Eating a frog.

[Grampa]

It's the term used between lm and myself in reference to doing something that by nature, you would normally avoid doing.

Last year I quit my job at Cycle Gear (aka biltville) and went to work as an substitute teachers aide for our local alt ed high school classrooms ( kids with ankle monitors and the like). And just recently I started subbing in the county special ed classrooms.

Me and school do not mix well, so pretty much every day I eat a frog.

I like learning, but I suck at school. A few weeks ago I had a mini panic attack while helping kids with math. Me and math have been at odds for years.

In an attempt to fatten my brain, I decided to cook me up a elephant sized frog.

I decided the best way for me to help the kids is to first fix me.

I just enrolled in basic feet wetting college courses about an hour ago. Classes start on Monday.

My mini goal is to get an associates degree and apply for a permanent position in a special ed classroom.

The magic of being a sub aide is... I get to see a variety of kids with different needs, and if I find a classroom I like, I can fine tune later studies to that specific specialty.

[kopfjäger]

Awesome 

[d3vi@nt]

Rock on. 

[triangleforge]

Very cool, Joel!

I'm starting my third semester of part-time high school teaching -- in math, which I'd gotten away from as fast as I possibly could way back when -- and it still freaks me out a little bit when the bell rings to start class.

One stunt I stole from our daughter's favorite math teacher: he rolled his GSXR into the classroom one day and told the students to "Make it Math."

I shamelessly swiped the idea, and here's what happened:




If you get the opportunity, try a moto in the classroom. It's a great way to introduce ideas like volume, velocity, ratios and all kinds of other cool stuff.

Last year, one of the girls in my class who was pretty much completely checked out the whole semester, a student I figured was just beyond my skills to reach, just lit up and nearly led the class discussion that day - she'd helped a friend rebuild a Chevy 350, and suddenly felt like she could really contribute something on what goes on inside a motor. It was one of those moments that just made me grin uncontrollably.

I imagine you have a lot of those (and more than a few of the other kind, too). On balance, would you say you're developing a taste for frog?

[Triple J]

 

[Monsterlover]

BP = badass phrog eater

[Bick]

Awesome move!

Best of luck to you!  

and there is this for you...
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/caramelized-frog-legs/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=frog%20legs&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page

[Howie]

 

[Grampa]

I haven't developed a taste for frog yet....going to school for work everyday is a challenge, so i figure going to school for school is going to be even more a challenge. The thought of being the old guy in a room full of teenagers and twenty somethings is not something I'm looking forward too. Being 49 and struggling with basic math is embarrassing.

[Howie]

I haven't developed a taste for frog yet....going to school for work everyday is a challenge, so i figure going to school for school is going to be even more a challenge. The thought of being the old guy in a room full of teenagers and twenty somethings is not something I'm looking forward too. Being 49 and struggling with basic math is embarrassing.

Ridiculous.  The embarrassed part anyway.  You should be proud! 

[kopfjäger]

Ridiculous.  The embarrassed part anyway.  You should be proud! 

+1

[Randimus Maximus]

 

[IZ]

Background checks must be be pretty lax in CA, no?!   






 

[hbliam]

Background checks must be be pretty lax in CA, no?!   

Says the guy moving States every few months. Who's on the run?? 

[LMT]

If you are in the CA jr college system, half the class will be your age.

Major props to you  

Inspiration:
http://www.npr.org/2013/01/08/167471106/2-pi-rhymes-and-radii

Quadratic Formulatic