliant. If movie tickets were not $14 a piece (!!) then I would go a third time.

Anyhow, it reminded me once again the terrible influence my Cranbrook students had on me. I just got nominated for Best WIP (work in progress) for a fan fiction I posted. All because my students said if they could do it, so could I. Darn them.

I am posting a short bit of silliness, just for the occasion. Warnings for my horrible sense of humor...

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Monster Book of Monsters: Supplementary Volume.

Notes: I love bad puns. Then again, there is no such thing as a good pun, so there you are.

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Bits and Pieces:

Sirius Black Loves Chewing Gum and Annoying Moony

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Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were sitting in the Gryffindor common room by the fire on a cold Thursday evening. As usual, Remus was busy reading while Sirius was busy doing nothing in particular.

Tonight, Sirius' nothing in particular included chewing a piece of gum as loudly as possible. The constant smacking was irritating Remus who had been trying his best to study for the upcoming Care of Magical Creatures test. He knew very well that if he asked Sirius to stop, the black haired boy would only chew louder, thinking it amusing to test his friend's patience.

"You know, I just came across the most fascinating entry in here," Remus mentioned, pointing to his Monster Book of Monsters: Supplementary Volume.

"Hmm," replied Sirius, paying very little attention to anything but his chewing gum.

"There is an animal in here that's attracted to the scent of mint. It feeds on the leaves of the mint plant or anything mint flavored. No worries though, the creature is only dangerous to wizards if they have a minty scent on them."

Sirius stopped chewing. "Really?"

Remus nodded gravely.

Brows drawn together, Sirius asked, "How common are they?"

"Well, it says here they breed rapidly northern climates. I suppose that means Scotland," Remus added casually.

Sirius pulled the gum out of his mouth. "What are they called?" he asked, looking with worry at the sticky piece of peppermint gum in his hands.

"De-mint-ors," replied Remus evenly.

I made it!

Well, I made it through 2 trimesters, at least, complete with comments and grades and finals I created from scratch that were either way too easy or (this trimester) way too hard.

I had 2 students get close to a perfect score on my geometry final on the more difficult honors test. The rest of the "good" students, honors and otherwise, got around an 80/100. Mostly people scored a 60. I haven't ever really curved a score but this is a year of firsts. Anyhow, a few people still failed the test, but there is only so much I can do with a 25/100.

In good news, my 17% student from my last post has finally climbed to a C from an F. He is in the CLC program now and it has made such a difference. He does his homework and more importantly, he has confidence that he can do the work without too much time and effort, and do it correctly. I am so proud of him (and even said that in his comment). Now if we can get them all up to snuff like that, life would be grade. But I suppose that is the whole goal, isn't it?

The newest thing for me is lacrosse season. I made a great website, WNALAX, and it rocks. Well, okay, perhaps not. But it is there, which is really more than I can say about my sanity. Thank goodness spring break has happened. I had all sorts of plans to go to Ocean City, but I have just been sitting here on my duff instead, napping and playing on my computer. Lesson plans? Nope. Cleaning? Not even. Tomorrow perhaps. Or perhaps not.

Meh. Not much else going on. Or rather nothing exciting about which to post. Which is sad, now that I think about it, since it has been months since my last post. Ahh, the excitement of my life in bustling Colora, MD.